Stockholm University of the Arts was inaugurated on January 1, 2014 when DOCH University of Dance and Circus, the University College of Opera, and Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts merged in order to create a leading international education- and research milieu.

This milieu will develop in close dialogue with the surrounding artistic and cultural community, and shall constitute a dynamic driving force in the advancement of artistic knowledge, as well as promote the role of the arts in societal development.