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Hólar University College is a growing institution offering quality graduate and undergraduate education and a robust research program. The institution is an internationally recognized center for teaching and research in three highly specialized fields equine science, aquaculture and aquatic biology, and tourism studies. Hólar in Hjaltadalur has a long history of schools and education. Bishop Jón Ögmundsson's cathedral school was founded in 1106, and after the Reformation in 1550, the school was converted to a Latin school that remained in operation until 1801. In 1882, an agricultural school was established at Hólar, and Hólar University College traces its roots to that…
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The University of Akureyri was founded on September 5, 1987, in the city of Akureyri in the northeastern part of Iceland. It has grown since then, establishing a school of health sciences, humanities and social science, and a school of business and science. Over 2000 students attended the University in the autumn semester of 2014, around half of them through distance education, making the University the largest provider of distance education. The University of Akureyri coordinates with other Icelandic Universities to operate the University Centre of the Westfjordslocated in Ísafjörður, which operates two master's degrees in Coastal and Marine Management and the other in M…
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The Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) was founded on 1 January 2005 with a merger of three long-standing institutions: The Agricultural University at Hvanneyri, the Agricultural Research Institute, with its headquarters in Reykjavík, and the Horticultural College at Reykir. It is an educational and research institution in the field of agriculture, land resources, and environmental sciences. The main focus is on natural sciences, i.e., natural history, the conservation and sustainable use of land and animal resources, including traditional agriculture, horticulture and forestry, environmental and landscape planning, restoration sciences, and sustainable developmen…
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Reykjavík University is the largest private University in Iceland, with more than 3,800 students. Chartered by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries, and the Confederation of Icelandic Employers. The University consists of four academic schools: School of Law, School of Business, School of Computer Science, and the School of Science and Engineering. Reykjavik University is a modern, dynamic university situated in the heart of Iceland's capital. Reykjavik University's (RU) subjects in research and teaching are science and engineering, computer science, business, and law. The University has a modern, interdisciplinary approach and offers progra…
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The Iceland Academy of the Arts is a self-governing institution providing higher education in fine arts, theatre, dance, music, design, architecture, and art education. The role of the Iceland University of the Arts is to encourage progressive thinking in the arts and to stimulate innovation and development in different fields. The IUA offers education in the arts at the university level and conveys both knowledge and professionalism in the arts to Icelandic society. It operates in a global environment and measures itself against academies that excel in arts education in neighboring countries. The Iceland University of the Arts emphasizes enhancing cooperation with ot…
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Bifröst University is located in the valley of Norðurárdalur, approximately 30 kilometers north of Borgarnes, Iceland. Formerly a business school, it also offers degrees in Law and social sciences, at both bachelor's and masters and a remedial university preparatory course. As of 2011, the University had 573 enrolled students. Student and staff housing surround the school, which with Hólar University College, is one of two real "campus universities" in Iceland. However, many enrolled students are in distance learning programs. Bifröst University was founded in Reykjavík Iceland in 1918 on the model of Ruskin College, Oxford, under the name Samvinnuskólinn or the Coopera…
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The University of Iceland was founded on 17th June 1911, on the centenary of 19th-century Icelandic statesman Jón Sigurðsson, usually referred to as "president". The University was located in the Parliament House at Austurvöllur for the first 29 years. The University of Iceland was formed in a merger of the Seminary, the School of Medicine, and the School of Law. Each formed a faculty, in addition to the newly-established Faculty of Philosophy. Only 45 students, one of which was female, were enrolled during the academic year 1911 to 1912 the academic year 2013 to 2014 will see almost fourteen thousand students, around two-thirds of which are female, studying at the Univ…
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