Application deadline

Exchange student applications for the autumn semester or full academic year must be submitted by:

• 1 April for non-EU/EEA students
• 1 May for EU/EEA students

Exchange student applications for the spring semester must be submitted by:

• 1 September for non-EU/EEA students
• 1 October for EU/EEA students

The application deadline for all programmes in: 

• Icelandic as a second Language

is 20 May for applicants who are residents of Iceland and have an Icelandic ID number.

Foreign residents of Iceland with Icelandic ID applying for the spring semester can apply from the 15 September. The application deadline for undergraduate programmes is 30 November and 15 October for graduate programmes.

International applicants who have lived in Iceland or are living in Iceland will have to provide a Certificate of legal registration history – without addresses, countries specified.

Electronic applications for undergraduate studies are accepted twice a year. 

The application period for undergraduate studies for the autumn semester and full academic year starts on the University Open Day (Háskóladagurinn) at the end of February or the beginning of March each year. The application deadline is 5 June.

The application period for undergraduate studies starting in the spring semester begins on September 15. The application deadline is 30. November.

Note! The application deadline for all programmes in Icelandic as a second Language and Academic Icelandic practical diploma is 20 May for applicants who are residents of Iceland and have an Icelandic ID number.

_{International applicants who have lived in Iceland or are living in Iceland will have to provide a Certificate of legal registration history – without addresses, countries specified}

Electronic applications for graduate studies are accepted twice a year. 

The application period for graduate studies for the autumn semester and full academic year starts on the University Open Day (Háskóladagurinn) at the end of February or the beginning of March each year. The application deadline is 15 April. 

The application period for graduate studies starting in the spring semester begins September 15. The application deadline is 15 October. 

Exemptions to the application deadline

The application deadline for all students is 1 February for the following programmes:

• Medieval Icelandic Studies
• Viking and Medieval Norse Studies

You can apply for a diploma programme or a micro-credential programme at the Master's level until June 5 in the following schools/faculties/subjects:

• School of Social Sciences 
• School of Education 
• Faculty of Philosophy, History and Archaeology
• Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies
• Public Health Sciences
• Environment and Natural Resources

Applications for doctoral programmes at the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences and Health Sciences are open all year. 

Students registered in an interdisciplinary programme graduate from the faculty of their thesis supervisor. The application period depends on the school and the faculty to which the supervisor belongs.