Sixty-three doctoral candidates received the University's gold medal in the presence of Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, at the University's annual Ceremony for Graduated Doctors.
Eight research scientists that are either professors at the University of Iceland or work in close connection with the university are among the 4,000 most influential research scientists in the world; according to a new list published by Clarivate Analytics.
The European research project Sound of Vision is a finalist at the Innovation Radar Prize 2018, to be awarded in Vienna this December.
The University of Iceland plans to make all exams digital within a few years using the new Norwegian software Inspera which is used all over the Nordic countries.
The Watanabe Trust Fund at the University of Iceland calls for applications from students who wish to obtain scholarships for studies abroad in Iceland or Japan.
The University of Iceland is ranked between 126-150 in the field of life sciences and between 176-200 in the field of physical sciences on the new Times Higher Education University Rankings.
To mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, a symposium – sponsored by the EDDA Research Center and the Institute of History at the University of Iceland (UI) in cooperation with the French and German Embassies in Reykjavik – will be held on 23 November 2018.
Andrúm studio has been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 2019, for their design of Veröld - House of Vigdís.
A research team at the University of Iceland School of Education has been awarded a grant of almost ISK 100 million from the European Union in order to develop an intervention programme to be used in compulsory schools.
The University of Iceland is among the 250 best universities in humanities according to a brand new list from Times Higher Education published 31 October.
