The University of the Arts Helsinki fosters our artistic heritage and renews art. This new university was launched in 2013 upon the merging of the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Sibelius Academy, and Theatre Academy Helsinki. The university now comprises the three academies, which are equal in terms of educational content and cultural significance.
Theatre Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (TeaK) is a reformer of the performing arts and an attractive research unit. We offer training at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels. The available degree programmes are Lighting and Sound Design, Dance, Choreography, Theatre Pedagogy, Dance Pedagogy, Acting, Directing, Dramaturgy, and Live Art and Performance. In addition to Acting in Finnish, we offer an Acting programme in Swedish.
The Theatre Academy Training Theatre provides technical and production services and artistic design for Theatre Academy performances and other teaching. The unit is staffed by the head and 27 other theatre professionals as well as trainees from different programmes each year. There are four divisions in the Training Theatre: performance production, stage and props, costumes, and lighting and sound.