Konstfack, or University of Arts, Crafts and Design, is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.

Education

Following the standards of the Bologna process, Konstfack offers bachelor’s degree programmes (3 years, 180 ECTS credits, Bachelor of Fine Arts), and master’s degree programmes (2 years, 120 ECTS credits, Master of Fine Arts). There are also Art Education programmes (teacher programmes, 4,5 years and 5 years). The 2-year Animation education existed between 1996 and 2005; and was located in Eksjö.

There are seven Bachelor’s Programmes :

• Ceramics and Glass
• Fine Art
• Graphic Design and Illustration
• Industrial Design
• Interior Architecture and Furniture Design
• Textiles
• Metal Design

The Undergraduate Program is conducted in Swedish.

There are five Master’s Programmes:

• Craft (Dept. of Craft)
• Design (Dept. of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual communications)
• Fine Art (Dept. of Fine Art), and
• Visual Communication (Dept. of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual Communications)
• Visual Culture and Learning

One goal of Konstfack’s two-year Graduate Programmes is to attract both Swedish and international students, and the education is held mainly in English.

There is also a doctoral program given in collaboration with Royal Institute of Technology:

• Art, Technology and Design

Professional courses

Konstfack offers courses for professionals, for example CuratorLab and Research Lab.

Departments

Konstfack has four departments:

• Craft,
• Design, Interior architecture and Visual communications,
• Fine Art and
• Department of Visual Arts and Sloyd Education.

Examinations and The Spring Exhibition

The third year of the bachelor’s program and the second year of the master’s includes a degree project, ten weeks at BFA-level and twenty at MFA-level, ending with a public examination and, if the student passes the examination, an exhibition for all graduating students: the Spring Exhibition (Vårutställningen in Swedish). The annual exhibition usually takes place at Konstfack during two weeks in May, with around 150 exhibiting students, and attracts thousands of visitors.
Link to the official website for the Spring Exhibition 2015 (English version).