To apply

Information for foreign students

Foreign students should be aware of the fact that all teaching is in Swedish, but some individual instruction in English is possible. Therefore, a good knowledge in English is a requirement. During the year there are about ten lectures in the history of arts and crafts. The lectures will be held in Swedish.

Eligibility

In order to apply for course entrance at Nyckelviksskolan, the applicant must have upper secondary school qualifications (high school education), equivalent education or have gained a certain amount of work experience. If you have not completed your high school education, please send us a certificate to confirm your eligibility with your application. Once you have completed and submitted the application on the home page you will receive an email with login information to your page digital work samples. There you confirm your eligibility by uploading your certificates.

Applications 16 March  – 18 May  2026

You can apply directly on the website to 18 May  at 23.59.

It is perfectly possible to apply for several programs at the same time and show the same basic set of mandatory paintings and drawings (including drawing assignment) + extra mandatory work samples for each program.

A good piece of advice – don’t wait to start your application until the very last day, start earlier! You can return to your application and edit it until the time for the application is up.

Application fee

The application fee of SEK 300 should be payed for each program you apply for at the latest on 18 May , 2026.

You make the payment through the digital platform where you make your application. Please, note that we do not refund the registration fee if it has been paid and the application has been submitted.

Required work samples 16 March – 18 May 2026

From Monday, March 16 to Monday, May 18 at 23.59 you will be able to upload your samples of work digitally.

Once you have registered to apply, you will receive an email with login details to your application page. Some e-mail apps have strong spam filters and the automatically generated email is could be blocked by these email apps. If you have not received the e-mail with login information within a couple of minutes, check your junk mail. Please contact us at post@nyckelviksskolan.se if there is no e-mail there.

The compulsory work samples for all applicants are:

– At least 3 paintings
– At least 5 drawings, one of these is a mandatory drawing task on the theme ”make a drawing of a room with a door leading into another room”, see instructions below.

The work samples are designed to show how you can express and implement an idea. The focus is on both imagination and conceptual depth as well as artistic and artisanal execution.

For us to be able to assess your motivation, potential, ambition and skills we need to see different sides of what you do. If you show work samples containing only the expression you like best, or the interest you spend most time on, it may be difficult for us to assess your application. Keep in mind that a certain width in your application helps us to get an idea of ​​your sense of color and form, vision, and ability to communicate your ideas. One of the reasons that we are helped seeing the applicant’s work with mandatory assignments is that we get a glimpse of how the applicant see things, think and work within a given framework.

You choose which material you want to draw in – pencil, ink, charcoal or chalk. Painting materials could be for example oil, acrylic, gouache, watercolor, pastel chalk or spray paint. Indicate in the image description if you have used digital tools when you upload a work sample and if so which.

It is important that you provide the correct number of work samples and that the mandatory task is included. Otherwise, your application is incomplete and will not be processed. You may display up to 18 different images including the compulsory and voluntary work samples. Allowed file types are jpg and png. Each image must not exceed 5 MB (when it is unopened).

Mandatory drawing task – of a room with a door leading into another room

Do this:

1. Sit in a room where you see an open door to another room.
2. Draw what you see: both the room you are sitting in and what is visible through the doorway.
3. Draw directly from reality (not from a photo, memory or imagination).

Materials

• Pencil
• Paper, preferably A3

Upload

• 1 image of the drawing (jpg or png)

Additional mandatory assignments to all one-year programs

When you apply to our one-year programs (40 weeks) – General Art, Crafts and Design / Design and Architecture / Graphic Design and Illustration / Textile Design and Craft / Ceramics Design and Craft / Metaldesign and Craft / Woodwork and Design – we need to see additional mandatory assignments.

The program Art and Craft Pedagogy do not have additional mandatory assignments besides the mandatory drawing task. However, applicants for this program are called to an interview.

General Art, Crafts and Design

Create a fantasy craft! Give the craft a name. You decide the destination and traveler.

Do this:

1. Create a fantasy craft.
2. Make a three-dimensional model of the craft.
3. Work with shape, volume and details.
4. Use the materials’ own colors, do not paint.
5. The sculpture should be at least about 30 cm in any direction.

