Various facts and figures about the University

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Email: sverrirg@hi.is

 Students
Students

 

Year Total number
of students		 Undergraduates - Diploma - Graduates More details
2025 13,646 Total - Undergraduates: 8,211
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 2,006
Total - Graduates: 3,429
Thereof PhD: 697		  
2024 14,021 Total - Undergraduates: 8,337
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 2,220
Total - Graduates: 3,614
Thereof PhD: 718		  
2023

 

14,167

Total - Undergraduates: 8,589
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 2,123
Total - Graduates: 3,575
Thereof PhD: 705

Registered February 20th 2023
2022

 

15,089

Total - Undergraduates: 9,174
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 2,273
Total - Graduates: 3,821
Thereof PhD: 694

Registered February 20th 2022
2021

 

15,725

Total - Undergraduates: 9,542
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 2,122
Total - Graduates: 4,185
Thereof PhD: 680

Registered February 20th 2021

2020

 

13,333

Total - Undergraduates: 8,264
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 1,255
Total - Graduates: 3,980
Thereof PhD: 642

Registered February 20th 2020
Graduated

 

Year Total number
of degrees		 Undergraduates - Postgraduate diplomas -
Graduates
2024 3,484 Total - Undergraduates: 1,750
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 889
Total - Graduates: 845
Thereof Master's: 764
Thereoff PhD: 81
2023 3,683 Total - Undergraduates: 1,851
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 978
Total - Graduates: 854
Thereof Master's: 775
Thereoff PhD: 79
2022 3,498

Total - Undergraduates: 1,783
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 854
Total - Graduates: 861
Thereof Master's: 774
Thereof PhD: 87
2021 3,438

Total - Undergraduates: 1,766
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 792
Total - Graduates: 900
Thereof Master's: 798
Thereof PhD: 82
2020 2,887

Total - Undergraduates: 1,539
Total - Postgraduate Diploma: 444
Total - Graduates: 904
Thereof Master's: 834
Thereof PhD: 70

 

Further statistics on PhD students can be found here.
Exchange

 

Year To UI From UI
2022-2023 478 276
2021-2022 449 258
2020-2021 252 115
2019-2020 331 239
2018-2019 328 310
Foreign
Staff and research
Staff

Number of staff at the University of Iceland.
The Science Institutes are included.
(FTE) = Full-Time Equivalent.

Year Number
of staff
(Total)*		 *Thereof
Tenured
Teachers		 *Thereof
Other
Employees		 Number of
Staff (FTE)		 Part-time
Teachers
(Total)		 Part-time
Teachers
(FTE)
2024 1,969 614 1,355 1,632    
2023 2,033 633 1,400 1,683 3,230 259
2022 1,840 621 1,219 1,513 3,071 255
2021 1,797 631 1166 1,443 3073 254
2020 1,714 624 1,090 1,406 3,729 237
2019 1,676 610 1,205 1,392 2,828 195
2018 1,678 606 1,072 1,408 2,733 213
Articles in ISI-journals

Number of articles in journals listed in ISI Web of Science from employees of the University of Iceland and affiliated institutions.

Year Number of Articles
2021 1,361
2020 1,227
2019 1,285
2018 1,020
Grants
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