How to Apply
Admission
The Iceland Academy of the Arts seeks talented and creative individuals with a solid basic education and a primary knowledge of art. To qualify for consideration of admission, applicants must have completed a secondary school exam (Icelandic stúdentspróf) or an equivalent program.
Application deadline
Application deadlines for those wishing to commence their studies in school-year 2010-2011 has passed. Applications for school-year 2011-2012 will open in January 2011.
There is an intake every second year in the Department of Theatre and Dance for the programmes of Acting Performance, Contemporary Dance and Theory and Practice. Next admission will be in spring 2012.
Applications for the Department of Art Education are not available in English as proficiency in Icelandic is required.
Those wishing to apply as visiting or exchange students, please contact the International coordinator, Alma Ragnarsdóttir
Application information
Applicants need to submit the electronic form of the application. Other required documents and application procedures vary according to each department. For this reason, it is highly important that the applicant reads the relevant department information closely and follows the instructions carefully.
An application is not valid until the IAA has received the following documents:
• successfully submitted electronic form
• signed print-out of the electronic form
• passport photo
• certified copy of school transcripts
• other required documents (see relevant department information)
The electronic form must be printed out and signed ones it has been completed and submitted. It should furthermore, include a passport photo. The form should then be handed in or sent to the relevant Department office together with the required documents.
Postal addresses of the Department offices:
Department of Art Education, Academic Office, Laugarnesvegur 91, 105 Reykjavík
Department of Design and Architecture, Academic Office, Skipholt 1, 105 Reykjavík
Department of Fine Arts, Academic Office, Laugarnesvegur 91, 105 Reykjavík
Department of Music, Academic Office, Sölvhólsgata 13, 101 Reykjavík
Department of Theatre and Dance, Academic Office, Sölvhólsgata 13, 101 Reykjavík
