Applicants are required to:

• Find a departmental coordinator/supervisor and are advised to contact the teachers in the field they are interested in to find a supervisor. We recommend using a specialty search in our staff phone book.
• Have a research project before applying.

Supporting documents - instructions

Research proposal 
Must include the following:

1. Information regarding your academic supervisors for the PhD (doctoral committee).
2. Financial arrangements (Applying for scholarships, sponsored by employer, or other, please specify).
3. Research proposal (follow this setup closely)
   • Aim (approx. ½ page) 
   • Scientific background, state of the art and scientific value of the project (2-4 pages)
   • Project design (methods) (2-3 pages)
   • Timeframe and study plan (1/2-1 page)
   • Specific goals (scientific papers expected from the project) (½-1 page)
   • Financial arrangements (Applying for scholarships, sponsored by employer, or other, please specify).

Page size is A4.

Please include your name in the file name along with a descriptive title, for example: Jane_Smith_proposal.pdf 

Submit as PDF in online application.

Statement of purpose
A short description of your motivation for applying for the graduate program ( 1-2 page).

• state the reasons why you want to pursue graduate work in the field of your study programme
• state issues and problems you want to address
• state your professional goals
• briefly describe why you chose the University of Iceland
• please specify the name of your supervisor 

Your statement of purpose, written in English, should be uploaded and submitted as a PDF file with your online application.

Project plan

Students need to hand in a project plan before the end of the first semester, in collaboration with their supervisor.

Approved Project plan should be sent by email to project managers of graduate studies for documentation.

PhD Committee

Before the end of the first semester, the administrative supervisor shall propose doctoral committee members to the respective faculty's postgraduate study committee for approval.

PhD students are required to hand in information about the PhD committee by email to the project manager of PhD studies. 

Email: umhverfi@hi.is 

Interdisciplinary studies 

Environment and Natural Resources