Two students at the University of Iceland, Sigurlaug Birna Guðmudsdóttir, BS student of geology, and Breki Ingibjargarson, BS student of computer science, recently received a substantial grant from the Val Bjornson Icelandic Exchange Scholarship Fund.
According to weather forecasts and information from the Icelandic Meteorological Office, the weather will improve overnight.
A severe storm is forecast to hit this afternoon and we encourage everyone to leave in good time and aim to arrive home before 3 pm.
Eiríkur Steingrímsson, professor of molecular biology at the University of Iceland Faculty of Medicine, has been elected Chair of Council for the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).
Due to the weather forecast students are advised to make appropriate arrangements in order to be able to take the exams scheduled.
A record number of doctoral candidates, or 95, have completed their PhDs from the University of Iceland in the last twelve months.
The Watanabe Trust Fund at the University of Iceland is now accepting scholarship applications for UI students to study in Japan and Japanese students to study at UI.
Construction work is now beginning on the expansion of Gamli Garður, with plans to add two three-storey extensions to the student hall of residence.
Jón Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and Kári Stefánsson, CEO of deCODE genetics and professor at the University's Faculty of Medicine, are ranked on the new Clarivate Analytics list of the most influential researchers in the world.
The University of Iceland is ranked between 126-150 in the field of physical sciences, and among the top 250 in the field of physical sciences on the new Times Higher Education University Rankings.
