SKH is a unique higher education environment with groundbreaking artistic research, resting on centuries-old traditions. Stockholm University of the Arts (SKH) provides education and conducts research in circus, dance, film, media, opera, and theatre. Through pioneering education and research we create conditions for the arts as dynamic, challenging and independent forces in society. SKH’s students, doctoral students, teachers and researchers together contribute to a university environment that dives deeply into specific art practices while encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration. One of Stockholm's oldest higher education institutions... At the end of the 18th century, king Gustav III established academies for opera singers and actors, that in the 19th century were brought together under the roof of the Royal Theatre in Stockholm. Combined with new impulses and organisations that have emerged over the years, these programmes form the start of what has become SKH today. Interwoven in our history are many historic educational environments that have played an important role in Stockholm's cultural life. ... and one of the youngest SKH, as it exists today, was established in 2014. The stated goal was to create a higher education institution large enough to support an ambitious artistic research environment, where education and research could interact and support each other. The former Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, the University College of Opera and the School of Dance and Circus merged under a single organisation – thus once and for all reuniting the training academies started 250 years ago! SKH is at the forefront of artistic research in Sweden, and in 2016 became the first artistic research institution in Sweden to start admitting doctoral students. Research is closely woven into everything done here. There are currently over 20 doctoral students, over 50 ongoing research projects, several recurring conferences and a research journal in VIS – Nordic