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<span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Schools_and_faculties" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Schools_and_faculties"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Schools and faculties</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Schools_and_faculties-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institutes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institutes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Institutes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institutes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Academics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Academics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Academics</span> 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Student politics, unions and services</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Student_politics,_unions_and_services-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notable_faculty_members" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notable_faculty_members"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Notable faculty members</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Notable_faculty_members-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Notable faculty members subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Notable_faculty_members-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current"> <div 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class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0slandiya_Universiteti" title="İslandiya Universiteti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İslandiya Universiteti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D1%96%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%82" title="Ісландскі ўніверсітэт – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Ісландскі ўніверсітэт" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8B%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%82_%D0%86%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Унівэрсытэт Ісьляндыі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Унівэрсытэт Ісьляндыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82" title="Исландски университет – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Исландски университет" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitat_d%27Isl%C3%A0ndia" title="Universitat d'Islàndia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Universitat d'Islàndia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Háskóli Íslands" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islandsk%C3%A1_univerzita" title="Islandská univerzita – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Islandská univerzita" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prifysgol_Gwlad_yr_I%C3%A2" title="Prifysgol Gwlad yr Iâ – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Prifysgol Gwlad yr Iâ" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Háskóli Íslands" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Háskóli Íslands" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islandi_%C3%9Clikool" title="Islandi Ülikool – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Islandi Ülikool" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidad_de_Islandia" title="Universidad de Islandia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Universidad de Islandia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitato_de_Islando" title="Universitato de Islando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Universitato de Islando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islandiako_Unibertsitatea" title="Islandiako Unibertsitatea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Islandiako Unibertsitatea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF" title="دانشگاه ایسلند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دانشگاه ایسلند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Háskóli Íslands" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A9_d%27Islande" title="Université d'Islande – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Université d'Islande" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ollscoil_na_h%C3%8Doslainne" title="Ollscoil na hÍoslainne – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Ollscoil na hÍoslainne" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oilthigh_Innis_T%C3%ACle" title="Oilthigh Innis Tìle – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Oilthigh Innis Tìle" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universidade_de_Islandia" title="Universidade de Islandia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Universidade de Islandia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EC%9D%B4%EC%8A%AC%EB%9E%80%EB%93%9C_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%99%EA%B5%90" title="아이슬란드 대학교 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아이슬란드 대학교" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universitas_Islandia" title="Universitas Islandia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Universitas Islandia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3li_%C3%8Dslands" title="Háskóli Íslands – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Háskóli Íslands" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A0_d%27Islanda" title="Università d'Islanda – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" 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vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">University of Iceland</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname"><span title="Icelandic-language text"><span lang="is" style="font-style: normal;">Háskóli Íslands</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Iceland_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the University of Iceland."><img alt="Seal of the University of Iceland." