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Hooray! We are celebrating our 10-year anniversary in 2023! The celebrations will be themed around the future of arts.

Number of New Students and a Waiting List in Theatre Academy

Student Admission 2023 – Number of new students to be admitted

Five-year degree programmes (BA + MA)

  • Degree Programme in Acting (in Finnish) – 12 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Acting (in Swedish) – 12 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Design for the Performing Arts – 4 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Directing – 4 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Dramaturgy and Playwriting – 4 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Lighting Design – 4 new students to be admitted
  • Degree Programme in Sound Design – 4 new students to be admitted

Two-year master’s studies (advanced studies in the degree programme)

  • Master’s Studies in Acting (in Finnish) – 6 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Studies in Design for the Performing Arts – 2 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Studies in Directing – 2 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Studies in Lighting Design – 2 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Studies in Sound Design – 2 new students to be admitted

Two-year master’s degree programmes

  • Master’s Degree Programme in Choreography – 5 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Degree Programme in Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research (double-degree) – 3 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Degree Programme in Dance Performance – 12 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Degree Programme in Live Art and Performance Studies – 7 new students to be admitted
  • Master’s Degree Programme in Writing – 9 new students to be admitted

An applicant may not apply for both a five-year programme and two-year Master’s studies in the same degree programme in the same year. If an applicant submits an application for both the five-year programme and two-year Master’s studies, only the application for the five-year programme will be considered.

Waiting list

Programmes also place students on waiting lists. The decision on applicants placed on the waiting list will be published in connection with the admission decisions. The applicants placed on a waiting list, too, will have to meet the admissions criteria of the degree programme in question.

An applicant that has been placed on a waiting list may only be admitted if someone who has been admitted to the programme in question does not accept the offered place in the programme, or if someone who has been admitted only under certain conditions fails to submit the necessary documents by the end of the deadline.