Volda University College
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Volda University College is a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the village of Volda
in Møre og Romsdal
county, Norway
. It was established on 1 August 1994, when the Møre og Romsdal regional college and the Volda Teachers College were merged together. The College has a long tradition in Volda dating back to a teachers' training college which was first established here in 1895. The current rector is Per Halse and it has approximately 2,900 students and 340 employees.
The university college is divided into four faculties: the Faculty of Humanities and Education, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences and History, and the Faculty of Media and Journalism. There are a total of 5 Master's degree
programmes, 30 undergraduate study programmes, and about 300 courses offered.
The College is host of the annual Documentary Film Festival
(Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen) and a lively social environment, centered around "Rokken" ( Rokken.no)).
Volda
Volda is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Sunnmøre region. The administrative centre is the village of Volda. The municipality is located about south of the city of Ålesund.-General information:...
in Møre og Romsdal
Møre og Romsdal
is a county in the northernmost part of Western Norway. It borders the counties of Sør-Trøndelag, Oppland and Sogn og Fjordane. The county administration is located in Molde, while Ålesund is the largest city.-The name:...
county, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It was established on 1 August 1994, when the Møre og Romsdal regional college and the Volda Teachers College were merged together. The College has a long tradition in Volda dating back to a teachers' training college which was first established here in 1895. The current rector is Per Halse and it has approximately 2,900 students and 340 employees.
The university college is divided into four faculties: the Faculty of Humanities and Education, the Faculty of Fine and Performing Arts, the Faculty of Social Sciences and History, and the Faculty of Media and Journalism. There are a total of 5 Master's degree
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
programmes, 30 undergraduate study programmes, and about 300 courses offered.
The College is host of the annual Documentary Film Festival
Documentary film festivals
Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film, which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality....
(Den Norske Dokumentarfilmfestivalen) and a lively social environment, centered around "Rokken" ( Rokken.no)).