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Thursday 31 March marked the return of the X2 Festival in Volda and during the weekend there will be a full programme of extreme sport competitions, talks, concerts and other activities. Find out more about the programme!

Helga Synnevåg Løvoll's research has been noticed and appreciated both in Norway and abroad. The newly promoted professor insists that outdoor life is so much more than extreme off-piste skiing, downhill biking and rock climbing – if one only takes the time to experience nature.

Join the fun! At Dokfilm, you'll get a unique opportunity to get to know other volunteers, not to mention the valuable experience in contributing to arrange a festival! In addition, you'll also get a free festival pass by volunteering.

Animation Volda won the Internationalization prize for 2022 and it was a surprised and delighted festival board who received the award from the international officer at the Student Parliament, Fady Gemayel.

VEKA is a festival with long traditions in Norway. It's arranged on almost every higher education institution and has it roots from Trondheim in early 20th century. VEKA in Volda was unfolded in 1985 and has been arranged annually ever since. Come and join the fun!

The library at Volda University College is so much more than books and papers – students and employees can now borrow iPads at the library for free.

Student exchange and international mobility has been difficult during the pandemic, but still the International Office at VUC has been working hard to find new and exciting opportunities for exchange.

There will be more in-person teaching at VUC again from 1. February. Here is the information and advises which could be useful when you are returning to campus.

The gear lending central BUA is an ideal organisation who provides children and youth opportunities to engage in more and more varied outdoor activities. This autumn, BUA Volda was ranged fourth at lending top by mid-sized national communal districts.

All students, both new and those in existing study programs, must register for a new semester in 2022. Find the shortcut to registration here, together with other useful information related to the start of studies in January.