The University of Iceland will be graduating 445 candidates from undergraduate and graduate programmes on Friday, February 20, at a festive graduation ceremony in the University Cinema at 3 p.m.
Margrét Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, professor in the Faculty of Business, has been appointed director of the Division of Academic Affairs at the University of Iceland. She will take over from Kristinn Andersen on 1 April.
Jón Geir Pétursson, professor of Environment and Natural Resources at the University of Iceland, was inducted in January into the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (Kungl. Skogs- och Lantbruksakademien - KSLA) at a ceremony held at the Stockholm City Hall in Sweden.
Opportunities in innovation for students, company site visits, conversations with experienced professionals from diverse industries, and informal chats with representatives from recruitment agencies and employment services are among the events offered during Career Days at the University of Iceland, taking place February 16–20.
The UI Centre for Artificial Intelligence was formally opened today, intended to serve as a multidisciplinary forum for collaboration in research and development in the field of artificial intelligence and data science and a platform to share information with the public.
A large number of people visited the Main Building of the University of Iceland today to collect their degree certificates at the University´s third graduation this year. This time, 216 candidates graduated from both undergraduate and graduate studies.
Ragna Benedikta Garðarsdóttir, Professor at the faculty of psychology and Rögnvaldur Jóhann Sæmundsson, Professor at the faculty of industrial engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science, have been appointed Pro-Rectors at the University of Iceland.
Rector Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir sent the following message to students and staff at the beginning of the autumn semester: Dear students and colleagues, welcome to a new academic year.
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.