The Agricultural University of Iceland is an educational and research institution focusing on

agricultural Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating Plant, plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of Sedentism, sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of Domestication, domesticated species created food ...

and

environmental sciences Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geo ...

, founded in 2005. The university's main location is in

Hvanneyri Hvanneyri () is a small settlement located in western Iceland. The town is an agricultural and church center known for its history of farming. Hvanneyri can be found 80 km north of Reykjavik in the municipality of Borgarbyggð. Hvanneyri is ...

, near

Borgarnes, Iceland Borgarnes () is a town located on a peninsula at the shore of Borgarfjörður in Iceland and is the largest town in the Borgarbyggð municipality with a population of about 3800 residents. It is a main junction in Iceland and the gateway to the ...

, but it also operates research locations in

Reykjavík Reykjavík ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói bay. Its latitude is 64°08' N, making it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. With a po ...

(Kednaholt) and

Hveragerði Hveragerði (, "hot-spring yard") is a town and municipality in the south of Iceland, 45 km east of Reykjavík on Iceland's main ringroad, Route 1 (Iceland), Route 1. The river Varmá runs through the town. Overview The surrounding area ...

(Reykir).

Organization

* Faculty of Environmental Sciences * Faculty of Land and Animal Resources * Department of Vocational and Continuing Education

External links

Icelandic website
Universities in Iceland Educational institutions established in 2005 2005 establishments in Iceland {{Iceland-university-stub

Organization

See also

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