For the third consecutive year, the University of Iceland is among the top performing universities for social and economic impact according to the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2021, which are based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The University of Iceland is a partner in a project: “Human Rights & Business - Social Dialogue post-COVID19”, funded by a grant from Active Citizens Fund – National Programme: K1m-0457 (page in Polish), financed from EEA Funds.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (16 April 2021).
The Greenlandic linguist, poet and activist Katti Frederiksen, Greenland's current Minister of Education, Culture and Church, was awarded the 2021 international prize for culture, named after Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (14 April 2021).
The book Syntactic Features and the Limits of Syntactic Change was recently published. Oxford University Press published the book, but its editors are professors at the University of Iceland.
Next fall, the Faculty of Physical Sciences at the University of Iceland will start a new graduate study program in Theoretical Physics.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (9 April 2021).
University concerts have been organised on campus for half a century. This academic year there is a new organiser and artistic director, Dr. Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen, adjunct lecturer in sociology, who says he is guided by the slogan "University for all - Music for all."
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following message to University staff and students today (31 March 2021).
