A thousand artistic possibilities in a uniquely multi-faceted environment

Programmes and courses
  • In focus

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      Apply for a course this autumn

      Do you want to immerse yourself in your subject, perhaps studying part-time or at a distance? SKH offers courses at different levels in circus, dance, dance pedagogy, film and media, opera, and theatre, with start this autumn. Apply by 15 April.

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      Can directors and actors be vulnerable to one another?

      Director Linn Hilda Lamberg research participatory performance – a form of performing arts in which the audience actively participates in the action. Her work demonstrates how close relationships and authentic experiences create both powerful art and ethical challenges, and provides new insights into how integrity, intimacy and leadership can function within artistic processes.

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      Language in focus in the new issue of VIS

      VIS Issue 15, LANGUAGE/ LANGUAGED/ LANGUAGING, was published on 19 March 2026. The issue examines the relationship between artistic research and the act of language-making.

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    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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    • Thursday 26 Mar
      Illustration
      26Mar

      Embodied Explorations: Investigating the essence of a malagasy funeral ritual

      Gwen Rakotovao’s 30% – seminar ‘Embodied Explorations: Investigating the essence of a Malagasy funeral ritual’ is on 26 March.

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      26Mar

      A door left ajar… Scenes of hope and despair

      An opera about searing injustices, deadly power struggles and a touch of romance, with the first-year opera students.

    • Tuesday 31 Mar+ 1 other occasions
      Landscape, water, stone, human
      31Mar

      30% seminar of Hybrid Landscapes

      Claudia Bosse’s 30% seminar Hybrid Landscapes will be held in two parts, on 31 March and 1 April.

    • Portrait of Marcia Nemer

      When absence becomes performing arts

      2026-03-23

      In Marcia Nemer’s research “Staging Absence”, absence become the very heart of the performing arts. Through performances and unexpected studio experiments, she demonstrates how absence can speak louder than presence – and transform the way we experience theatre.

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      Language in focus in the new issue of VIS

      2026-03-20

      VIS Issue 15, LANGUAGE/ LANGUAGED/ LANGUAGING, was published on 19 March 2026. The issue examines the relationship between artistic research and the act of language-making.

    • A table with flowers and a white tablecloth

      Can directors and actors be vulnerable to one another?

      2026-03-18

      Director Linn Hilda Lamberg research participatory performance – a form of performing arts in which the audience actively participates in the action. Her work demonstrates how close relationships and authentic experiences create both powerful art and ethical challenges, and provides new insights into how integrity, intimacy and leadership can function within artistic processes.

  • 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.

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      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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