Please see our pdf document to see the different activities and program points of a typical week.

 

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A minimum criteria in order to be accepted as a student at Matteson Mission School is to have a wish to give God and the Bible a central place in your life, be motivated to learn and willing to follow the Matteson program

Due to immigration laws and the formal status of our school, we are only able to accept students, who don’t need VISAs to enter Norway. There are some countries, that Norway doesn’t require to have a VISA of to enter, but where one can only stay 90 days and then needs to be outside Norway for at least 180 days. This naturally doesn’t work for our school year, so therefore we can only take students from EU / EEA countries. So, if you are from a EU / EEA country we can potentially accept you as a student (and you don’t need a VISA).

The school year starts middle of August and ends middle of July. You do get a diploma when you are finished, but since our school is not registered as an educational institution, you do not get any formal credits. However, you do get a solid foundation to build your life on.

You will also be LIGHT (Lay Institute of Global Health Training) accredited, which means that you can continue your education to be a missionary at LIGHT affiliated schools that have advanced training. Additionally you are equipped to be teaching/organizing 1-month LIGHT schools all over the world.

As member of Outpost Centers International (OCI) and Adventist-laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) cooperating with Lay Institute of Global Health Training (LIGHT), Matteson Mission School also is able to connect its students to other projects and schools worldwide.

The students live at the school and must expect to be sharing room with somebody. The girls’ dorm is in the same building as the school. The property with the boys’ dorm is a short walk away. This school is designed for 12 students. The students participate in all the different tasks of a household, like cooking, cleaning etc.

The fall and spring semesters will be in Norway. Fall and spring is chilly, summer is usually warm, but rarely hot. During the mission internship (January-March) the students go to a mission project (e.g. Honduras), where the climate is tropical.

See the bottom of the admissions page for the answer to this question.

You will also have to make sure you have travel/medical insurance from your country both for your stay in Norway and the mission trip (e.g. Honduras). Norwegian students are offered travel insurance through the school.

We have a student refund policy that you can read here.