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/University_of_Iceland_logo.svg/150px-University_of_Iceland_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/University_of_Iceland_logo.svg/225px-University_of_Iceland_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b9/University_of_Iceland_logo.svg/300px-University_of_Iceland_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Universitas Islandiae<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1911</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">Rector</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Atli_Benediktsson" title="Jón Atli Benediktsson">Jón Atli Benediktsson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">621<sup id="cite_ref-Facts_and_Figures_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Facts_and_Figures-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Administrative staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,219<sup id="cite_ref-Facts_and_Figures_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Facts_and_Figures-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">14,167 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Facts_and_Figures_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Facts_and_Figures-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8,589 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Facts_and_Figures_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Facts_and_Figures-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">2,123 (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-Facts_and_Figures_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Facts_and_Figures-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suburban" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburban">suburban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/School_colors" title="School colors">Colors</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blue_(color)" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue (color)">Blue</a><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#10099F; color:white;"> </span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Athletic_nickname" title="Athletic nickname">Nickname</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HÍ</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/European_University_Association" title="European University Association">EUA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Network_of_Universities_from_the_Capitals_of_Europe" title="Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe">UNICA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aurora_(university_network)" title="Aurora (university network)">Aurora</a>, <a href="/wiki/UArctic" class="mw-redirect" title="UArctic">UArctic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://english.hi.is">english.hi.is</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>University of Iceland</b> (<a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>: <i lang="is">Háskóli Íslands</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="is-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Icelandic" title="Help:IPA/Icelandic">[ˈhauːˌskouːlɪ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈistlan(t)s]</a></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public</a> <a href="/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> in <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>, and the country's oldest and largest <a href="/wiki/Institution_of_higher_education" class="mw-redirect" title="Institution of higher education">institution of higher education</a>. Founded in 1911, it has grown steadily from a small civil servants' school to a modern <a href="/wiki/Comprehensive_university" class="mw-redirect" title="Comprehensive university">comprehensive university</a>, providing instruction for about 14,000 students in twenty-five faculties. Teaching and research is conducted in <a href="/wiki/Social_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Social sciences">social sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a>, <a href="/wiki/Law" title="Law">law</a>, <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natural_sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural sciences">natural sciences</a>, <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teacher_education" title="Teacher education">teacher education</a>. It has a campus concentrated around <i>Suðurgata</i> street in central Reykjavík, with additional facilities located in nearby areas as well as in the countryside. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Iceland was founded by the <span title="Icelandic-language text"><i lang="is"><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%BEingi" class="mw-redirect" title="Alþingi">Alþingi</a></i></span> on 17 June 1911, uniting three former post-secondary institutions: <i>Prestaskólinn</i>, <i>Læknaskólinn</i> and <i>Lagaskólinn</i>, which taught theology, medicine and law, respectively. The university originally had only faculties for these three fields, in addition to a faculty of <a href="/wiki/Humanities" title="Humanities">humanities</a>. During its first year of operation, 45 students were enrolled. The first <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">rector</a> of the university was <a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_M._%C3%93lsen" title="Björn M. Ólsen">Björn M. Ólsen</a>, a professor in the faculty of humanities.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Parliament_building,_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg/220px-Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg/330px-Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg/440px-Parliament_building%2C_Reykjav%C3%ADk_2014-07-28.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4752" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption><span title="Icelandic-language text"><span lang="is" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%BEingish%C3%BAsi%C3%B0" title="Alþingishúsið">Alþingishúsið</a></span></span> in Reykjavík</figcaption></figure> <p>The university played an important role in the construction of the Icelandic nation-state and was perceived by Icelanders as an important stepping stone towards full independence.