Aesthetic Learning Processes

About this programme

The Stockholm University College of Music Education (in Swedish: Stockholms Musikpedagogiska Institut, SMI) is an independent “hochschule” (högskola) offering undergraduate higher-education tuition in music and related arts education. Formed in 1960 as a private foundation by a group of music pedagogues who felt constrained by the traditional and somewhat slow-evolving government conservatories, SMI is dedicated to the task of providing teacher training in the music education profession that is relevant, up-to-date and with a high standard of practical application focus. SMI educates instrumental and song teachers as well as voice and speech pedagogues, spanning over a half a century as a unique and important contributor to higher education in the music teaching profession. Some of our main ideologies that make SMI unique in the field: Our commitment to being up-to-date has made SMI a groundbreaker in the teaching of music education in Sweden. Among the ”firsts” we are renowned for are: We are also the only tertiary institution to offer a degree in Logonomy (aesthetic voice and speech pedagogy), a program that is unique in Scandinavia. SMI also offers a large number of single-subject courses for further education of teachers in music and other fields. SMI is located at Campus Flemingsberg, in Huddinge south of Stockholm. Campus Flemingsberg comprises four other university colleges ( University College of Södertörn , Karolinska Institute Royal Technical College and Red Cross University College ), with access to the facilities and service you would expect of a modern uni