Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, recently received the 2016 Electrical & Computer Engineering Awards from the Purdue School of Electrical & Computer Engineering in Indiana, United States.
The annual International Day of the University of Iceland will be held on 10 November where opportunities for exchange studies and other studies abroad are introduced.
The book Iceland’s Financial Crisis: The Politics of Blame, Protest, and Reconstruction was recently published at Routledge.
The Watanabe Trust Fund at the University of Iceland calls for applications from students who wish to obtain scholarships for studies abroad in Iceland or Japan.
Today the University of Iceland joined a cooperative network with eight highly prestigious European Universities.
Madame Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, President of the Republic of Iceland (1980-1996) and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for languages, was made Doctor Honoris Causa at Sorbonne University Paris IV on Tuesday 11 October.
The University of Iceland receives its fourth acknowledgement from the StudyPortals Association for the year 2016. The association measures student satisfaction whilst studying abroad.
Equality Days at the University of Iceland are now being held for the 8th time. The programme runs from Monday, October 10th until Friday, October 21st.
Oddur Ingólfsson leads a large international group of scientists that recently received about a four million Euro grant from the 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ETN programme of the European Commission.
The University of Iceland and the City of Reykjavik are launching Höfði Reykjavik Peace Centre on October 7, 2016.