A project aimed at developing an automatic, 3D image analyser to facilitate and speed up diagnoses of dementia, received the University of Iceland’s Science and Innovation Award, presented in the University Aula yesterday.
The GEST programme had the pleasure to host a visit from the President and the First Lady of Iceland, Mr. Guðni Th. Jóhannesson and Ms. Eliza Reid, at the University of Iceland.
The University of Iceland advertises new grants to support academic staff in public outreach and active participation in society based on their research and specialist knowledge.
Announcment from Rector to students and staff on 8 May.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, rector of the University of Iceland sent the following announcement to students and staff today.
The professors, Auður Hauksdóttir, Magnús Tumi Guðmundsson and Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir will represent Iceland in the new steering group of a Danish-Icelandic research centre.
The University of Iceland recently signed a cooperative agreement with the University of California on exchange studies in the UC System; consisting of ten universities, including UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara (UCSB).
In light of the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Rector has decided that the graduation ceremony which was scheduled to take place on 20 June will be postponed to 27 June.
The University of Iceland is ranked between places 201-300 according to the Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, assessing universities in social and economic impact against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).
Students at the University of Iceland's Faculty of Social Work have recently volunteered for Reykjavík's Welfare Services where they participate in the project Let's talk (Spjöllum saman).
