Havbruksakademiet Nord

Havbruksakademiet Nord VGS is an upper secondary school in Leknes, Lofoten, Norway. It offers Vg1 Naturbruk (blue line), Vg2 Akvakultur and Vg3 study-preparatory natural resource programmes, with specialisation towards veterinary (VETE) or engineering (SIV.ING) admission. Vocational courses include the IMO 50 basic safety course, the boat operator test, crane and forklift operator training, and chemical handling and feeding courses.

Pupils are admitted from across Norway. The school is approved under the Private Schools Act for 36 pupils, follows public curricula and is run as a non-profit organisation whose income benefits its pupils. Cooperation with local industry includes placements for aquaculture pupils at Ellingsen Seafood.

The school was founded in 2020 and is located at Lofoten Bio Center on Storeidøya, about 4 km from Leknes. It is established by Søren Fredrik Voie, Campus BLÅ and Nordly together with its principal, Trond Ketil Jørgensen.

Product: Upper secondary education (Vg1 to Vg3) in aquaculture and natural resource programmes, with vocational safety and operator certificate courses.