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Demands for a national Icelandic university stretch as far back as to the first session of the elected assembly of Althingi in 1845.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Icelandic nationalist leaders petitioned Denmark at the time to create a "national school" to achieve cultural and material progress, but also to make sure that the education that Icelanders obtained was sufficiently national in character.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For its first 29 years, the university was housed in the Icelandic Parliament building, <span title="Icelandic-language text"><span lang="is" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Al%C3%BEingish%C3%BAsi%C3%B0" title="Alþingishúsið">Alþingishúsið</a></span></span>, in central <a href="/wiki/Reykjav%C3%ADk" title="Reykjavík">Reykjavík</a>. In 1933, the university received a special licence from <span title="Icelandic-language text"><i lang="is">Alþingi</i></span> to operate a cash-prize lottery called <i>Happdrætti Háskólans</i>. The university lottery, which started in 1934, remains a major source of funding for the construction of new university buildings. In 1940, the university moved into the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Iceland_A%C3%B0albygging" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Iceland Aðalbygging">main building</a>, designed by Icelandic state architect <a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0j%C3%B3n_Sam%C3%BAelsson" title="Guðjón Samúelsson">Guðjón Samúelsson</a>. The main building forms the core of the university campus on <i>Suðurgata</i>, where most of the principal buildings of the university are located today. </p><p>In recent years, there has been some major restructuring. In 2008, the university was divided into five different schools. Simultaneously, the <a href="/wiki/Iceland_University_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Iceland University of Education">Iceland University of Education</a> was merged with the University of Iceland to become its School of Education. Increased competition from local colleges has encouraged the university to greatly improve its marketing strategies, which had previously been deemed unnecessary. </p><p>On 21 January 2021, a broken main water pipe serving the <a href="/wiki/Vesturb%C3%A6r" title="Vesturbær">Vesturbær</a> neighbourhood of Reykjavík flooded the campus with over 2,000 tonnes of water, causing damage to buildings Háskólatorg and Gimli.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campus">Campus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="School_buildings">School buildings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: School buildings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg/220px-201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg/330px-201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg/440px-201708_University_of_Iceland_main_building_at_midnight.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption>The main building at summer midnight</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_University_of_Iceland_buildings" title="List of University of Iceland buildings">List of University of Iceland buildings</a></div> <p>The university's main campus lies immediately south-west of <a href="/wiki/Tj%C3%B6rnin" title="Tjörnin">Tjörnin</a> lake in the centre of Reykjavík. It covers about 10 hectares in total.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are around 30 buildings in total, the oldest of which, <a href="/wiki/Gamli_Gar%C3%B0ur" title="Gamli Garður">Gamli Garður</a>, was built in 1934. The Main Building overlooks a semi-circular lawn, featuring a statue of <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A6mundur_fr%C3%B3%C3%B0i" class="mw-redirect" title="Sæmundur fróði">Sæmundur fróði</a>. In 2007, a new service centre was opened next to the main building and many of the most vital service desks<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (June 2016)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> were relocated there. Some lectures take place in Háskólabíó cinema at the northern end of the campus. There are also a gym, several dormitories, and smaller research institute buildings on the grounds. Most buildings are located on the main campus and nearby neighbourhoods. The Faculty of Sport, Leisure Studies and Social Education, on the other hand, is located in the village of <a href="/wiki/Laugarvatn" title="Laugarvatn">Laugarvatn</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Library">Library</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Library"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1994, the university library (formally established in 1940) merged with the national library of Iceland, <i>Landsbókasafn Íslands</i> (est. 1818) to form one large <a href="/wiki/Academic_library" title="Academic library">academic library</a>, the <a href="/wiki/National_and_University_Library_of_Iceland" title="National and University Library of Iceland">National and University Library of Iceland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>: <i lang="is">Landsbókasafn Íslands - Háskólabókasafn</i>). The library main building, <i>Þjóðarbókhlaðan</i>, is situated next to the main campus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hospital">Hospital</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Hospital"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Education and research at the University of Iceland are closely tied with the <a href="/wiki/Landsp%C3%ADtali" title="Landspítali">National University Hospital</a> in Reykjavík. The facilities of the School of Health Sciences are therefore largely located on the hospital grounds. