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).
The registration is currently open for the University of Iceland's fifth on-line course within the edX network, Gender and Intersectionality which begins 11 May.
Different art practises come together in the exhibition Gathering which comprises works by seven international Fine Art students.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, former President of Iceland, turns 90 on 15 April, and this year, in June, there are 40 years since her historical election as the first woman democratically elected as head of state.
