What is upper secondary education and training?

When you have finished year 10 of compulsory education, you are entitled to take upper secondary education and training.

• You must personally apply for a place in upper secondary education and training.
• You write three education programmes in your application.
• You are admitted to one of the three education programmes you wanted most.

Which education programme shall you choose?

In upper secondary education there are 15 different education programmes to choose between. The education programmes comprise education in different fields, such as sports and physical education, electrical engineering and computer technology and agriculture, fishing and forestry. You have to find out which education programmes are suited to you and your interests.

General studies or vocational education?
We differentiate between general studies and vocational education programmes.

• Can you see yourself taking more studies at a university college or university? General studies prepare you for higher education. There are 5 general studies education programmes.
• Do you want to have a practical vocation after upper secondary education and training? Vocational education gives you vocational qualifications so that you can go out into working life. There are 10 vocational education programmes.
• If you choose vocational education, you also have the opportunity to take more education and achieve university admission certification after completing and passing your vocational education and training.
  

Are you not sure of what you want to choose?

• Talk with the educational and vocational counsellor at your school regarding which education programmes are best suited to you.
• There are several Internet aids where you can chart your interests. Why not try the quiz “What might suit you?”; you can find the questions on the front page of vilbli.no. It might give you an indication of which education programmes you can start by examining.