Dance, bachelor
In our programme, you can grow into an artist who has the skills to work in the diverse and changing operating environments of dance.
Why us?
Our programme offers you a unique environment for studying dance. You will be able to focus extensively on practising bodily skills and explore your personal relationship with dance, art and performership. In our studies, we emphasise an open, critical, and investigative relationship with dance. You will be introduced to various perspectives under the tutelage of the teachers of the degree programme as well as Finnish and international guest instructors.
Content and objectives
Welcome to dance, movement and embodied experiences!
The Degree Programme in Dance is a three-year (180 ECTS) programme leading to a bachelor’s degree in dance. After graduating, you will be able to work in a variety of professional tasks in the field of dance and to continue to master’s degree studies in dance. Our aim is to educate dance artists whose professional skills are based on an understanding of dance as an art form, its links to society and diverse ways of operating in the world.
Studies in dance focus on movement, performer’s practices and use of voice. Artistic projects and related processes also form a large part of the studies. In artistic projects, you get to practise working as a dance artist in a range of roles and positions. The courses, which focus on independent work, give you space for finding, exploring and developing your own artistic voice.
You get to engage in artistic cooperation with students from different degree programmes during various courses. This makes it possible to study dance from multiple perspectives – alongside other art forms and in the intersections between them.
Art theories are examined in relation to artistic practices and processes. Contextual studies include courses in art and dance history, art philosophy and performance theory.
Student exchange
The study environment of the Degree Programme in Dance is international. You can study together with exchange students and receive teaching from international teachers. You can also include an internationalisation module in your studies. This may involve a student exchange at an international Erasmus partner institution, for example.
Close connection to the working life
Studies in the Degree Programme in Dance prepare you to work in the diverse and changing operating environments of dance. Our frequent alumni activities enable connections to the field already during studies. Forms of alumni cooperation include visiting teachers, work placement opportunities and mentoring. During your studies, you have the possibility to ask an artist in the field to be your mentor. Every mentorship takes its own unique shape. Often, the mentor follows the student’s performances and demos and acts as discussion partner in the student’s growth as an artist.
Master’s studies
Earning a bachelor’s degree from the Degree Programme in Dance gives you eligibility to apply for studies in a master’s degree programme. At Uniarts Helsinki, you can apply for Master’s Degree Programmes in Dance Performance, Choreography and Dance Pedagogy.
Teachers
Our teachers are experienced experts in their respective fields. In addition to our permanent teaching staff, the degree programme also regularly hosts visits from professionals in the field of dance and other artistic fields.
Target degree and length of study
Bachelor of Arts (Dance)
3 years
Application period
Next possible time to apply is in January 2026. Studies begin in August 2026.
Degree language
Finnish
Read more about the language skill requirements
Tuition fee
There is no tuition fee for this degree programme, as the language of instruction is not English.
Supervising teacher
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Sanna Myllylahti
Lecturer, Degree programme in Dance, Theatre Academy+358440504722sanna.myllylahti@uniarts.fi
Unit
Theatre Academy
Ask about applying
teak.admissions@uniarts.fi
Max catalogue: students and alumniWhy us?
Our programme offers you a unique environment for studying dance. You will be able to focus extensively on practising bodily skills and explore your personal relationship with dance, art and performership. In our studies, we emphasise an open, critical, and investigative relationship with dance. You will be introduced to various perspectives under the tutelage of the teachers of the degree programme as well as Finnish and international guest instructors.
Content and objectives
Welcome to dance, movement and embodied experiences!
The Degree Programme in Dance is a three-year (180 ECTS) programme leading to a bachelor’s degree in dance. After graduating, you will be able to work in a variety of professional tasks in the field of dance and to continue to master’s degree studies in dance. Our aim is to educate dance artists whose professional skills are based on an understanding of dance as an art form, its links to society and diverse ways of operating in the world.
Studies in dance focus on movement, performer’s practices and use of voice. Artistic projects and related processes also form a large part of the studies. In artistic projects, you get to practise working as a dance artist in a range of roles and positions. The courses, which focus on independent work, give you space for finding, exploring and developing your own artistic voice.
You get to engage in artistic cooperation with students from different degree programmes during various courses. This makes it possible to study dance from multiple perspectives – alongside other art forms and in the intersections between them.
Art theories are examined in relation to artistic practices and processes. Contextual studies include courses in art and dance history, art philosophy and performance theory.
Student exchange
The study environment of the Degree Programme in Dance is international. You can study together with exchange students and receive teaching from international teachers. You can also include an internationalisation module in your studies. This may involve a student exchange at an international Erasmus partner institution, for example.
Close connection to the working life
Studies in the Degree Programme in Dance prepare you to work in the diverse and changing operating environments of dance. Our frequent alumni activities enable connections to the field already during studies. Forms of alumni cooperation include visiting teachers, work placement opportunities and mentoring. During your studies, you have the possibility to ask an artist in the field to be your mentor. Every mentorship takes its own unique shape. Often, the mentor follows the student’s performances and demos and acts as discussion partner in the student’s growth as an artist.
Master’s studies
Earning a bachelor’s degree from the Degree Programme in Dance gives you eligibility to apply for studies in a master’s degree programme. At Uniarts Helsinki, you can apply for Master’s Degree Programmes in Dance Performance, Choreography and Dance Pedagogy.
Teachers
Our teachers are experienced experts in their respective fields. In addition to our permanent teaching staff, the degree programme also regularly hosts visits from professionals in the field of dance and other artistic fields.