Exchange to DASPA

In order to apply for exchange to DASPA, you need to be enrolled full time at a recognised higher artistic education. 

An inter-institutional exchange agreement should be organised between DASPA and your home institution prior to the beginning of the exchange.  

EUROPE

DASPA cooperates with partner schools across Europe within the exchange-programmes Erasmus+ and Nordplus. If you are a student at a European institution, we advise you to consult the international office at your home institution to inquire about Erasmus+ and Nordplus funding opportunities. 

European exchanges usually take place under the ERASMUS+ programme.

DENMARK 

If you are a student at one of the six other higher education institutions under the Danish Ministry of Culture, you are likewise welcome to apply for exchange. 
 
Danish students may apply on the same conditions as international exchange aspirants. Please submit your application through DASPA's application portal. 

REST OF THE WORLD

If you are a student coming from an institution outside Europe or an institution that is not part of the Erasmus+ or the Nordplus programme, you are welcome to contact our international office to inquire about possible arrangements. 

YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION for long term exchanges SHOULD INCLUDE:

• Letter of motivation
• Letter of nomination from your home institution
• Letter of recommendation from a mentor at your home institution
• CV including a transcript of passed studies
• Portrait photo in high resolution
• Portfolio/video of artistic work (5 minutes at a maximum)

Your online application for short term exchanges should include:

• Letter of motivation
• Letter of nomination from your home institution

The Bachelor’s Programme in Dance and Choreography in Holstebro welcomes 3-4 exchange students in the following semesters:

Autumn semester 2025

Exchange students will be enrolled with the second year class at DASPA (third semester).

Spring semester 2026

Exchange students will be enrolled with the second year class at DASPA (fourth semester).

If you are interested in applying for exchange to the Dance & Choreography programme in Holstebro and are curious to learn about the content, teaching methods, external collaboration, international faculty, and more, please reach out to head of programme  Tiziana Fracchiolla .

Furthermore, the programme welcomes applicants for a short term exchange. Find more information below.

short term exchange: Dance workshops

• Applicant's field of study: Dance
• Number of spots avaliable: 3-4 spots
• Dates: 25 August - 5 September (week 35+36)
• Place: Campus Holstebro
• ECTS-points: 4 ECTS
• Teacher: TBA
• Participating students from DASPA: BFA in Dance & Choreography, second year

There is a limited possibility for long term exchanges to the Bachelor's Programme in Acting, since the language of instruction is Danish. However, DASPA does accept applications from talented and highly motivated acting students from other higher education institutions. 

If you understand and speak Danish, you will most likely be able to follow all educational activities at the Acting programme in one of the school's departments situated in Aarhus, Copenhagen and Odense. If you are not proficient in Danish and are accepted for exchange, we will put together a schedule for you combining the courses taught in English across the three departments. Given the organisational and logistical challenges in this regard, we are less likely to accept non-Danish speaking students.

For the autumn semester 2025, the Bachelor's programme in Acting Odense, is offering a short term exchange for English-speaking students. Find more information below.

short term exchange: Melodrama - The Musicality of Action

A practical course in Melodrama ending in an in-house sharing.  Melodrama is not seen to be an exaggerated, decadent form of drama.  Rather, it is seen to be a fundamental stylistic element.  It is a primitive, childlike precursor to drama that can have great value in releasing the performer's dramatic instincts, while challenging them to rediscover the musicality of everything theatrical. For more information go to:  https://jpcook.dk/def_melodrama.html

• Applicants field of study: Acting
• Number of spots avaliable: 2 spots
• Dates: 11-22 August (week 33 + 34)
• Place: Campus Odense
• ECTS-points: 4 ECTS
• Teacher: Jonathan Paul Cook
• Participating students from DASPA: BA in Acting, second year

There is a limited possibility for exchange to the Bachelor's Programme in Musical Theatre since the language of instruction is Danish. However, DASPA does accept applications from talented and highly motivated musical theatre students from other higher education institutions. 

If you understand and speak Danish, you will most likely be able to follow all educational activities at the Musical Theatre programme in Fredericia. If you are not proficient in Danish and are accepted for exchange, we will put together a schedule for you combining the courses taught in English across the three year groups. Given the organisational and logistical challenges in this regard, we are less likely to accept non-Danish speaking students.

For the autumn semester of 2025, it is unfortunately not possible invite exchange students at the Theatre and Performance Making Bachelor's Programme.

Starting from the autumn semester of 2025, the Playwriting Bachelor's Programme will only welcome exchange students for short-term courses. See info below about the short term exchange offered in the autumn semester 2025:

short term exchange: Poetic encounters

In this workshop we will explore the intersection and expansions between movement and text. Through exercises, methods and approached to spatio-temporal composition, we will delve into the poetic realm, using language and text as ways of accessing and stabilising choreographic potential – and vice versa. The participants will explore possibilities in developing their own scores and spatial compositions.

• Applicant's field of study: Playwrights/ theatre students that writes dramatic text
• Number of spots avaliable: 2
• Dates: 20-24 October 2025 (week 43)
• Place: Campus Copenhagen
• ECTS-points: 3
• Teacher: Janne-Camilla Lyster
• Participating students from DASPA: BA in Playwriting second year, MA in Dance & Participation second year.

The MFA in Choreography accepts full-degree students every other year, and exchange students the second and third semester of the programme.

Exchange students are accepted in:

• Autumn 2025 (2nd year - 3rd semester)

MFA in Dance & Participation has a biannual intake of full-degree students and welcomes exchange students on all semesters, except for the 4th and final semester, due to the individual final project of the programme.

MFA in Dance & Participation welcomes students on the following semesters:

• Autumn 2025 (2nd year - 3rd semester)