Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið

Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið
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Sanatoriivegur 13, FO-188 Hoyvík Faroe Islands
Information
Type	Public
Established	1937
Rector	Herleif Hammer
Colour(s)
Website	https://web.archive.org/web/20150814211050/http://www.hoydalar.fo/

Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið is a high school in the valley of , outside Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. It has over 900 students enrolled. The institution is the Faroe Islands' eldest and biggest high school.

History[]

The school was founded in 1937. In 1962 it moved to Hoydalar. A new school for the high school is planned to be built now in Marknagil in Tórshavn, the project is called Marknagilsdepilin. It is scheduled to open in 2016.^[1]

Studies structure[]

Students under the age of 18 are enrolled for a 3-year period (Student). Older students can achieve a diploma after only a 2-year period (HF). The curricula and final exams vary between the two but the diplomas achieved after the finals are of equal value.

Underaged[]

Students choosing Student (the 3-year period) can choose between the mathematics line and the language line. The former is focusing on science while the latter mainly consists of language-courses. Students on both lines have courses on a lower level from the other line, e.g. the language students have mathematic on C-level.

Adults[]

Students choosing HF (the 2-year period) have the same courses as the student on the 3-year period but with different curricula. To obtain a diploma the students have to attend a final exam in all courses, as opposed to the 3-years period where students only attend final exams in some of the courses (selected by lot).

See also[]

• Education in the Faroe Islands

References[]

External links[]

• www.hoydalar.fo
• Gymnasieskolen.dk: "Lykkelig integration på Færøerne"^{[permanent dead link]} (article about a Danish teacher at Føroya Studentaskúli og HF-Skeið)

Coordinates: 62°01′38″N 6°45′53″W / 62.0272°N 6.7647°W / 62.0272; -6.7647