The University of Iceland offers two master’s programmes in medieval studies taught in English and specifically designed for international students:
 
(1) The Medieval Icelandic Studies programme: a three-semester (90 ECTS) master’s programme run in collaboration with the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. This programme consists of two semesters of course work (60 ECTS) and one semester devoted to the master’s thesis (30 ECTS). It can be completed in thirteen months, from August to August of the following year.
 
(2) The Viking and Medieval Norse Studies programme: a four-semester (120 ECTS) master’s programme run in collaboration with the University of Oslo in Norway, Aarhus University and Copenhagen University in Denmark, and the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies. The first year—two semesters of course work (60 ECTS)—takes place in Reykjavík, Iceland, but the third semester is spent either in Oslo, Aarhus, or Copenhagen, completing 30 ECTS of course work. The fourth semester is devoted to writing the master's thesis and can be spent in Reykjavík or Oslo.
 
The two programs have the same entry requirements and the same internal requirements apart from the semester abroad (in either Aarhus, Copenhagen or Oslo) which is a feature of the Viking and Medieval Norse Studies programme only. Students in these two programmes take all the same courses at the University of Iceland and function both academically and socially as a single group.
 
Before you apply, please study carefully the entry and application requirements.

• School of Humanities 
• Faculty of Icelandic and Comparative Cultural Studies