Jón Atli Benediktsson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering and the former Rector of the University of Iceland, was honoured earlier this week by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Society (GRSS) for his outstanding contributions to remote sensing.
GRÓ GEST will launch its new global online course, Ending Violence through Human Rights Advocacy, on 10 August 2026 at 8:00 EAT.
Memorandum of understanding signed at the opening of the National Icelandic Horse Competition.
Two new school deans and 12 faculty heads took office at UI on 1 July, the same day that the University of Iceland University Consortium became a reality, officially establishing the University of Iceland at Hólar as an affiliated institution made up of three faculties.
Through the University of Iceland’s partnership within the Aurora University Network, students have had a unique opportunity to grow, meet new people and form new connections while learning new things and exploring new cultures.
Nine University of Iceland students will spend eight weeks this summer at the renowned Stanford University in California, participating in their International Honors Program (IHP).
The Icelandic parliament, Althingi, has passed a bill on university consortia, allowing the University of Iceland and Hólar University College to form a consortium which will be formally established on July 1.
In recent years, leading scholars worldwide have focused on one key question: How can knowledge offer real value to society and industry? International scholars discuss the interplay of universities, industry and innovation at UI.
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.
What do Jaja Ding Dong and a humpback whale’s spout have in common?
A strange question, perhaps, but the answer is surprisingly simple: both have put Húsavík on the world map.
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.
Human rights backlash, the interplay between artificial intelligence and gender equality and freedom of gender, the inclusion of neurodivergent students and students of diverse origins in universities are among the topics during the annual Equality Days taking place from 9 to 12 February in Icelandic universities.
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.
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.
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.