The annual Ceremony for Doctoral Graduates was held for the thirteenth time today in the UI Ceremonial Hall, where 73 doctoral graduates who have completed their degrees at the university in the past twelve months were honoured with the university's gold medal.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, discussed the urgent problem of funding in the higher education sector in his speech today at the graduation ceremony for 505 candidates.
Oktoberfest takes place 1 - 3 September this year in Vatnsmýrin; just like before the pandemic.
Representatives from the Institute for Sustainability Studies at the University of Iceland take part in and organize an event on nature-based solutions in the Nordic context in the Nordic House in the Faeroe Islands today, 1 September.
The Icelandic-Faroese conference Frændafundur will take place from 16 to 18 August at the University of Iceland, on the second floor of Oddi.