OpenFieldInland Norway University of Applied Sciences (INN University) operates specialized cross-border research and educational partnerships with Swedish universities (Karlstad and Dalarna), celebrated for its Rena campus game development studios (Hammar Game Collective), forestry economics, and international crisis management.
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
Fellowship supporting graduate programmers and technical artists developing virtual reality systems, procedural world generation, and game physics engines.
Two-year master's covering computer graphics algorithms, artificial intelligence in games, immersive extended reality (XR), and high-performance C++.
Doctoral research conducted across the Scandinavian boreal forest investigating wolf-moose population dynamics, sustainable timber harvesting, and biodiversity.
Curriculum preparing emergency managers in civil protection, disaster logistics, hybrid warfare threats, critical infrastructure resilience, and risk communication.
Three-year creative degree covering 2D/3D character animation, digital storyboarding, visual effects compositing, and stop-motion filmmaking.
Field-based intensive measuring peatland carbon fluxes, Eddy covariance towers, LiDAR canopy penetration, and deadwood biodiversity across Scandinavia.
Granted to master's students investigating economic cooperation, transportation corridors, and renewable bioeconomy along the Sweden-Norway border region.
Tuition is free for Nordic and EU/EEA citizens. Non-EU/EEA international tuition ranges from NOK 130,000 to NOK 170,000 per academic year. Erasmus+ cross-border mobility grants, Norwegian state educational fund (Lånekassen) loans, and forestry industry research awards are available.
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Rena / Swedish Transnational Program):
Rector of INN University & Professor of Strategic Communication · Organizational Communication, Crisis Communication, Higher Education Governance, Regional Development
Professor of Applied Ecology & Wildlife Biology Specialist · Carnivore Ecology, Predator-Prey Dynamics, Boreal Forest Ecosystems, Camera Trap Monitoring
Senior Lecturer in Game Design & Virtual Environments · User Experience in XR, Virtual Production, Serious Games, Collaborative Game Design
Facts reflect official Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (Rena / Swedish Transnational Program) documentation reviewed 2026-10-15. Degree admissions, scholarship awards, and employment positions are subject to formal university review. OpenField does not charge students application fees.
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