List of Icelandic Universities and CollegesUniversities in Iceland

Iceland's largest and oldest university, offering a wide range of programs in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and medicine. Located in downtown Reykjavík, the capital city.

Located in Akureyri, Iceland's northern capital, this institution specializes in marine research, Arctic studies, health sciences, and tourism. With a small size, it offers personalized education.

One of Iceland's oldest continuously operating institutions, originally founded as an agricultural school in 1882. It officially joined the University of Iceland on 2026, 7 1, becoming a small campus within the HÍ university network dedicated to northern rural areas. The campus specializes in tourism, aquaculture, and equine studies, emphasizing applied research closely integrated with industry and community. Located in Blönduós, approximately 300 kilometers from Reykjavík.

Iceland's only public university focused on business, law, and social sciences, originally founded as the College of Cooperatives in 1918. In 2024, it became tuition-free, charging only an annual registration fee. In autumn 2026, enrollment reached 1,896 students, marking the second consecutive year of record-breaking growth. The university hosts a Jean Monnet Chair in European Studies, participates in the EU Erasmus+ program and the PRME Principles for Responsible Management Education, and has been a key member of OpenEU, a pan-European online university network, since 9 2026.

The smallest institution offering university-level programs in Iceland, established by 40 founding members including all Icelandic higher education institutions. Positioned to bring classrooms into "the world's best laboratory for coastal and marine governance," the Westfjords region is both a traditional hub for fisheries and aquaculture and a sparsely populated frontier community. A member of UArctic, it annually enrolls 70–80 international students. Degrees are jointly awarded with the University of Akureyri.

Iceland's largest and oldest university, established in 1911, is located in downtown Reykjavík. In the fall of 2026, it enrolled approximately 15,000 students across all disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, law, education, and engineering. As Iceland's only comprehensive university offering a complete degree system from bachelor's to doctoral levels, its research output accounts for over 60% of the nation's total.