The Royal Institute of Art’s courses at advanced level are based on architecture and fine art and are an important part of lifelong learning.
The courses are aimed at active architects, artists and other cultural workers who are interested in immersing themselves in current issues in art and architecture.
The courses are based on research-based practical explorations of different topics and ideas.
Many of the courses operate at the intersection of architecture, art, social practices and urban issues. They investigate decolonial practices, the possibilities of public space, the role of heritage, the potential of community centres and the affects of space, among others.
Application
The application period for the Royal Institute of Art’s further education courses in Architecture and Fine Art runs from 4 March to 15 April 2026.
Applications are made via an application link that can be found under each course page during the application period.
Read more about the application process.
The courses are listed below.
Of Public Interest (OPI) Lab
What is Of Public Interest is not a specific agenda, but rather the insistence that our living environments are places where a polyphony of voices, and often conflicting interests, should be able to co-exist. The course facilitates explorations in how to work beyond existing frameworks, sometimes working critically within them – and at times through negotiating values (spatial, architectural, sculptural, conceptual, political and more) that are overlooked, unasked for, or even unwanted.
Read more about the course here.
| Language | English |
Reconstructions
Reconstructions seek to reimagine spatial practices “otherwise”–– learning from black feminism. The course is experimental, interdisciplinary and practice-based at advanced level, bringing together an intimate group of practitioners and researchers to be in dialogue and engagement with each other alongside invited guests. It is led by Marie-Louise Richards, Lecturer in Architecture, at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm.
Read more about the course here.
| Language | English |
Reconstructions Continuation Course
The Sylvia Wynter study group
The continuation course Reconstructions: The Sylvia Wynter study group focuses on the advanced study of black feminist fugitivity and the forms and spatialities that are informed by the sociality, culture and creative practice emerging from within the African diaspora. The aim of this advanced course is to develop a deeper discussion, reflection and collective learning on advanced readings, with the purpose for participants to deepen and develop research questions and experiments that have been formulated in the previous year’s course of Reconstructions.
Read more about the course here.
| Language | English |
Decolonizing Architecture
Site as method
For more than a decade, DAAS – Decolonizing Architecture Advanced Studies at the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm – has developed the idea of the ’site as a method’ for research. This approach understands the site as a ground for knowledge production, where concepts emerge through practice and actions have lasting consequences. ’Site as method’ rejects the separation of theory from the conditions in which it takes shape and challenges the dominance of Western frameworks that claim universal validity. It values the knowledge embedded in lived experience, shared practices, and the minor gestures that shape everyday life.
Read more about the course here.
| Language | English |
Restaureringskonst
Arkitekturens material
Trä, sten, tegel, betong och stål – under det kommande läsåret riktar kursen Restaureringskonst sitt fokus mot materialen. Hur de har utvunnits, bearbetats och format arkitekturen genom historien? Hur har de åldrats, reparerats och förnyats? Det är kunskaper som är oumbärliga för att kunna ta hand om gamla byggnader, men blicken bakåt stärker också våra möjligheter att forma framtidens hållbara samhälle.
| Undervisningsspråk | Svenska |
Ombyggnadskultur
Bostad i rörelse
Under det kommande läsåret kommer kursen Ombyggnadskultur att ha bostaden i fokus. Vad kan vi kan lära oss av bostadens utformning genom historien? Hur kan dagens bostäder anpassas till nya levnadsätt? Och hur kan nya bostäder tillskapas i den existerande bebyggelsen genom ombruk och nybruk? Till utmaningarna hör att samtidigt slå vakt om arkitektoniska kvaliteter och kulturhistoriska värden, samt minska påverkan på de planetära systemen.
| Undervisningsspråk | Svenska |
Vildvuxet skrivande
Vildvuxet skrivande är en fördjupande kurs i litterärt konstnärligt skrivande som utgår från skrivandet som konstnärlig praktik inom fri konst. Kursen riktar sig till studenter med en etablerad skrivande eller konstnärlig praktik som vill utveckla ett eget textbaserat projekt. Kursen omfattar 30 högskolepoäng.
| Undervisningsspråk | Svenska |