IAU-007045
https://www.whed.net/institutions/IAU-007045

IAU Member

Iceland

top General Information

Address

Street:Sæmundargötu 2

City:Reykjavík

Post Code:101

WWW:https://www.hi.is

Institution Funding

Public

History

The University of Iceland was founded in 1911 and was formed by a merger of the Theological Seminary (est. 1847), the School of Medicine (est. 1876) and the School of Law (est. 1908), which each formed a faculty, in addition to the newly-established Faculty of Philosophy. Since its foundation the University of Iceland has developed from a professional school of four major programmes to a fully-fledged research university offering a variety of academic and professional programmes at undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral levels. Through most of the 20th century University of Iceland was the only comprehensive HEI in Iceland, and served as a center of training, competence and consulting at most levels of Icelandic society. Being a national university and the only comprehensive international research university in Iceland, University of Iceland is still by far the largest higher education and research institution in the country with over 70% of all students in higher education.

Academic Year

August to May

Admission Requirements

Upper secondary school certificate (stúdentsprof) or equivalent

Language(s)

Icelandic

Accrediting Agency

Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation

Student Body

co-ed

top Officers

Head : Jón Atli Benediktsson

Job title:Rector


Senior Administrative Officer : Anna Jóna Baldursdóttir

Job title:Managing Director


Senior Administrative Officer : Steinunn Gestsdóttir

Job title:Pro-Rector for Academic Affairs and Development


International Relations Officer : Friðrika Þóra Harðardóttir

Job title:Director, International Office

top Divisions

School : Education

Fields of study:Art Education, Computer Education, Curriculum, Education, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, Educational Testing and Evaluation, Foreign Languages Education, Health Education, Higher Education, Humanities and Social Science Education, International and Comparative Education, Leisure Studies, Literacy Education, Native Language Education, Pedagogy, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Science Education, Secondary Education, Sports, Teacher Training, Vocational Education


School : Engineering and Natural Sciences

Fields of study:Applied Mathematics, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Fishery, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Natural Resources, Physics, Software Engineering, Statistics, Technology, Tourism


School : Health Sciences

Fields of study:Biological and Life Sciences, Dental Technology, Dentistry, Food Science, Medicine, Midwifery, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Psychology, Radiology


School : Humanities

Fields of study:Archaeology, Art History, Arts and Humanities, Chinese, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies, Danish, English, Film, Folklore, French, German, History, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Native Language Education, Nordic Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Russian, Spanish, Theology


School : Social Sciences

Fields of study:Anthropology, Business Administration, Criminology, Economics, Education, Ethnology, Folklore, Information Sciences, Law, Library Science, Management, Media Studies, Political Sciences, Psychology, Social Sciences, Social Work, Sociology

top Degrees

Bakkalárpróf

Fields of study:Anthropology, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Art Education, Art History, Biochemistry, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Chinese, Civil Engineering, Classical Languages, Comparative Literature, Computer Education, Computer Science, Dental Technology, Dentistry, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, English, Film, Folklore, Foreign Languages Education, French, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, German, Health Education, History, Humanities and Social Science Education, Icelandic, Industrial Engineering, Italian, Japanese, Law, Leisure Studies, Linguistics, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mechanical Engineering, Media Studies, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Museum Studies, Native Language Education, Nursing, Pharmacy, Philosophy, Physical Therapy, Physics, Political Sciences, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Radiology, Russian, Science Education, Social Work, Sociology, Spanish, Sports, Theology, Tourism, Vocational Education


Viðbótarpróf á meistarastigi

Fields of study:Arctic Studies, Education, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, Health Education, Higher Education, Humanities and Social Science Education, International Studies, Literacy Education, Pedagogy


Meistarapróf

Fields of study:American Studies, Anthropology, Archaeology, Art Education, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biological and Life Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Education, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Criminology, Curriculum, Danish, Dentistry, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Educational Administration, Educational and Student Counselling, Educational Testing and Evaluation, Electrical Engineering, Energy Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Epidemiology, Fishery, Food Science, Foreign Languages Education, French, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, German, Gerontology, Health Education, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Science Education, Industrial Engineering, International and Comparative Education, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Studies, Law, Leisure Studies, Literacy Education, Management, Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Mechanical Engineering, Media Studies, Medieval Studies, Midwifery, Native Language Education, Natural Resources, Nordic Studies, Nursing, Pedagogy, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physics, Preschool Education, Primary Education, Psychology, Public Health, Radiology, Religious Studies, Science Education, Secondary Education, Social Work, Sociology, Software Engineering, Spanish, Speech Therapy and Audiology, Sports, Statistics, Tourism


Doktorspróf

Fields of study:Anthropology, Biochemistry, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Biology, Business Administration, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Danish, Dentistry, Development Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Electrical Engineering, English, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Epidemiology, Folklore, Food Science, French, Gender Studies, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Health Sciences, Industrial Engineering, Information Sciences, International Studies, Law, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine, Midwifery, Museum Studies, Natural Resources, Nursing, Nutrition, Pharmacy, Physics, Political Sciences, Psychology, Public Administration, Public Health, Sociology, Software Engineering, Spanish, Statistics, Tourism

top Academic Periodicals

Periodicals

Ársskýrla Háskóla Íslands

Main Press

University Press (Háskólaútgáfan)

top Student & Staff Numbers

Staff

Statistics Year:2016-2017

Full Time Total:889

Staff with Doctorate

Full Time Total:710

Students

Statistics Year:2016-2017

Total:12992

Updated on 15-09-2023