Nordic Nature Photography Course

Information for applicants
Age
The average age of participants on the school´s courses is 19.5 years. Lower age limit in general is 18 years. However, the lower age limit for the Nordic Nature Photography Course is 19.
(Average age NNP is 25 years).

The school year
The school year starts in late August and ends in late May. Parents and other family members are welcome to attend the opening and graduation ceremonies. The school year is 33 weeks long. Teaching takes place 6 days a week, including Saturdays, apart from a few free days.

Economy
Instruction at the school is free of charge. Cost for accommodation, meals, excursions and basic photo material is NOK 71,000 for the school year 2012-13. This includes joint excursions, course excursions and a sum of NOK 6,000 per participant for travel in connection with individual project periods during the course.
International travel is not included in this price. The costs for the trips to Iceland and USA are estimated to NOK 20.000,-, and will be set before the course begins. Active photographers should also bargain on further costs for photographic materials during the year. Additional charge for a large double room with bathroom in our new residences.

Further information is available from the school. Participants who are accepted onto the Nordic Nature Photography Course are required to pay a registration fee of NOK 1,800.
Pay slip will be sent with letter of acceptance.

Scholarships and study loans
May be applied for from the State Study Loans authority on the same terms as for students in higher education and universities. Foreign students must apply for scholarships or loans in their own country.

Study points and experience points
A year at a folk high school counts for 3 points when you apply to higher education courses in Norway, on condition that you have had at least 90 % attendance. Where acceptance onto higher education courses is based on real experience, your certificate from Øytun and your own documentation of your year can also count.

Acceptance
Our first intake is on 1 February, after which we accept participants continually until the course is full. Once the course is full new applications will be placed on a waiting list and may be offered places only after the acceptance deadline for those who have been offered places runs out.
Applicants who have completed the first year studies at Øytun (Foto og friluftsliv) or Ålands Folkhögskola (Naturfoto-friluftsliv) are given first priority. Those who are offered a place will receive a letter of acceptance, including more information about economy, course content, necessary equipment etc.

Applications
Those who wish to apply for a year on the Nordic Nature Photography Course may use this application form , which can be printed out , filled in and sent, together with required supplements, to Øytun folkehøgskole, N-9518 Alta. You may also apply by e-mail by writing the information requested in the application form, and attaching the images and other files.

We reserve the right to make changes in course content when necessitated by factors outside the school´s control, or to cancel the course in the event of too few applications.

Supplements to application
In addition to the completed application form applicants must include certified copies of relevant certificates. Certificates which are relevant for the successful completion of the course must also be included (e.g. medical certificate in case of illness or use of medicines).
Work samples should be included – see course info

Do not forget
to answer the following questions as thoroughly as you can on a separate sheet of paper to be included with your application.

1.Why are you applying to Øytun?
2.What do you expect to get out of this school year?
3.What are your interests?


Your application should be forwarded to:
Øytun folkehøgskole
N-9518 Alta
Norway