Oddur Ingólfsson leads a large international group of scientists that recently received about a four million Euro grant from the 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie ETN programme of the European Commission.
The University of Iceland and the City of Reykjavik are launching Höfði Reykjavik Peace Centre on October 7, 2016.
The UI Applied Science Prize will be presented for the 18th time 17 November. The selection committee is looking for utilizable ideas from students and staff at the University of Iceland.
A new course in Icelandic for smart phones and tablets was launched earlier this September by Icelandic Online.
The University of Iceland keeps its place on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings list over the best universities world wide for the sixth year running.
A new University Council has been appointed for the period of 2016-2018 according to the Act on Public Higher Education Institutions, no. 85/2008.
The University of Iceland was among 103 institutes and companies in Iceland that signed a declaration last November vowing to take action on climate issues.
Iceland's representatives in the European contest for young scientists to be held in Brussels this autumn are Lilja Ýr Guðmundsdóttir and Ingibjörg Sóley Einarsdóttir, both students at Reykjavík's upper secondary school.
Concerts, micro courses, dance, walks and introduction of the UI support services are part of an interesting programme offered to welcome new students to the University of Iceland.
The University of Iceland welcomes our international students by organising an orientation week at the beginning of the autumn semester.
