The Agricultural University of Iceland (AUI) is an educational and research institution focusing on agricultural, environmental sciences, landscape architecture and planning founded in 2005. The university's main location is in Hvanneyri, near Borgarnes, Iceland, but it also operates research locations in Reykjavík (Kednaholt). AUI offers vocational training in agriculture, undergraduate and graduate studies in agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, equine sciences, forest sciences, landscape architecture, planning, restoration ecology and environmental changes at higher latitudes.
Bifröst University is an institution that offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes through its faculties of Business, Law, and Social Sciences. The university delivers its teaching primarily through online learning environments, interactive seminars, and collaborative project work to accommodate students balancing work and family responsibilities.
Hólar University is located in Hólar, Iceland, an important historical centre of education. The university was the first post-secondary school in Hólar, founded in 1106. It was renamed Hólar Agricultural College in 1882 and became Hólar University in 2007. Established in the 12th century, Hólar is one of the oldest universities in Europe; the oldest is University of Bologna since 1088 AD.
The Iceland University of the Arts is an independent academy of arts that offers undergraduate and master's programs across seven faculties. It employs artists and academics who conduct research in and on the arts and in art education.
Reykjavík University is a research and educational institution offering degrees across seven academic schools. The university emphasizes collaboration with the business community, promoting innovation, and conducting research recognized internationally.
The University Centre of the Westfjords, UW, is the smallest institution operating on an university level in Iceland and offers two international master's programmes which are accredited through the state-run University of Akureyri. UW focuses the teaching and research on coastal issues and regional development, both as for resource management and social solutions.
The University of Akureyri was founded in 1987 in the town of Akureyri in the northeastern part of Iceland. It is today a school of Humanities and Social science, and a school of Health, Business and Natural science. Over 2800 students attended the university in the autumn semester of 2024, around half of them through flexible learning, making the university the largest provider of distance education in the country. The University of Akureyri coordinates with other Icelandic Universities to operate the University Centre of the Westfjords located in Ísafjörður, which operates two master's degrees, one in Coastal and Marine Management and the other in Marine Innovation. Additionally, The Unive
The University of Iceland is a public institution that offers a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programmes. It is a research-led university with various faculties spanning health sciences, engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
Iceland College of Education was a normal college in Iceland. It merged with the University of Iceland in July 2008 and is now called the School of Education. Enrollment was around 2300 students with more than half of them being distance learning students. The university offered B.A., Bf B
Ed. and B.S degree programmes as well as M.Ed. and doctorate degrees.