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Administration">Administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> The University Council is the highest administrative authority within the institution and consists of the <a href="/wiki/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)">Rector</a> and ten other members, including two students and two members endorsed by the University Forum. The University Forum consists of the Rector, faculty heads and various domestic representatives. It does not have any executive powers but works with the Council on the overall strategy of the university. The five academic schools and their faculties are headed by deans and have much control over curricula and day-to-day administration.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg/220px-University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg/330px-University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg/440px-University_of_Iceland-Logberg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1028" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/L%C3%B6gberg" title="Lögberg">Lögberg</a>, home to the Faculty of Law</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3n_Atli_Benediktsson" title="Jón Atli Benediktsson">Jón Atli Benediktsson</a> is the current Rector of the University of Iceland. He took over from <a href="/wiki/Krist%C3%ADn_Ing%C3%B3lfsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Kristín Ingólfsdóttir">Kristín Ingólfsdóttir</a> in 2015.</p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG/220px-L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG/330px-L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG/440px-L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/w/index.php?title=L%C3%A6knagar%C3%B0ur&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Læknagarður (page does not exist)">Læknagarður</a>, which houses the Faculty of Medicine</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Schools_and_faculties">Schools and faculties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Schools and faculties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Iceland is divided into five schools (<i>svið</i>) which are further divided into a total of twenty-five faculties (<i>deildir</i>). Prior to 2008, it was divided into eleven faculties which were then divided into departments (<i>skorir</i>). The largest current school is the School of Social Sciences with over 4,700 students, while each of the other four have around half that number.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university also operates a <a href="/wiki/Endurmenntun_H%C3%A1sk%C3%B3la_%C3%8Dslands" title="Endurmenntun Háskóla Íslands">continuing education centre</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:VR_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/VR_II.jpg/220px-VR_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/VR_II.jpg/330px-VR_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/VR_II.jpg/440px-VR_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/University_of_Iceland_VR" title="University of Iceland VR">VR-II</a>, the principal location of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences</figcaption></figure> <p>The university consists of the following schools and faculties: </p> <ul><li>School of Social Sciences</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Faculty of Business Administration</li> <li>Faculty of Economics</li> <li>Faculty of Law</li> <li>Faculty of Social Sciences</li> <li>Faculty of Social Work</li> <li>Faculty of Political Science</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>School of Health Sciences</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Faculty of Medicine</li> <li>Faculty of Nursing</li> <li>Faculty of Odontology</li> <li>Faculty of Pharmacology</li> <li>Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition</li> <li>Faculty of Psychology</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>School of Humanities</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies</li> <li>Faculty of Languages and Cultures</li> <li>Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies</li> <li>Faculty of History and Philosophy</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>School of Education</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Faculty of Sport, Leisure Studies and Social Education</li> <li>Faculty of Teacher Education</li> <li>Faculty of Educational Studies</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>School of Engineering and Natural Sciences</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Faculty of Industrial-, mechanical engineering and computer science</li> <li>Faculty of Earth Sciences</li> <li>Faculty of Life and environmental sciences</li> <li>Faculty of Electrical and computer engineering</li> <li>Faculty of Physical sciences</li> <li>Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institutes">Institutes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Institutes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are over sixty research institutes and seven rural research stations run by the university.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of the most notable are: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81rni_Magn%C3%BAsson" title="Árni Magnússon">Árni Magnússon</a> Institute for Icelandic Studies</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Institute_of_Earth_Sciences_(University_of_Iceland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Institute of Earth Sciences (University of Iceland) (page does not exist)">Institute of Earth Sciences</a> (includes the Nordic Volcanological Centre)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keldur_Institute" title="Keldur Institute">Keldur</a> – Institute for Experimental Pathology</li> <li>Social Science Research Institute</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigd%C3%ADs_Finnbogad%C3%B3ttir" title="Vigdís Finnbogadóttir">Vigdís Finnbogadóttir</a> Institute of Foreign Languages (a <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> category 2 institute)</li></ul></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Academics">Academics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Academics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to the major faculties, there are numerous research institutes attached to the university. With more than 700 tenured teachers, over 2,000 non-tenured teachers and about 300 researchers and administrators, the University of Iceland is the largest single work-place in <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a>. </p><p>Some of the resources available at the university are uniquely Icelandic; these include the manuscripts preserved in the <a href="/wiki/%C3%81rni_Magn%C3%BAsson_Institute_for_Icelandic_Studies" title="Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies">Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies</a>, Icelandic census records dating from 1703, exceptionally complete genealogical data and climatological, glaciological, seismic and geothermal records. