Gokstad Akademiet

Gokstad Akademiet is a Norwegian fagskole (vocational college) that offers practice-oriented programmes developed with working life. Study formats include campus programmes, online studies, and online studies with in-person gatherings. It also runs free and paid short online courses and publishes a course catalogue.

Its target audiences are individuals seeking higher vocational education, including career changers, and businesses that want competence courses for their employees. Its vocational programmes are approved for student financing from Lånekassen. Applications are processed on a rolling basis until the August start.

The company is registered in Sandefjord, Norway, where it was founded in 2017. It also presents Oslo as a study location. A cooperation with Solent University in England lets graduates with a higher vocational degree from Gokstad Akademiet add one further study year to complete a bachelor's degree. In autumn 2026 it started a new one-year accounting and payroll programme approved by NOKUT.

Product: Vocational college (fagskole) programmes delivered on campus, online, or online with in-person gatherings, plus short online courses and business competence courses.