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Skoða vefinn á ÍslenskuActing studies BA
The program provides professional and progressive comprehensive teaching in acting and graduates open-minded and creative actors, who possess the techniques and knowledge that the contemporary performing arts environment calls for.
About the programme
The acting program is a three-year program of 180 credits that ends with a bachelor's degree in performing arts. The course is taught in Icelandic.
The program provides students with a diverse approach to the art of the actor. Emphasis is placed on training the body, voice and creative thinking using the methods and techniques of the performing arts. In the program, students learn the theory of the actor and art history with an emphasis on the performing arts.
Students meet technical, ideological and artistic challenges that prepare them for work in the actor's professional field and/or continuing education.
Study structure
The foundations of the acting course are acting, practical techniques and theory, in addition to which students are gradually given an insight into the professional environment of performing arts. In acting courses, students acquire skills and knowledge in different methods of acting. In technical courses, voice acting, movement and singing are taught, which support and are woven into all the actor's work. In academic courses, students gain knowledge and understanding of the historical and social context of performing arts, increase their awareness of the profession and the actor's mission to the audience and society.
Acting studies emphasize students' creativity, critical thinking and open-mindedness. In the program, drama is brought into conversation with contemporary and other art forms, which gives students the opportunity for collaboration and conversation with students from other study programs at the school.
The performing arts department has good cooperation with both national and foreign art institutions, festivals and independent artists.
Students complete their studies with a graduation project and a final thesis.
After graduation
Students who have completed acting studies at LHÍ have created opportunities for themselves to work as actors in professional theaters and the independent performing arts scene both in Iceland and abroad. The program also prepares students well for continuing studies at master's level.
Application and admission process
Applications will open in the fall of 2026 for the 2027-2028 school year.
The arrangements and implementation of the admissions process will be announced later.
If the number of applicants meeting the admission requirements for the study programme falls below the minimum threshold, the programme will not be offered for the upcoming academic year. Applicants will be informed of this decision as soon as possible, and any confirmation fees paid will be refunded.