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Funding for business and art collaboration

Funding for business and art collaboration

The “Art for Arctic Business” project has received funding from the Norwegian Call for Project Collaboration within the Framework of the University of the Arctic (UArctic) for 2024-2026.
Summer closure 2024

Summer closure 2024

The University of Akureyri will be closed from 8 July until 5 August due to summer holidays
Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir has taken over the position of Rector

Áslaug Ásgeirsdóttir has taken over the position of Rector

Eyjólfur Guðmundsson leaves the University of Akureyri after ten successful years as Rector

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Akureyri – a university town

The community in Akureyri is active and diverse, offering everything from coffee shops to cultural institutions that attract talented people from all over Iceland. Concerts, theatre, visual arts, literature. It is simple to be environmentally friendly in Akureyri as everything is within easy reach. There is breathtaking nature everywhere around. Mountains that some climb and others slide down.

It’s all up to you. Just like life. What you are after. What you want.

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