Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, sent the following announcement to students and staff today.
The University of Iceland received over eleven thousand applications to undergraduate and graduate studies for the upcoming academic year; the largest number since the University’s foundation.
The University of Iceland spring graduation ceremony will be held in two stages in Laugardalshöll on 27 June.
A new digital management system for doctoral studies has just been launched at all five schools of the University.
“From Iceland to the Americas - Vinland and historical imagination” was recently published by Manchester University Press. This collection of articles was edited by Jón Karl Helgason.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland and professor of electrical and computer engineering, is ranked among the top 500 scientists worldwide in Computer Science & Electronics according to Guide2Research, one of the leading portals in the field.
The Plasma Centre of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences was opened on 26 May in Askja, the Natural Sciences Building at the University of Iceland.
The University of Iceland is among the beneficiaries of the European Training Network FEINART – “The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art” which is offering 11 Early-Stage Researcher (ESR) positions.
