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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.

The University of Iceland and the US Embassy in Iceland are now inviting applications for the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) programme. The programme, specifically aimed at women, will start on 23 January 2025 and end on 30 April with a graduation ceremony.

The Student Psychology Clinic has reopened after the holidays.

Oktoberfest takes place 1 - 3 September this year in Vatnsmýrin; just like before the pandemic.