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Iceland offers studies in more than 160 <a href="/wiki/Undergraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Undergraduate">undergraduate</a> programmes in the humanities, science and social sciences and in professional fields such as theology, law, business, medicine, <a href="/wiki/Odontology" class="mw-redirect" title="Odontology">odontology</a>, nursing, pharmacology and engineering. <a href="/wiki/Postgraduate" class="mw-redirect" title="Postgraduate">Postgraduate</a> studies are offered by all faculties, most of them research-based although not exclusively. There are also several multidisciplinary master's programmes available in the fields of health and environmental sciences, some of them in cooperation with other European universities. </p><p>The principal language of instruction is <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic</a>. Textbooks are mainly in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and Icelandic. Most departments offer courses in English and allow foreign students to take their examinations in English. Icelandic language, medieval studies and environmental sciences are some of the university's strongest specialties, owing to Iceland's unique literary heritage and nature. A growing number of English-taught programmes are offered in these fields and others, attracting a large number of foreign students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rankings">Rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/College_and_university_rankings" title="College and university rankings">University rankings</a></span></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Global – Overall</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities" title="Academic Ranking of World Universities">ARWU</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">601–700 (2023)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">=547 (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">THE</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">501–600 (2024)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking">USNWR</a></i> Global<sup id="cite_ref-USNWR_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USNWR-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">=452 (2023)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/Times_Higher_Education" title="Times Higher Education">Times Higher Education</a></i> included the University of Iceland for the first time, placing it in the 276-300 band globally.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year it had risen to the 251-275 band on the same list.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2017 edition of <a href="/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities" title="Academic Ranking of World Universities">Academic Ranking of World Universities</a> (ARWU) placed it in the 401-500 band globally.<sup id="cite_ref-shanghairanking.com_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-shanghairanking.com-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Student_life">Student life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Student life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_funding">Student funding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Student funding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The University of Iceland is a public, government-funded university and as such it does not charge tuition (although an enrollment fee of 75,000 <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_kr%C3%B3na" title="Icelandic króna">króna</a> must be paid).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of living expenses, most students at the University of Iceland either work part-time to finance their studies or receive student loans at favourable interest rates from the <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_Student_Loan_Fund" title="Icelandic Student Loan Fund">Icelandic Student Loan Fund</a>. </p><p>The Icelandic Ministry of Education, Science and Culture annually offers awards to foreign students for the study of <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_language" title="Icelandic language">Icelandic language</a>, <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Icelandic history">history</a> and <a href="/wiki/Icelandic_literature" title="Icelandic literature">literature</a> at the University of Iceland. Scholarships are usually restricted to students from selected countries each year. Awards are tenable for one academic year and aim to cover board and lodging. </p><p>The major source of funding available to foreign graduate students is the <a href="/wiki/Eimskipaf%C3%A9lag_%C3%8Dslands" class="mw-redirect" title="Eimskipafélag Íslands">Eimskipafélag Íslands</a> University Fund, which is open to both scholars and current or prospective <a href="/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> students. Each grant from the fund is approximately 2.5 million <a href="/wiki/ISK" class="mw-redirect" title="ISK">ISK</a> per year, for a period of up to three years and is intended to cover living expenses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Student_politics,_unions_and_services"><span