Universitetet på Island - Reykjavík

Joaquim A.

Hauptgebäude der Universität. Vom Stil her eher schlicht. Auf der Wiese vor dem Hauptgebäude haben die Gänse leider zu viele ihrer Hinterlassenschaften verloren. In unmittelbarer Nähe wird zur Zeit stark gebaut und der angrenzende Park ist wegen der Vogelbrustsaison leider gesperrt.

Simon K.

Was wir gesehen haben waren schlichte Gebäude. Nett, gibt aber schönere Universitäten.

Christian L.

For those wanting to study the Bachelor of Icelandic as a Second Language: don't do it. If you're in love with Icelandic and want to move here to live and learn the language, don't ruin it for yourself by choosing this degree. I can't personally speak for the Diploma but I've also heard nothing good about it from students currently enrolled in it.

Aside from less than a handful of amazing teachers and professors, the general care-factor and professionalism of the faculty is rather poor. The course structure is nonsense and counter-intuitive to language learning, but such feedback was of little to no interest to the University at the time I studied there (2021-2024).

With about 50% of students dropping out after the first year, less than 20% ended up graduating. If you haven't gone completely insane by the end of it - congratulations!

Now, if you're wanting to fill your head with linguistics jargon (in Icelandic), grammar, horrible literature and pride yourself in the fact you can write a BA Thesis in Icelandic yet struggle to hold a fluent conversation without preparing a week in advance: welcome, this is the degree for you!

From my POV: I wanted to study linguistics. I wanted to become fluent in Icelandic after years of teaching myself. But this course nearly convinced me to give up on all of that. If it hadn't been for my job which I ended up doing full time whilst studying full time, I wouldn't be fluent today.

Also in fairness - if you ARE already fluent in Icelandic and want to get down to the nitty gritty details of it, you might just get something out of this course if you feel like 3 years and 40 hours a week is what it's worth to you.

Until the University stops treating Icelandic as a University degree (oh I know, but it its possible if you care), they will continue to fail students and their duty towards their language and culture.

Christian

Ssemuyaba F. W.

Fantastic University with loving and incredible students and staff all coming from all over the world thus offering a unique cultural mix.

Bang-Ruei H.

冰島大學就在國立冰島博物館的附近，走路約五分鐘。

JC S.

So far, my experience as a Master student for the Food Science and Nutrition department has been excellent. In my particular case I find the professors to be in general qualified for teaching with some having really good teaching qualities. The quality of the courses and the structure of the program is pertinent in my opinion, formation in all the branches of Food Sciences: microbiology, technology, engineering and chemistry added to electives in many areas including Fish (Iceland's stronghold) and Ecology. A lot of field trips which add value to the experience. The faculty is small and that helps to have a nice connection with the staff which is also functional.
The university is efficient as far as I'm concerned, all the inquiries I had were solved in student services almost immediately.
The university has one particular space, the Student Cellar (a bar and restaurant) that I find fascinating. Wonderful place to open time with friends and get to know new people, definitely a total success.
Campus is small but very beautiful, buildings look modern and facilities are good enough. Can't complain really on my experience. Wonderful decision as an international student. Plus tuition is only EUR 550 per year, crazy opportunity.

A G.

Nice to get out of touristy vibes of the city. Pretty and clean campus and provides good view of the city.

Sara C.

It is really disappointing that for a higher education office they do not know how to help new students navigate the application process. I just had a really bad experience: I was asked to call a certain number, I did. I was told to email a certain email. I did. And then told to just show up during opening hours. I have. The people involved in helping me (especially the young guy in glasses) were more concerned with getting out of there than guiding a new student through the application process which isn’t clear on the website. And said guy in glasses couldn’t even get the “@“ to pop up on the computer. Like, how? How does this happen in what ought to be a straight forward process?