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Master in Media Practices students at Volda University College have gained highly relevant practical experience this autumn and are receiving praise for the promotional films they produced for Runde Research.

In competition with all other colleges and universities in Norway, Volda University College has won the award for Erasmus+ Institution of the Year 2025.

He played a key role in blockbuster films like Toy Story and The Incredibles. When Bill Wise shares his expertise in animation and innovation with students in Volda, he views the future of the profession in light of AI with optimism.

Discover how the Master in Media Practices at Volda University College helps media students gain practical experience and industry connections. Learn about the collaboration with Oclin and how student life in Volda becomes a launchpad for creative careers.

Seventeen candidates are running for election as student representatives to the University Board at Volda University College (HVO). Get to know them and vote here! You could win a gift card worth NOK 1,000 by casting your vote.

– Safety, trip planning, laws and regulations, snow and glaciers, skiing and gear repair, experience design. So much exciting stuff! There’s a reason we call our trip an “extended bachelor’s thesis”, say the four students from Volda University College who plan to cross the Greenland Ice Sheet – entirely on their own.

Xènia, Natalie, and Carmen had the time of their life as exchange students in Volda in 2015. This summer, they came back to re-experience the magic of small-town Norway together, and Volda did not disappoint.

A warm welcome awaited the new students in Volda at the opening of the academic year, where engagement, friendship, promising futures, and everything the vibrant student town of Volda has to offer were key themes.

The University of Melbourne is ranked in the world's top 20. Professor Siv M. Gamlem at Volda University College (VUC) has been named Honorary Fellow at one of its research centres. "This is a great honour, and it shows that VUC is being noticed internationally", says the professor in education enthusiastically.