The University of Iceland is among 103 institutes and companies in Iceland that signed a declaration last November vowing to take action in climate issues.
Doctoral Grants from University of Iceland Research Fund / Eimskip University Fund are currently open for applications.
Earlier this year the Faculty of Political Science signed a collaborative contract with the University of Bratislava in Slovakia.
The inaugural General Assembly and launch meeting of a new European research project (Models of Child Health Appraised - MOCHA) was recently held in London to critically examine primary health care services for children in the 30 EU and European Economic Area countries.
The Small States Summer School at the University of Iceland‘s Institute of International Affairs is among ten projects that received the Erasmus + Quality Award this year.
A group of nineteen master students in Environment and Natural Resources participated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21) in Paris last week.
Exams at the University have been delayed by 30 minutes and start at 9.30.
People are asked not to be outside after 5 p.m. today according to the Civil Protection in Iceland. This is due to violent storm or hurricane force winds that are expected throughout most of the country this afternoon and night.
Sixty-four doctoral candidates, whose doctoral defence took place at the University of Iceland from 1st December 2014 to 1st December 2015, received the University’s gold medal at the Ceremony for graduated Doctors.
A digital map, showing all the places that occur in the Icelandic Sagas, won this year’s UI Applied Science Prize. Two other projects were rewarded.