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Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics

The Faculty of Sociology, Anthropology and Folkloristics offers exciting, diverse, challenging, and creative academic programmes.

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Graduate studies

Master's and doctoral programmes have been the main scope of growth in the Faculty in recent years. Graduate degree programmes at the Faculty are both research based and practically oriented. The graduate degree programmes are both individualised and based on modules; graduate diploma programmes are available in some subjects. Doctoral programmes are offered in all main subjects within the Faculty.

The Faculty offer programmes taught entirely in English:

Postgraduate Diplomas

Courses taught in English

The main language of instruction in all undergraduate programmes is Icelandic. Most programmes though do offer some single courses taught in English.

The following courses are taught in English:

Contact us

Student and Teaching Service at the School of Social
Email: nemFVS@hi.is

Gimli, Sæmundargata
102 Reykjavík, Iceland
Open weekdays 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Tel. +354 525 4500

Student service