Noroff Higher Vocational College
At Noroff you can begin to hone your digital expertise by higher vocational education that is aimed at the industries in which you wish to build your future. We educate first movers.
Noroff Higher Vocational College has campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand and Stavanger. The start of semester is in August, when you will already be hands-on.
The higher vocational education will present you with relevant challenges through classroom teaching, self-study, guest lectures and a close collaboration with and insight into industry and commerce and the market. Our reading lists reflect the digital need of tomorrow.
Consider a learning environment where you and your fellow students voluntarily and enthusiastically remain on campus after the end of a day of teaching. Because you want to be better. Even better. Because you want to learn more, to perfect your skills. We guarantee that being prepared will become second nature. Every day.
You have exciting and insightful years ahead of you. A higher vocational education at Noroff will be one of the elements that form the rest of your professional life. Our students acquaint themselves with many current and future employers at an early stage and every year the curriculum is updated to be congruent with corresponding industry standards.
It will probably feel like you are already in employment a number of times over the course of the academic year. All our professionally competent teachers and lecturers greet each new day with a passion to give you that feeling.
The majority of educational programs are also available as online studies with programmes starting up four times a year. All documentation and learning material is digitally available to all students.
The higher vocational education awards credits where 60 credits is equivalent to one year of education. All of our educational programs are accredited by the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) and have been approved for student loans and grants by the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund (Statens Lånekasse for utdanning). The two-year educational program can be extended by a third study year abroad, leading to a bachelor’s degree.
The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research recently announced the new degree titles for higher vocational programs. These are professional degree for one year programs (60 and 90 credits) and higher professional degree for two year programs (120 credits).
Study programs at Noroff Higher Vocational College
Front-end Development
Front-end Development is the technology education where visual design meets coding, web design and UX design. Front-end developers are in great demand, giving the students great career opportunities after graduation.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Higher Professional Degree upon completion |
Back-end Development (2-year)
Become a back-end developer with advanced technical programming competence. You will learn advanced functions in JavaScript, databases, cloud-based services and .NET, and become job-ready to work as a full-stack developer.
| 2 year | |
| Available online | |
| Higher Professional Degree Diploma |
Back-end Development (1-year)
Become a back-end developer and work with creating web solutions for the future. Back-end developers are in very high demand, topping the list of "the most in-demand tech jobs of 2023".
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree Diploma |
Digital Marketing
Build a career as a digital marketer and create results with digital advertising, search engine optimization, privacy and analytics. This education focuses on strategic and targeted online marketing and social media.
| 1 year | |
| Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
Data Analyst (2-year)
Become a highly employable data analyst with advanced skills in databases, cloud services, programmatic data analysis, big data and other advanced topics.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Higher Professional Degree Diploma |
Data Analyst (1-year)
Data analysts have become increasingly important during the digital age. Work with data analysis and take on a key role in industries ranging from finance to marketing.
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree Diploma |
Graphic Design
Practical design education where students learn to work creatively with visual communication. Become a graphic designer and work with strategic design, illustration, photography, web design and animation.
| 2 years (or 1 year) | |
| Available online | |
| Higher Professional Degree upon completion |
User Interface Design
Become a job-ready UI Designer with this one year Professional Program. Acquire sought-after skills in User Interface Design resulting in great career opportunities upon graduation.
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree upon completion |
Technical Design – Architectural
Practical education in technical design where you learn to draw, model and visualise buildings and modern constructions within building design, concept modelling and BIM.
| Online Studies | |
| 1 year | |
| Professional Degree upon completion |
Technical Design – Mechanical
Practical education in technical design where you learn to draw, model, and visualizse mechanical assemblies and constructions in CAD, product design, and digital prototyping.
| Online Studies | |
| 1 year | |
| Professional Degree upon completion |
Teknisk design - Bygningsinformasjons-modellering - BIM
The products of tomorrow are produced and validated with the aid of digitised competence and tools. Be prepared and relevant for a job within the building- and construction industry with an education in BIM. Learn to design, document, visualise and validate digital models of residential houses and commercial buildings.
| Online Studies | |
| 2 years | |
| Higher Professional Degree upon completion |
Video Marketing in Social Media
Video is a vital part of influencer marketing. Work with digital marketing strategies and apply video production and storytelling techniques for Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social media.
| Online Studies | |
| 1 year | |
| Professional Degree |
Applied Machine Learning
With Applied Machine Learning you can teach systems to learn from data. Become attractive to employers and work with AI upon graduation.
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree upon completion |
Sound and Music Production
Learn audio and music production in a professional studio. Get broad, practical experience with quality equipment, and acquire the skills needed in a dynamic industry.
| 2 years (or 1 year) | |
| Oslo, Bergen | |
| Not available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
Film Production
Become a filmmaker and work professionally with film or television production. In this film education you can immerse to be a producer, director, screenwriter, photographer or editor, and work with the same equipment used by the film industry.
| 2 years (or 1 year) | |
| Oslo and Bergen | |
| Not available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
Network and IT Security
Practical IT education that teaches you to prevent hacking and computer crime. The growing need for IT security competence provides great job opportunities after graduation.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Higher Professional Degree upon completion |
Network and System Administration
Practical IT education that teaches you network and system management. The program is centered around Microsoft and Unix-based technologies, and infrastructure for network and server management focusing on IT security.
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree upon completion |
3D Art and Games Technology
Become a 3D designer and work with games, VFX, visualizing, AR and VR, or in other industries. The program uses the latest technology and working methods, so that you will be ready for employment.
| 1 year | |
| Available online | |
| Professional Degree |
