A thousand artistic possibilities in a uniquely multi-faceted environment

Programmes and courses
  • In focus

    • A circus student walks a tightrope. From the Closing Acts 2022 graduation performance.

      New student

      We are delighted that you have chosen to study at SKH, welcome! Here we summarize the most important things for you as a new student.

    • A female lecturer gives a green dress to a man in the audience.

      Pictures from Research Week 2026

      Every year, right at the start of the spring term, SKH holds Research Week. It is a place for encounters, knowledge exchange and opportunities for sharing new ideas – but also a chance to look inside SKH's vibrant, multi-threaded research environment.

    • 12Feb
      Image created for the film After Work

      After Work: framtidens livsval

      Based on SKH researcher Erik Gandini’s film After Work, the film is now being shown at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, followed by a panel discussion exploring the connection between work, childbirth and what we really value in life.

  • Two people on a stage stand in line and hold out their arms.
    Photo: Eos Karlsson

    This is SKH

    Stockholm University of the Arts, SKH, offers education and research within the fields of Circus, Dance, Film and Media, Opera and Theatre. It is both one of the oldest higher education institutions in Stockholm – and one of the youngest.
  • Events

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    • Friday 30 Jan+ 5 other occasions
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      30Jan

      TOO LATE

      Our final-year students in theatre directing are doing internships at Turteatern, each with their own performance under the collective title TOO LATE. Also participating are several of our performing arts students and mime acting students.

    • Saturday 7 Feb
      7Feb

      Four choreographic works

      Julia Müllner, Luusi Kateme, Petra Söör och Ģirts Dubults from the master's program in choreography present their own works in Meta Isaeus-Berlin's exhibition "The Party That Never Happened."

    • Wednesday 11 Feb
      A picture of Hendrik Quast
      11Feb

      Wednesday seminar: Hendrik Quast’s 50% seminar

      Hendrik Quast will hold the 50% seminar "Bodies that Flop: Performing Chronic Illness and the Practices of the Crip Clown" on the 11 February.

    • A female lecturer gives a green dress to a man in the audience.

      Pictures from Research Week 2026

      2026-01-27

      Every year, right at the start of the spring term, SKH holds Research Week. It is a place for encounters, knowledge exchange and opportunities for sharing new ideas – but also a chance to look inside SKH's vibrant, multi-threaded research environment.

    • Portrait of SKH Vice-Chancellor Ellen Røed giving a speech on stage.

      The Vice-Chancellor's Christmas speech

      2025-12-18

      Excerpt from Vice-Chancellor Ellen Røed's speech at SKH's Christmas breakfast for staff on 18 December 2025

    • People sit in a circle on the floor from Site Event Encounter strand of the SKH's research conference Alliances and Commonalities 2024.

      Artistic research up close

      2025-12-17

      SKH invites you to Research Week 2026, taking place 20–23 January. During four days, research projects across all our subject areas will be presented and discussed, with the aim of exchanging knowledge and experiences between students and researchers.

  • Shortcuts

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      International cooperation

      International cooperation is an important part of education and research at SKH. Through an active dialogue with external partners and close cooperation with universities around the world, we strengthen the quality of our education and research and give students and staff the possibility to develop.

    • Three circus students standing on each other. From the performance Closing Acts, 2018.

      Targeted study support

      At SKH, everyone should be able to study on equal terms and have the same opportunities to conduct their studies regardless of functional variation. If you as a student have a functional variation that affects your ability to study, you are entitled to targeted study support.

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      Careers

      SKH is looking for people who want to contribute to an attractive study, research and working environment. Here you will find job vacancies at SKH, plus links to trade union organisations, information on preferential rights and the criteria for applying for teaching positions.

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    Exchange studies

    SKH welcomes international students to experience academic studies and student life at a university with a variety of educations within the field of art!
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