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Volda is situated in the middle of western coastline of Norway.
You can get to Volda from Oslo lufthavn Gardermoen by plane, either via Volda/Ørsta airport, Hovden (HOV) or via Ålesund airport, Vigra (ALS). From Hovden there is at ten minutes drive, while from Vigra you must travel an extra hour and a half to two hours by buss or car. (More travel information will be posted on this page closer to the conference).
Volda is surrounded by Sunnmørsalpane, a chain of alpine mountain peaks, and is renowned for its excellent and dramatic scenery.
The Volda University College has approximately 3000 students, 150 academic staff, and about 60 technical and administrative staff. The college has long and proud traditions of higher education dating back to its foundation as a teachers’ training college established in 1895, now expanded to 4 faculties, 5 Master's Programmes, more than 30 undergraduate study programmes, and about 300 study courses offered. Volda has since the early seventies excelled in its journalist educations, and holds a strong position among journalist throughout the country.
View pictures from Volda and Ørsta
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