Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio
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The Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio is a private college located in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, 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 focuses on subjects related to stage, studio, film and television, and is one of the largest educational centers in the Nordic countries with this specific theme.

Originally founded as Norsk Lydskole (Norwegian School of Sound) in 1985, the school has since expanded to include a several courses related to performing arts. The course Popular Music has an option of entering year three of a Bachelor's Degree at the University of Wolverhampton
University of Wolverhampton
The University of Wolverhampton is a British university located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. The city campus is located in Wolverhampton city centre with a second campus at Compton Park, Wolverhampton; a third in Walsall and a fourth in Telford...

, studying BA Popular Music or BA Music Technology & Popular Music.

Since 2007 it is owned by the investment company Anthon B Nilsen
Anthon B Nilsen
Anthon B Nilsen AS is a Norwegian investment company. It was established by Anthon Bernhard Elias Nilsen in 1879 to export pulp and paper products and lumber. His sons Reidar and Gunnar Holst took over in the 1930s, and ultimately established the Reidar and Gunnar Holst Foundation in 1973 to assure...

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Two year courses

  • Sound engineering
  • Popular Music
  • Film & Television
  • Lighting and stage technology
  • Creative Arts management
  • Acting
  • Fine Arts
  • Photography

External links

  • Official website
    • http://www.niss.no/index.php?section=26 A brief description of NISS in English]
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