The University of Iceland will be graduating 445 candidates from undergraduate and graduate programmes on Friday, February 20, at a festive graduation ceremony in the University Cinema at 3 p.m.
The ceremony will be live-streamed.
Candidates will graduate from all five of the University’s schools: 175 from the School of Social Sciences, 56 from the School of Health Sciences, 53 from the School of Humanities, 85 from the School of Education, and 76 from the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences. Thus, 445 students will receive their graduation certificates on Friday.
The ceremony begins with an address from Silja Bára R. Ómarsdóttir, Rector of the University of Iceland, after which the candidates from the five schools will be awarded certificates. This will be Silja Bára's first graduation ceremony since she was appointed rector of the university. Móey Pála Rúnarsdóttir, MA in Education Studies, then delivers a speech on behalf of the candidates, and the ceremony concludes with a short performance by the University Choir of Iceland.
Graduation candidates will be seated in a specified area in the University Cinema and are kindly asked to arrive no later than 2:30 pm. The programme and a list of candidates' names and seat numbers will be distributed on graduation day, and candidates will receive their certificates by seat number. Each candidate can invite two guests to the ceremony.
University staff will be on-site to assist if needed.