This is a list of universities in Iceland.
Universities and colleges
There are seven universities in Iceland as defined by law. No distinction is made between research universities and other tertiary colleges. Both types are referred to as "háskóli" locally.
Graduate schools
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Keilir
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REYST
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University Centre of the Westfjords
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United Nations University
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(selected programmes)
Defunct institutions
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Iceland University of Education
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 learni ...
(Merged with the University of Iceland)
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RES – The School for Renewable Energy Science
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Technical University of Iceland (Merged with Reykjavík University)
See also
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List of schools in Iceland
This is a list of schools in Iceland, which encompasses institutions from Nursery school, playschool to Gymnasium (school), gymnasium.
Playschools
Nursery school, Playschool is non-compulsory education for those under the age of six and is the fir ...
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Universities
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Iceland
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Iceland
Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...
Universities
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