Nesna University College ( or ) is a høgskole, a Norwegian state institution of higher education, in the municipality of Nesna

Nesna

Nesna is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Nesna....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. It was established August 1, 1994, and has approximately 1200 students and 130 employees.

Nesna University College consists of three faculties, each led by a Dean

Dean (education)

In academic administration, a dean is a person with significant authority over a specific academic unit, or over a specific area of concern, or both...

. Each faculty consists of a set of Departments:

Faculty of Culture and Society

Dean Renee Waara

• Drama
• English
• Norwegian
• Art and Handicraft
• Religion and Philosofy
• Music
• Social Science

Faculty of Scientific Subjects

Dean Per Arne Godejord

Per Arne Godejord

Per Arne Godejord is a Norwegian senior lecturer in social informatics at Nesna University College.His work is focused on didactics of social informatics, using the theme of sexual abuse of children on Internet as a way of teaching social informatics to both computer science students and teacher...

• Sports
• Information and Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Natural Sciences

Faculty Web pages:

• Faculty of Scientific Subjects Blog
• Faculty Web

Faculty of Teacher and Nursing Education

Dean Even Næss

• Pedagogic
• Nursing