Noroff Vocational School
At Noroff you can begin to hone your digital expertise by vocational education that is aimed at the industries in which you wish to build your future. We educate first movers.
Noroff vocational education has campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand and Stavanger. The start of semester is in August, when you will already be hands-on.
The 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 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 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 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 Vocational School
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 | |
| Oslo, Bergen | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma 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 |
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) | |
| Oslo, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
VFX - Visual Effects
Work with spectacular visual effects in movies, games and virtual reality. This education prepares you for a career in digital media across industries.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
Digital Prototyping
The products of tomorrow are manufactured and tested digitally. Get ready for a career in the process and manufacturing industry with a leading-edge education that teaches you to design physical products using 3D printing.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
Technical Design with CAD 2D/3D
Practical one-year education in technical design, where you learn to draw, model and visualize buildings and modern constructions within BIM, product design and digital prototyping.
| 1 year | |
| Oslo | |
| 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 |
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma 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 | |
| Oslo, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
3D Design and Animation
Become a 3D designer and create photo-realistic visualizations, environments and animations. Learn to give life to games and movies, and create 3D images of products and constructions for multiple industries.
| 1 year | |
| Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
3D Game Design
Become a 3D game designer and learn to develop creative and interactive game content and gamification for multiple industries. The study program provides unique insight into development processes, from idea to launch-ready products.
| 2 years | |
| Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
3D Film Production
Learn to produce animated 3D films, environments and characters from idea to finished movie. This education prepares you to work with 3D content for movies, web, advertising, marketing and virtual reality.
| 2 years | |
| Available online | |
| Vocaitional School Diploma upon completion |