id="Student_politics.2C_unions_and_services"></span>Student politics, unions and services</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Student politics, unions and services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Students' Council</i> is the official representative of those studying at the university. It handles all kinds of rights issues and relations with internal and external authorities. Elections for the council take place every year. There are three major parties that participate in the student politics. These are <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vaka_(University_of_Iceland)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vaka (University of Iceland) (page does not exist)">Vaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/R%C3%B6skva_(University_of_Iceland)" title="Röskva (University of Iceland)">Röskva</a>. Many local politicians started their careers as members of the council. </p><p>There are over 60 student unions in operation within the university.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each union is made up of students of a particular subject or a few related ones. Postgraduate students in some fields have their own unions. Membership is optional. A large part of the unions' function revolves around social activities, the most common of which are the so-called "science trips", a tradition where companies and organizations in the industry invite students in a relevant field over for a presentation and drinks. Some postgraduate student unions also organize small-scale academic seminars. </p><p>Félagsstofnun stúdenta<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a self-owned institution that runs several services in and around the campus. These include kindergartens, low-rent apartments, cafeterias and a large bookstore. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_faculty_members">Notable faculty members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable faculty members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_(1934).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg/170px-Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg/255px-Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg/340px-Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason_%281934%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1971" data-file-height="2628" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason" title="Guðmundur Finnbogason">Guðmundur Finnbogason</a>, one of the first Icelandic psychologists</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current">Current</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Current"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inga_Bergmann_%C3%81rnad%C3%B3ttir" title="Inga Bergmann Árnadóttir">Inga Bergmann Árnadóttir</a> (odontologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrund_%C3%93l%C3%B6f_Andrad%C3%B3ttir" title="Hrund Ólöf Andradóttir">Hrund Ólöf Andradóttir</a> (civil engineer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vilhj%C3%A1lmur_%C3%81rnason_(professor)" title="Vilhjálmur Árnason (professor)">Vilhjálmur Árnason</a> (philosopher)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steven_Campana" title="Steven Campana">Steven Campana</a> (fisheries scientist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brynhildur_Davidsdottir" class="mw-redirect" title="Brynhildur Davidsdottir">Brynhildur Davidsdottir</a> (ecological economist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Einarsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Jóhanna Einarsdóttir">Jóhanna Einarsdóttir</a> (early childhood education)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hannes_H%C3%B3lmsteinn_Gissurarson" title="Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson">Hannes Hólmsteinn Gissurarson</a> (political scientist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorvaldur_Gylfason" class="mw-redirect" title="Þorvaldur Gylfason">Þorvaldur Gylfason</a> (economist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/G%C3%ADsli_P%C3%A1lsson" title="Gísli Pálsson">Gísli Pálsson</a> (anthropologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0bj%C3%B6rg_Linda_Rafnsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir">Guðbjörg Linda Rafnsdóttir</a> (sociologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unnur_Anna_Valdimarsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir">Unnur Anna Valdimarsdóttir</a> (epidemiologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3r_Whitehead" title="Þór Whitehead">Þór Whitehead</a> (historian)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hannes_J%C3%B3nsson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hannes Jónsson (page does not exist)">Hannes Jónsson</a> (theoretical chemist)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigr%C3%BAn_A%C3%B0albjarnard%C3%B3ttir" title="Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir">Sigrún Aðalbjarnardóttir</a> (professor emeritus)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halld%C3%B3r_%C3%81sgr%C3%ADmsson" title="Halldór Ásgrímsson">Halldór Ásgrímsson</a> (lecturer, 1973–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason" title="Guðmundur Finnbogason">Guðmundur Finnbogason</a> (writer, teacher)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93lafur_Ragnar_Gr%C3%ADmsson" title="Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson">Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson</a> (political scientist, former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">President of Iceland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9Eorsteinn_Gylfason" title="Þorsteinn Gylfason">Þorsteinn Gylfason</a> (philosopher)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erlendur_Haraldsson" title="Erlendur Haraldsson">Erlendur Haraldsson</a> (social scientist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0ni_Th._J%C3%B3hannesson" title="Guðni Th. Jóhannesson">Guðni Th. Jóhannesson</a> (former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">President of Iceland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_Nordal" title="Sigurður Nordal">Sigurður Nordal</a> (Medieval literature scholar)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_Sk%C3%BAlason" title="Páll Skúlason">Páll Skúlason</a> (philosopher, 1945-2015)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0ur_%C3%9E%C3%B3rarinsson" title="Sigurður Þórarinsson">Sigurður Þórarinsson</a> (geologist)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Einar_palsson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Einar_palsson.jpg/170px-Einar_palsson.