International students

Internationalisation at the Academy of Music and Drama is characterised by a unique and positive flexibility that makes it possible to derive the maximum benefit from the quality and expertise it possesses.

Last date of application

Last date of application to the study programmes and courses starting autumn 2012 was 16 January.

Tuition fees

are charged from students from outside the EU/EES area from the autumn semester 2011. The EES area includes all EU member countries as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
The fee for studies on Master level and for the course Interpretation for foreign students will be 167 500 SEK for one academic year.
There will also be an application fee of 900 SEK.
If you are a registered student at a Swedish university or University College at the time you submit your application, you won´t have to pay any application fee. If you have started your studies at a course or programme before 1 July 2011 you may complete that course or programme without having to pay any tuition fees.

Exchange studies

Students from the Nordic and Baltic countries generally use the exchange programmes Nordplus, Nordpuls and Nordtrad, students from the rest of Europe use the Erasmus programme.
The course ”Interpretation for foreign students” is an alternative for students from countries outside EU, but may also be used by EU students.

Deadline to apply for the Erasmus and Nordplus exchange studies is 1 March every year.

How to apply:

1. Send in your documents and CD (consult your international coordinator to get the right forms) by post to the international office:

       Academy of Music and Drama
       Box 210
       SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden

2. We also kindly ask you to apply via the online system MoveOn from 1 Feb until 1 March. You will be applying for accomodation at the same time.
   To Move On 

To online application instructions and information about applying for accomodation

Other useful information about studying at the University of Gothenburg and at the Academy of Music and Drama.

More about the internalisation

The aim of our internalisation is to take advantage of the potential and needs of each individual student. The very large number of applications for places each year from exchange and guest students suggests that we are successful.
The Academy of Music and Drama makes active use of bilateral exchange agreements with many corresponding institutions in Europe and enjoys very good cooperation with them, which facilitates the exchange of both students and staff.

During my time at the Academy of Music and Drama I got very important impulses for my musical life. 
The structure of the course is different than in Germany, maybe freer, but in some ways complementary.
I felt very welcome by the students and teachers. My special thanks go to all organ teachers at the academy who are great artists but also warm-hearted people!”Statement by former exchange student at the Academy

Swedish students look after international students very well and they are rapidly assimilated into the student body at the Academy. The large numbers of ensembles that have formed spontaneously at the beginning of the autumn term provide evidence of this.

From an international point of view the Swedish National Orchestra Academy (SNOA) is a very special programme that attracts many students from abroad. Not only students on the Academy’s regular programmes but also exchange and guest students are invited to participate in Swedish National Orchestra Academy projects.

Visiting guest teachers give the Academy high grades both for its teaching and for the practical service offered in the form of information and planning, travel arrangements, accommodation, induction, etc.
The Academy is a unique department at the University of Gothenburg in terms of the numbers of its staff who travel abroad as guest teachers. They act as excellent ambassadors for the Academy and attract applications from many students, both to regular programmes or to study as guest or exchange students.
The attainments of the Academy’s outgoing guest students are evaluated generously by our administrators and teachers.