Materials

• Use, for example, paper, cardboard, recycled paper, tape and glue.
• Feel free to use colored material instead of paint.

Upload

• 2 images of the model from different angles

The images can be merged into a jpg or png file.

Graphic Design and Illustration

Create a visual identity for a perfume from the future.

Do this:

1. Imagine a future perfume.
2. Determine the name, target audience and expression.
3. Create:
   – logo
   – color palette (max. 4 colors)
   – typography
   – packaging design

Upload

• max. 2 images (A3) of the finished design
• 1 image (A3) showing sketches and ideation process

Design and Architecture

Create a model of a waiting room inspired by the ears, nose and throat.

Do this:

1. Imagine a waiting room at an ENT clinic.
2. Let the internal shapes of the body inspire furniture and rooms.
3. Build a corner with two walls and a floor (approx. 30 × 30 × 30 cm).
4. Create scale-appropriate seating and surfaces.
5. Add a small human model for scale.

Materials

• Cardboard, clay, barbecue sticks, string, tape or glue

Upload

Images where the entire model, details and scale are clearly visible.

The images can be merged into a jpg or png file.

Textile Design and Craft

Create a three-dimensional sculpture of an insect.

Do this:

1. Choose an insect (real or made up).
2. Build it in three-dimensional form.
3. The sculpture should be at least 10–20 cm in any direction, preferably larger.
4. Give the work a name.

Materials

• For example, steel wire, yarn, tape, paper, cardboard, plastic, glue
• Use the materials’ own colors (do not paint).

Upload

• At least 2 images from different angles

The images can be merged into a jpg or png file.

Ceramics Design and Craft

Design a person as a plant in three dimensions.

Do this:

1. Choose yourself or another person.
2. Imagine that the person is a plant.
3. Create a three-dimensional design.
4. Minimum size: approx. 25 × 25 × 25 cm.
5. Give the work a name.

Materials

• For example, cardboard, plastic, metal, cooking ingredients, play dough, tape, glue
• Use the materials’ own colors (do not paint).

Upload

• 2 images from different angles

The images can be merged into one jpg or png file.

Metaldesign and Craft

Design a wearable three-dimensional object inspired by the sea.

Do this:

1. Choose something from the sea (shape, plant, animal, movement or structure).
2. Create an object that can be worn on the body.
3. Consider placement and scale.

Materials

• Cardboard, paper, tape or glue
• Use colored materials, do not paint.

Upload

• 1 image of your source of inspiration
• 1 image where the object is worn on the body
• 1 image of the object itself

The images can be merged into a jpg or png file.

Woodwork and Design

Build an enlargement of an everyday object that has “escaped” from its usual place!

Do this:

1. Choose an object from, for example, the kitchen, bathroom or garden.
2. Imagine it has grown to a giant size.
3. Build it to a scale of about 1 meter.
4. Place it in a room so that it feels active in its new environment.

Materials

• Cardboard or corrugated cardboard
• Packing tape

Upload

• 1 image of the original object
• 1–2 sketches
• 1 image of the object in the room
• 1 detail image

The images can be merged into a jpg or png file.

Interviews of applicants for the program Art and Craft Pedagogy 8–10 June, 2026

Based on your eligibility and written account on why you wish to study at the program Art and Craft Pedagogy, your work samples and other qualifications, a number of applicants are selected for an interview at Nyckelviksskolan between 8-10 June, 2026.

Voluntary work samples

You may display up to 18 different images including the compulsory work samples. Each image must not exceed 5 MB (when it is unopened).

Work beyond the obligatory may be made of any material. Maybe you want to view more drawings and paintings and digital works or short films. Three-dimensional works – such as jewelry, ceramics, furniture, clothing or sculpture – should be displayed as photos. When uploading a work sample, please include the measurements, materials and technique of the original, if you have used digital tools, in the image description.

Admissions

Information about admissions to the programs will be distributed by e-mail in the middle of June 2026.