New research conducted by an international research team, including the University of Iceland, reveals that a mother’s diet during pregnancy—characterised by a Western dietary pattern high in fat and sugar and low in fresh ingredients—may increase the risk of neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD and autism in children.
The School of Humanities Education Fund is now accepting scholarship applications. The purpose of the Fund is to support PhD students in the final stages of their studies at the School of Humanities.
A second election will be held between Professors Magnús Karl Magnússon and Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir in the rectorial election at the University of Iceland.
The Brynja Einarsdóttir and Örn Almarsson Scholarship Fund is now accepting grant applications.
At 9 am this morning, 4,813 people had voted in the rectorial election at the University of Iceland.
Today, the inauguration of the last ramp in the Ramp Up Iceland project was celebrated in front of the Main Building of the University of Iceland.
The 2025 election for rector of the University of Iceland will be held online. Voting will start at 9 am on 18 March and finish at 5 pm on 19 March. The election will be held in Ugla, the UI intranet.
The Rector has decided, in consultation with the President of the Faculty of Humanities, that Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, former President of Iceland and Professor of History at the University of Iceland, will become the Jón Sigurðsson Professor at the University of Iceland from 1 July.
The Agricultural University of Iceland and the University of Iceland have joined forces with the support of the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation to offer a master's programme in sustainable agriculture and regional development starting next autumn.
The scientists from 11 institutions in 7 countries across Europe will connect sophisticated climate and ice flow models with field and satellite data to improve our understanding of the impact of climate change on land ice in the North Atlantic region.
