Nineteen exceptional students and specialists in the field of International Affairs from the United States, Russia, Ukraine, and Iceland are participating in a workshop this week on negotiations and conflict analysis at the University of Iceland.
The University of Iceland is ranked in 401st to 500th place by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy on their list of the world's best universities published last week.
The University of Iceland has moved up a spot between years and is currently ranked in sixth place amongst the best universities in the world in the field of remote sensing according to the renowned Shanghai Ranking.
The 9th Partnership Conference, University of Manitoba / University of Iceland, will be held at the end of August focusing on migration.
The first Master thesis presented and delivered in Icelandic Sign Language at the University of Iceland was introduced at the School of Education seminar for masters’ students recently.
The aim of the University of Iceland’s new edX course is to teach cultural competency by providing students with a deeper understanding of different identities and culture; and how this understanding can be adapted to one’s own culture and society.
The third award ceremony for the Aurora Diversity and Equality Award will be held in Amsterdam at the end of October. The objective of the award is to identify and exchange good practices that are being practised within the Aurora network which the University of Iceland is a part of.
Nine in ten graduated university students believe that knowledge and experience acquired in their Erasmus+ exchange programmes are useful in their current work.
The Rector of the University of Iceland discussed the importance of knowledge creation and innovation in his address to over two thousand new graduates in Laugardalshöll on Saturday.
Over 2,000 receive their diplomas in both undergraduate- and graduate studies from the University of Iceland tomorrow, Saturday 22 June in Laugardalshöll.
