The Higher Vocational Education Student Survey
The Higher Vocational Education Student Survey is a questionnaire for students enrolled in higher vocational education. It is conducted annually during the spring semester.
The results from the 2026 Student Survey for Higher Vocational Education have been published on the Student Survey results page on hkdir.no. Studiebarometeret.no will no longer be updated with new results from the survey.
For more information about the survey, see the Higher Vocational Education Student Survey page on hkdir.no.
Purpose
The purpose of the survey is to give educational institutions, students, higher education applicants, the government and other stakeholders information about educational quality in the vocational education sector.
Population and questionnaire
The population for the survey conducted in 2024 included all vocational school students who had studied for more than one semester, and to some vocational school students in their first semester of study. In total, the population included approximately 23 000 students from 56 vocational schools, as well as approximately 800 study programmes.
The questionnaire contained approximately 100 questions, primarly concerning the students’ opinion on the educational quality in their study programme. We asked, among other things, about their perspectives on the study- and learning environment, teaching and academic councelling, and working life relevance. We also covered other themes such as student engagement, by asking questions regarding motivation, study effort and expectations. The same survey was sent to all students, regardless of which study programme they were enrolled in.
The respondents could answer most questions by way of a five-point scale (from «not satisfied» to «very satisfied», from «do not agree» to «agree completely», and from «to a low degree» to «to a high degree»). The students could also choose the option «do not know». The exceptions to the five-point scale were the background questions about the student herself (sex, work and educational history, etc.), the questions on study effort (in which students gave estimates in numbers of hours), the questions on teaching- and study methods, and questions regarding their choice of study programme.
The questionnaire can be found here:
Spørreskjema 2024 fagskoleundersøkelsen - bokmål
Spørreskjema 2024 fagskoleundersøkelsen - nynorsk
Spørreskjema 2024 fagskoleundersøkelsen - engelsk