Programmes taught in Icelandic. Fluent Icelandic language required.  

Geology, BS, 180 ECTS

Geophysics, BS, 180 ECTS

International programmes.

Earth Sciences, MS, 120 ECTS

Geology, MS, 120 ECTS

• Geology
• Geochemistry, petrology
• Quaternary Geology
• Volcanology
• Renewable Energy - Geochemistry

Geophysics, MS, 120 ECTS

• Geophysics
• Renewable energy, geophysics

International programmes.

Earth Sciences, Doctoral, 180 ECTS

Geology, Doctoral, 180 ECTS

Geophysics, Doctoral, 180 ECTS

The programmes take at least three years to fulfil if taken as full time study.

Applicants need to have found a supervisor and have an idea of a project before applying.

Prospective applicants are asked to contact the Head of Department or Faculty in the relevant research field.

Certified copies of diplomas on paper (not scanned or photocopies) must be submitted no later than two weeks after the application deadline.

Further information phdsens@hi.is

Courses in Faculty of Earth Sciences

• Undergraduate courses 
• Graduate courses 
• Course list for exchange students 

Note! You must apply for a study programme before you choose your courses. 

Modern geology is process-oriented, and Iceland is exceptionally well suited for the study of various geological processes. Here the raw elements that have shaped the Earth throughout most of its 4.5 billion-year history are creating and moulding the surface and lithosphere faster than in most other places. Therefore, geophysicists and physical geographers alike, geochemists, petrologists, and human geographers, will all benefit a great deal from studying in Iceland - how the forces of nature created the Earth we know, and how they shape the people living in Iceland.