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Bioengineering

Bioengineering

120 ECTS - MS degree

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A two-year graduate study program in bioengineering at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

About the programme

The programme is organized as a two-year programme.

The study is either 90 ECTS in courses and 30 ECTS in an individual project or 60 ECTS in courses and 60 ECTS in an individual project. 

120 ECTS have to be completed for the qualification.

Admission requirements

Graduate studies

  1. A BS degree from the Faculty with a grade point average of 6.5 or higher, or equivalent. Graduates from related disciplines can be admitted on fulfilling supplementary requirements.
  2. All international applicants, whose native language is not English, are required to provide results of the TOEFL (79) or IELTS (6.5) tests as evidence of English proficiency.
  3. Applicants are asked to submit a letter of motivation, 1 pages, where they should state the reasons they want to pursue graduate work, their academic goals and a suggestion or outline for a final paper.
  4. Letters of recommendation (2) should be submitted. These should be from faculty members or others who are familiar with your academic work and qualified to evaluate your potential for graduate study. Please ask your referees to send their letters of recommendation directly to the University of Iceland electronically by e-mail (PDF file as attachment) to admission@hi.is  

Contact us

SENS Student Service
Tel. +354 525 4466
Email: ​nemvon@hi.is
Open weekdays 09:00 a.m. - 15:30 p.m.

Tæknigarður - Dunhagi 5, 107 Reykjavík
Askja - Sturlugata 7, 102 Reykjavík

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