The SUMMER (Sustainable Management of Mesopelagic Resources) school hosted 27 students from different backgrounds and countries.
Over thirty administrative leaders in Nordic universities recently attended a two day course at the University of Iceland marking the beginning of their participation in a management training programme.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland, and Dag Rune Olsen, rector of the University in Tromsø, signed a cooperative agreement between the two universities this week.
27 projects have been awarded grants from doctoral funds at the University of Iceland.
On 8 June, between 1 and 4 P.M. (3 - 6 P.M., CEST) doctoral researchers from the Aurora Universities compete against each other in the The Three Minute Thesis competition, as part of PHD Impact.
Registration is currently open for a new University of Iceland on-line course within the edX network: Paths to Peace and Conflict: From the body to the International.
The School of Education spring semester conference took place in Askja on 31 May.
The University of Iceland has been ranked among the top 400 universities in the world for societal and economic impact.
AURORA is a network of European research universities working towards creating universities of the future with systematic pedagogical development and innovation to meet current societal challenges.
The University of Iceland and the University of the Arctic have made a new collaboration agreement that Gunnar Stefánsson, professor of engineering at the University of Iceland becomes the new UArctic Vice President for Research for the next five years.