Visual Arts and Sloyd Education

Welcome to your exchange studies at the Department of Visual Arts and Sloyd Education. 
We offer two programmes:
Teacher Education Programme for Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Sloyd
Teacher Education Programme for Upper Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Media or Design.

Course placement

Exchange studies are possible both autumn and spring semester, and you can choose courses from both programs. Just make sure that the courses are not held at the same time. 

Course Syllabi available spring semester 2027

Teacher Education Programme for Upper Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Media (Year 2):
Multimodala medier och lärande/Multimodal Media and Learning, 15 ECTS credits (week 4-13)
Fotografisk bild och lärande/Photography and Learning, 15 ECTS credits (week 14-23)

Teacher Education Programme for Upper Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Media (Year 3):
Studioproduktion, strömmande medier och lärande/Studio Production, Streaming Media and Learning, 15 ECTS credits (week 4-13) (Year 3)

Teacher Education Programme for Upper Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Design (Year 3):
Modedesign/Fashion Design, 7,5 ECTS credits (week 4-8)
Industridesign/Industrial Design, 7,5 ECTS credits (week 9-13)
Den pedagogiska platsen/The Pedagogical Site, 15 ECTS credits (week 14-23)

Teacher Education Programme for Secondary Education in Visual Arts and Sloyd (Year 3):
Rumslig gestaltning/Spatial Art, 15 ECTS credits (week 4-13)
Materiell kultur/Material Culture, 7,5 ECTS credits (week 14-18) 
Narration/Narration, 7,5 ECTS credits (week 19-23)

Course syllabi can be found here. 

Language

Undergraduate courses are held in Swedish. The lecturers will give you information and instructions in English and make sure that you can partake in the class.

Academic year and semesters

The academic year at Konstfack University is divided in two semesters: autumn and spring.
  • Autumn semester: starts in the first week of September and runs until mid-January.
  • Spring semester: starts in mid-January and runs until the first week of June.

Note: Semester dates may differ from those at your home university. If you need to leave before the official end of the semester, please discuss this with your programme director upon arrival to find a  solution.

One week of full-time studies corresponds to 1,5 credits (or ECTS). One semester of full-time studies is equal to 30 ECTS credits (or ECTS).

The grades are Pass (G or Godkänt), Pass with distinction (VG or Väl Godkänt) or Fail (U or Underkänt).

Contact information

General questions about international exchange (application, admission, insurance etc)
international@konstfack.se

Administrative questions (schedule, transcript of records etc)
Erika Johansson, erika.johansson@konstfack.se
Administrative Director of Studies

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Updated: 17 September 2026
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