How to get there?
From abroad:
Distances from Rauland:
The main national airport, Gardermoen
International Airport is based in Oslo.
From there you take the express bus
(“Haukeliekspressen’) from Oslo to Rauland.
You will have to change buses (to a local bus)
in Åmot, but ask your driver and he or she
will help you.
Rauland-Oslo: 240 kilometres
Rauland -Bø: 100 kilometres
Rauland -Porsgrunn: 160 kilometres
Rauland -Notodden: 95 kilometres
Rauland -Bergen: 300 kilometres
Getting around:
The ‘Telemarksekspressen’ express bus covers the route Seljord to Skien and Porsgrunn
and to nearby towns in Vestfold.
Telemark University College
Raulandakademiet
3864 Rauland
Norway
Telephone (+47) 35 95 29 00
www.hit.no
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Welcome to campus Rauland
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Campus Rauland
Telemark University College has
approximately 6 500 students on
campuses in Bø, Porsgrunn, Notodden
and Rauland throughout the County of
Telemark in southern Norway.
Norway’s cultural and fine arts’ circles.
The courses offered in Rauland may
very well be combined with professional studies like teacher education,
cultural work and conservation.
The joint administration including
rector´s office and the international
office is located in Porsgrunn.
Campus Rauland in the larger municipality of Vinje has approximately 130
students. The Department of Folk Culture at Rauland has specialized in study
programmes featuring Norwegian folk
music and traditional arts and design
based on materials as wood, metal and
textiles (folk art).
The Department of Folk Culture is
located in new and functional facilities
surrounded by beautiful nature in the
foothills of the wide Hardangervidda
mountain plateau that separates Eastern and Western Norway. The buildings
contains well equipped workshops for
working with wood, metal and textiles,
studios, separate rooms for individual
musical practice, library, study halls,
computer labs and a nice cafeteria.
Throughout the academic year the students exhibit student works as well as
arrange concerts open to the public.
The academic programmes offered in
Rauland all have a strong performing
profile and many former students have
made careers as performing artists in
Programmes offered in English:
• Norwegian Folk Music
Norwegian Folk Music is a full credit
(30ECTS) one semester programme
designed for foreign students with an
interest in Norwegian Folk Music. The
main goal of the programme is to give
students a thorough understanding of
the roots of, influences on and performance of Norwegian Folk Music.
• Traditional Arts
In the Master’s degree programme,
Traditional Arts, students may choose
whether they wish to study folk
music or folk art. The programme has
a performance-orientated profile. The
aim is that students will become either
competent folk music performers or folk
art artists.
• Ph. D programme in Culture
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National and
International
Networks
Students at Rauland may draw advantage
from the Faculty´s extensive national and
international networks through festivals,
conferences, seminars and exhibitions.
The Faculty cooperates with partners
about different festivals and other events.
The academic year in Rauland opens with
the North Sea Festival (Nordsjøfestivalen) in the small town of Farsund on the
Southern coast of Norway and closes with
the Haukeliseter Festival (Haukeliseterfestivalen) in June. Students and staff give
concerts, attend workshops and perform
together with other artists in an informal
setting.
The Rauland International Winter Festival
is a joint festival for both folk music and
folk art, with workshops for both specialisations, folk music contests, exhibitions,
fairs and concerts. Respected artists from
the other Nordic countries and from all
over Europe come to Rauland during the
festival to contribute to create a exciting week of music, arts, crafts and other
events.
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About Rauland
Rauland is located in the larger Vinje
municipality in the far western parts of
Telemark County. This small mountain
community is located at the foot of
the Hardangervidda mountain plateau,
which is the largest alpine mountain plateau in Northern Europe and
Norway’s largest National Park. The
gorgeous nature makes a big impact on
community activities during all seasons.
High mountains, the endless mountain plateau and the lake Totak make
Rauland an exciting destination all year
round.
In winter Rauland offers excellent skiing opportunities with more than 40
kilometres of well-prepared tracks for
cross country skiing as well as several
slopes and lifts for snowboarding and
alpine skiing.
Other activities offered in the community through the year include fitness
groups, choirs, folk dance, marching
band and a variety of sports. Rauland
also offers one of Norway’s largest and
best centres for horseback riding.
tional architecture and folk art.
Rauland has two galleries, while the
larger municipality as such offers several museums, changing exhibitions and a
variety of concerts during the year.
In Rauland you will not need a car to
get around. Most of what you want to
do, or places you want to go is located
in the small town centre and within
walking distance.
Rauland’s history goes way back, and
the people of Rauland take pride in
preserving their history and culture.
The community is rich in popular poetry,
folk tales and legends, folk music, tradi-
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Student Welfare
The Foundation for Student Service in Telemark (SiTel) is a service organisation whose main task it is to support life outside the
classroom for the students at TUC. SiTel is established by law and
all students registered at TUC are required to pay a small membership fee to SiTel. Exchange students within the Erasmus and
Nordplus programmes are exempted from this fee. In return, all
students may benefit from all of SiTel’s facilities and services.
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Accommodation:
SiTel have 20 rooms for rent in Rauland.
International students are normally
guaranteed a room in one of SiTel’s
housing units as long as there are
rooms available. The rent starts at
approximately NOK 3400 a month.
Internet connection, electricity, heating and laundry facilities is included
in the rent. The rooms have their own
bathroom. All rooms are within walking
distance of the campus. It is not mandatory for international students to live
in student accommodation, but we do
recommend that international students
do. For degree-seeking students, a SiTel
housing guarantee is a vital part of
their application for a student residence
permit.
Student cafeteria:
The student cafeteria is the heart of
student life on campus.
Other welfare services include:
• Student counselling
• Learning environment advisers
• Student minister
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The Folk Music Stage and the
Student Pub
The Department of Folk Culture is one
of the places included in the National
Stage of Folk Music project. Thus
we enjoy several national folk music
concerts of high quality during the year.
The concerts are held in the Arestoga,
one of the old log houses surrounding the main building. Quite often the
Student Pub is open in connection with
these concerts. The programme for the
Folk Music Stage of Rauland is published on www.folkemusikkscena.no
Health Care:
Health services in Norway are of
high standards, and are mostly free
of charge. Conditions vary depending on nationality and length of stay
in Norway. Students from a EU/EEA
country and Switzerland must obtain
an European Health Insurance Card
from their home country, entitling them
to medical treatment in accordance
with the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme. Students from a country
outside the EU/EEA wil automatically
become members of the Norwegian
National Insurance Scheme if they stay
in Norway for more than 12 months.
Students who come for a shorter period
(3 – 12 months) may apply for membership in the Norwegian National Insurance Scheme. Students from
Nordic countries are automatically
covered by the Norwegian National
Insurance Scheme. Dental care and opticians are not covered by the Norwegian
National Insurance Scheme.
SiTel may in some cases cover medical
expenses exceeding a certain minimum
amount per year, and may in addition
in certain cases cover expenses to
psychologist, physiotherapist or
chiropractor.
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