The Halden campus, designed by architect firm Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter, was opened in 2006.

The building was nominated by the Norwegian Association of Architects for the Mies van der Rohe-prize.

Its newest addition, called "Smia" ("the forge"), was opened for the school's Faculty of Engineering in 2010.

[5] Of the 26 Norwegian higher education institutions that applied, Østfold University College was one of five that received this distinction of quality.

Training is based on a combination of conceptual visual art and the techniques and methods of classical and contemporary theatre.