University Council Committees

University Council appoints members to the Ethics Committee

• Valgerður Sólnes Professor at the University of Iceland

• Skúli Skúlason Professor at Hólar University

• Henry Alexander Henrysson doctor (Ph.D.)

University Council appoints members to the Quality Committee

• Guðmunda Smáradóttir Director of HR and Quality

• Anna Björk Haraldsdóttir Director of Archives

• Helga Rún Jóhannsdóttir Student representative

University Council appoints members to the Equal Rights Committee

• Eyjólfur Kristinn Örnólfsson Adjunct Lecturer

• Aníta Lísa Svansdóttir Administrative Officer - Graduate Studies

• Valgerður Á. Sigurðardóttir Student Representative

• Gunnar Viðar Gunnarsson Staff representative

• Guðmunda Smáradóttir Director of HR and Quality

Debuties voted by staff members

• Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir

• Egill Gunnarsson

The Science Comittee supports the development of research and its financing with apllications to competition funding. THe committee is appointed to two years at a time and in it sit the heads of faculties or an academic representative from each faculty along with the research coordinator that chairs the commitee.

• Christian Schulze Head of International Relations and Research

• Emmanuel Pierre Pagneux Head of Faculty Environmental & Forest Sciences

• Björn Þorsteinsson Head of Faculty Agricultural Sciences

• Head of Faculty Planning & Design

The gradute studies Commitee oversees all PhD and MSc studies affairs within the faculties.

The Graduate Studies Committee is involved in strategic planning og overseeing the quality assurance. The committee goes over and accepts the course catalouges, they review applications and oversees any issues that arise.

The chairperson of the committee is also the graduate studies coordinator and is elected in an Academy Forum meeting for three years at a time.

Hlynur Óskarsson Graduate studies Coordinator

Álfheiður B. Marinósdóttir Academic Coordinator

Alejandro Salazar Faculty Environmental & Forest Sciences

Jóhanna Gísladóttir Faculty of Agricultural Sciences

Harpa Stefánsdóttir Faculty of Planning & Design

Berglind Orradóttir MSc students representative

Sólveig Sanchez PhD students representative

Evlalía Kolbrún Ágústsdóttir MSc students representative

The undergraduate Committee oversees teaching development and coordination between programmes. They oversee the course catalouges for the programmes and the quality assurance as well as address any issues tha may arise.

The role of the undergratuate committee and appointing is described in the regulations of Bachelor studies confirmed by the University Council. The academic coordinator is chairs the committe.

Álfheiður B Marinósdóttir Academic Coordinator

Helgi Eyleifur Þorvaldsson Programme Director Vocational training in Agriculture, Agricultural Sciences and Equine Sciences

Helena Guttormsdóttir Programme Director Landscape Architecture

Jóhanna Bergrúnar Ólafsdóttir Programme Director Forest Sciences

Fanney Ósk Gísladóttir Programme Director Natural & Environmental Sciences