University of Iceland

The University of Iceland is a progressive educational and scientific institution, renowned in the global scientific community for its research. It is a state university, situated in the heart of Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland.  

The University of Iceland also holds a leading role in sustainable energy and environmental research. A modern, diversified, and rapidly developing institution, the University of Iceland offers opportunities for study and research in over 400 programs spanning most fields of science and scholarship. Research centers are also operated through the university, including the Centre for Arctic Studies, which leads interdisciplinary collaboration in Arctic research at the university.  

Some of the resources available at the University are uniquely Icelandic. These include the manuscripts preserved at Árni Magnússon Institute, Icelandic census records dating from 1703, exceptionally complete genealogical data, and climatological, glaciological, seismic, and geothermal records. 

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