Upper secondary education encompasses all competence-building training between the lower secondary and higher education levels. Legislation adopted in 1994 grants everyone between the ages of 16 and 19 the right to three years of upper ... + More

Norway has approximately 3 250 primary and lower secondary schools, with about 620 000 pupils and just under 60 000 teacher man-years. There are ten years of primary and lower secondary schooling in Norway, and children start school at ... + More

Lifelong learningNorway’s education system attaches great importance to providing people with the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills throughout life, so that they are able to function well in society and keep up with the ... + More

Norway has six universities, six specialised university colleges, 25 state university colleges, two state university colleges of art, and 29 private university colleges. In the autumn of 2005, more than 211 000 students were registered at ... + More

900.000 of Norway’s 4.5 million inhabitants are currently undergoing education. In addition, approximately 1 million people take part annually in adult education activities. The general level of education is high in Norway. According ... + More