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Einar_palsson.jpg/255px-Einar_palsson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/Einar_palsson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="290" data-file-height="374" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Einar_P%C3%A1lsson" title="Einar Pálsson">Einar Pálsson</a>, writer</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_alumni">Notable alumni</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=University_of_Iceland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable alumni"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg/170px-Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg/255px-Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg/340px-Asgeir_Asgeirsson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="472" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/%C3%81sgeir_%C3%81sgeirsson" title="Ásgeir Ásgeirsson">Ásgeir Ásgeirsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland#Presidents_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">second President</a> of <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vigd%C3%ADs_Finnbogad%C3%B3ttir" title="Vigdís Finnbogadóttir">Vigdís Finnbogadóttir</a> (former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">President of Iceland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%93laf%C3%ADa_Einarsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Ólafía Einarsdóttir">Ólafía Einarsdóttir</a> (archaeologist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnaldur_Indri%C3%B0ason" title="Arnaldur Indriðason">Arnaldur Indriðason</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnd%C3%ADs_%C3%9E%C3%B3rarinsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Arndís Þórarinsdóttir">Arndís Þórarinsdóttir</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%81sgeir_%C3%81sgeirsson" title="Ásgeir Ásgeirsson">Ásgeir Ásgeirsson</a> (politician, former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Iceland" title="President of Iceland">President of Iceland</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Bjarnason" title="Björn Bjarnason">Björn Bjarnason</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dav%C3%AD%C3%B0_Oddsson" title="Davíð Oddsson">Davíð Oddsson</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einar_P%C3%A1lsson" title="Einar Pálsson">Einar Pálsson</a> (literature)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Einar_M%C3%A1r_Gu%C3%B0mundson" class="mw-redirect" title="Einar Már Guðmundson">Einar Már Guðmundson</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fri%C3%B0rik_Sophusson" class="mw-redirect" title="Friðrik Sophusson">Friðrik Sophusson</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gu%C3%B0mundur_Finnbogason" title="Guðmundur Finnbogason">Guðmundur Finnbogason</a> (writer, teacher)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrei%C3%B0ar_M%C3%A1r_Sigur%C3%B0sson" title="Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson">Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson</a> (businessman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1ri_Stef%C3%A1nsson" title="Kári Stefánsson">Kári Stefánsson</a> (physician and scientist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krist%C3%ADn_Steinsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Kristín Steinsdóttir">Kristín Steinsdóttir</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krist%C3%ADn_Marja_Baldursd%C3%B3ttir" title="Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir">Kristín Marja Baldursdóttir</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Scheving" title="Magnús Scheving">Magnús Scheving</a> (actor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rannveig_%C3%9Eorsteinsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir">Rannveig Þorsteinsdóttir</a> (lawyer and politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigurj%C3%B3n_Sighvatsson" title="Sigurjón Sighvatsson">Sigurjón Sighvatsson</a> (film producer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stef%C3%A1n_J%C3%B3n_Hafstein" title="Stefán Jón Hafstein">Stefán Jón Hafstein</a> (writer and statesman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thor_Sigfusson" title="Thor Sigfusson">Thor Sigfusson</a> (businessman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigd%C3%ADs_Gr%C3%ADmsd%C3%B3ttir" title="Vigdís Grímsdóttir">Vigdís Grímsdóttir</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3rarinn_Eldj%C3%A1rn" title="Þórarinn Eldjárn">Þórarinn Eldjárn</a> (writer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%9E%C3%B3r%C3%B0ur_Helgason" title="Þórður Helgason">Þórður Helgason</a> (writer and educationalist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%96ssur_Skarph%C3%A9%C3%B0insson" title="Össur Skarphéðinsson">Össur Skarphéðinsson</a> (politician)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steinunn_Helga_L%C3%A1rusd%C3%B3ttir" title="Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir">Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir</a> (<a href="/wiki/Professor_Emerita" class="mw-redirect" title="Professor Emerita">professor emerita</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1ll_Logason" title="Páll Logason">Páll Logason</a> (powerlifter and strongman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Winchester" title="Jacob Winchester">Jacob Winchester</a> (writer, voice actor, and composer)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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