14 Feb 2011

Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm, MA, Ph.D., and Professional Artist's Development Courses. Call for applications.

With a prominent history dating back to 1735, the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm (KKH) is one of the oldest higher education art institutes in Europe. Over the years many of our graduates have gone on to pursue highly successful international careers as artists.

Key concepts in the work at KKH are experimentation, critical reflection and independent artistic development. The supervising professors at KKH have prominent international profiles as artists. KKH provides some of the best equipped technical workshops within higher education in Europe. Workshop teaching is led by artists who run courses in a wide variety of techniques such as printmaking, painting, sculpture, video, sound, photography and interactive techniques.

KKH is situated in central Stockholm, which is home to a very dynamic international art scene.

Educational opportunities
• A Master's programme in Fine Art (120 ECTS-credits). Last application date is 1st of March 2011.  

• Professional Artist's Development courses (30/60 ECTS-credits) are open for professionally active practitioners. Project studies are offered in the following areas: Fine Art Printing, Glass, Graphic Art, Interactive techniques, Internet-related media, Photography, Sculpture, and Video. Last application date is 1st of March 2011.

• Mejan Residents, is 1-year (60 ECTS-credits) full-time post-master places, which are aimed for shorter artistic research projects. Last application date is 14th of March 2011.

• Doctoral position (PhD). Within the framework of Konstnärliga forskarskolan (a Swedish national research school in the field of arts), the KKH advertises a doctoral position with the theme of 'Urbanism' explored from an artistic research perspective. The research programme comprises 240 ECTS-credits and leads to the award Doctor of Philosophy in Visual Art. Last application date is 14th of March 2011.

Please note - for all these programmes, except the PhD position, applicants from countries outside of the EU/EEA area will have to pay an admission fee of 900 SEK. If admitted, there will then be a study fee of 285 000 SEK per academic year. This applies to all Swedish Higher Education institutions from the academic year 2011/12. For more information, please see: www.studera.nu/studera/4400.html. KKH will offer one scholarship, for those who are obliged to pay study fees.