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University of Iceland

Public university in Reykjavik, Iceland

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About

instance of	public university open-access publisher
inception	1911
founder	Althing
short name	HÍ (is)
grants	Master of Arts · academic major: sociology · academic major: Viking and Medieval Norse Studies · academic major: Medieval Icelandic Studies · academic major: literature, culture and media · academic major: Inter-American Studies · academic major: Applied Inter-American Studies · academic major: environmental and natural resources Master of Science · academic major: food science · academic major: medical life sciences · academic major: biochemistry · academic major: bioengineering · academic major: bioinformatics · academic major: biology · academic major: chemistry · academic major: civil engineering · academic major: computational engineering · academic major: computer science · academic major: Earth science · academic major: electrical and computer engineering · academic major: environmental engineering · academic major: geography · academic major: geology · academic major: geophysics · academic major: mathematics · academic major: mechanical engineering · academic major: physics · academic major: renewable energy · academic major: software engineering · academic major: tourism studies · academic major: environmental and natural resources Master of Science · academic major: health sciences · duration: 2 year Master of Arts · academic major: Old Nordic Religion · duration: 2 year Master of Arts · academic major: international studies in education · duration: 2 year Master of Laws · academic major: natural resources law and international environmental law · duration: 18 month

Location and contact

country	Iceland
headquarters location	Reykjavík · country: Iceland · postal code: 101 · street address: Sæmundargötu 2 (is)
coordinate location	64.1406, -21.9494
official website	https://www.hi.is/ · language of work or name: Icelandic https://english.hi.is/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	14,000 · 16 July 2018
rector	Jón Atli Benediktsson · since 2015 Kristín Ingólfsdóttir · 2005–2015

Rankings and recognition

ranking	547 · QS World University Rankings · 2025

Structure and memberships

affiliation	European University Association
member of	Utrecht Network NORDUnet European University Association LUMI consortium International GLAM Labs Community 5 more ORCID, Inc. · October 2023 Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment International Association of Universities Aurora Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe
owner of	NORDUnet

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (6)

detail map	University of Iceland map.svg
image	University of Iceland - 2013.08 - panoramio.jpg
image of interior	Looking for something? (12952643943).jpg
logo image	University of Iceland Text.svg
nighttime view	201708 University of Iceland main building at midnight.jpg
winter view	Islands universitet 2009-01-28 (1).jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (7)

Commons category	University of Iceland
topic's main category	Category:University of Iceland
category for alumni of educational institution	Category:University of Iceland alumni
category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the University of Iceland
on focus list of Wikimedia project	Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher
IPv6 routing prefix	2a00:c88:4000::/48
social media followers	3,279 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 90458157 · 5 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (53)

ARWU university ID	University-of-Iceland
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	11869858m
BIBSYS ID	90197936
Canadiana Name Authority ID	ncf11077288
CiNii Research ID	1140282266858768896
Crunchbase organization ID	university-of-iceland
Dialnet author ID	3856781
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)	3OE3A9 · subject named as: 冰岛大学 · last update: 2 March 2024
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)	21230
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID	place/University-of-Iceland · subject named as: University of Iceland
EU Participant Identification Code	999884246
EU VAT number	IS019133
Facebook username	HaskoliIslands
FOLDOC ID	University+of+Iceland
Freebase ID	/m/022hyn
GeoNames ID	6935418
GND ID	1015289-1
Google Maps Customer ID	1794734937603025055
Google Scholar organization ID	14276427655556857641
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID	Háskóli_Íslands
GRID ID	grid.14013.37
IdRef ID	026453177
Instagram username	haskoli_islands
ISNI	0000000406400021
J9U entity ID	987007454135305171
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID	1015289-1
KISTI ID	K000199370
Libraries Australia ID	35449345
Library of Congress Authorities ID	n80045955
LibraryThing author ID	haacuteskoacuteliiac
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)	165368041
NACSIS-CAT author ID	DA11905776
National Library of Iceland ID	000048526
National Library of Israel ID (old)	004132602
National Library of Lithuania ID	LNB:NPS;=BN
National Library of Poland MMS ID	9810600512605606
National Library of Portugal ID	322987
NL CR AUT ID	kn20010710494 · subject named as: Háskóli Íslands
NUKAT ID	n2004011365
Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100005415
OpenAlex ID	I165368041 P4310314050 · subject named as: University of Iceland
OpenStreetMap relation ID	9061236
Quora topic ID	University-of-Iceland
Ringgold ID	63541
ROR ID	01db6h964
SNARC ID	Q46035
Threads username	haskoli_islands
Times Higher Education World University ID	university-iceland
VIAF cluster ID	129736338
World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-007045
X (Twitter) username	Haskoli_Islands · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 90458157 · 8 March 2020
‎Scilit organization ID	961
‎Yale LUX ID	group/85256754-3434-47d8-a495-b6458e249bfb