Upper Secondary Education and Training

Upper secondary education and training comprises all courses leading to qualifications above the lower secondary level and below the level of higher education.

Young people who have completed primary and lower secondary education, or the equivalent, have a right to three years’ upper secondary education and training leading either to admission to higher education, to vocational qualifications or to basic skills.

 

Higher education, vocational qualifications or basic skills

Young people who have completed primary and lower secondary education, or the equivalent, have a right to three years’ upper secondary education and training leading either to admission to higher education, to vocational qualifications or to basic skills.

General Studies and Vocational Studies

Upper secondary education and training is available all over the country so as to ensure an equal education for all. Earlier there were a number of different types of school offering upper secondary education courses of varying length, but since 1976 Norway has had a unified upper secondary structure that coordinates general studies and vocational studies.

Ministry of Education and Research

Associated law/regulation

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