A symposium was held in Reykjavík in mid-September, organised by the University of Iceland (UI), the National University Hospital of Iceland (Landspítali), and the University of Innsbruck.
The Centre for Arctic Studies offers an exciting course this spring semester open to all master's students in all fields of study.
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.
Professor Jón Atli Benediktsson, former Rector of the University of Iceland, was awarded the title of Honorary Senator on 17 October 2025 at the Universität Innsbruck, during the “Dies Academicus” celebration.
UI Scientists, along with their collaborators at NASA, Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) and computer giant IBM, and other partners, have been awarded a prize by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) this year for developing an open-source AI foundation model in remote sensing.
This annual event brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and community advocates to discuss urgent challenges facing the Arctic region
A new study on risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries may have revealed a previously unidentified risk factor.
Most Icelanders are familiar with the need to be cautious around the dwellings of elves and hidden people in rocks and hills. Most of us have heard ghost stories that make our hair stand on end or tales of troll women who turned to stone under the rays of the sun.
This summer, Earth scientists from the University of Iceland took part in field research in Mongolia with the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology based in Jena, Germany. During geological mapping, the scientists coincidentally discovered rock carvings (or petroglyphs) that were three thousand years old.
