Last updated 2013-03-06

Deadline for applying to the academic-year 2013/14 has passed

The Royal Institute of Art offers a two-year master programme in fine arts. The education is focused on independent artistic work with continuous individual supervision by the professors and other teaching staff. The students plan their studies and artistic work in dialogue with the supervising professor.

The education consists of:

  • • work in the studio and workshops
  • • workshops, courses, seminars and projects of both a
  •   practical and theoretical nature
  • • professional preparation courses
  • • open lectures and study trips
  • • possibilities to develope and carry out artistic research
  • • the second academic year  includes an independent  
      project  consisting of both a master essay
  •   and a solo exhibition.

Facts about the MA programme in fine arts

Application Deadline: March 1, 2013
Number of ECTS credits: 120
Length of the programme: 2 academic years
Teaching language: English, but teaching in Swedish occurs.


The master programme has an international direction. There are many English speaking students and teachers at the Royal Institute of Art, and the students meet several international guest teachers and lecturers throughout the course of their studies. There are projects and workshops dealing with international issues and concerns. Furthermore, students can use the possibility to study abroad at one of the Royal Institute of Art´s partner schools.

Foreign students who have been accepted to a study programme in Sweden must show financial means for the support during the study time, to the immigration authorities.

There are admission and tuition fees in Swedish higher education for students from countries outside the EU/EEA area.  The tuition fee at the Royal Institute of Art is 289 674 SEK per academic year, and the admission fee is 900 SEK. More information about fees can be found on a link below.

The academic year 2013/14 Kungl. Konsthögskolan can offer one (1) scholarship covering the tuition fee at a fine art programme or a programme at Mejan Arc. The scholarship is applied for in the digital application.

Application information
Programme syllabus
Information on application- and tuition fees for applicants outside EU/EEA and Switzerland
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