Open for applications in our Computer Science, Software Engineering and Computational Engineering programmes / Opið fyrir umsóknir: Tölvunarfræði, Hugbúnaðarverkfræði, Reikniverkfræði

Helmut Neukirchen, 4. March 2026

The deadlines for applying for our Computer Science, Software Engineering and Computational Engineering programmes are as follows:

As I was involved in updating our programmes, I can assure you that you will receive up-to-date education and can really recommend studying with us.

It was in the news that Iceland will need 9000 specialists within next 5 years -- you will be one of them if you studied at University of Iceland. While due to the advent of AI, it is often said that only senior programmers are needed, but not junior programmers anymore -- but where should senior programmers come from if they were not junior programmers before? Also, someone needs to develop the AI models: this is exactly what you learn at University of Iceland where you can take course on AI, including a specialisation in Artifical Intelligence/Machine Learning (Gervigreind).

Our B.Sc. study programmes are: B.Sc. in Computer Science/Tölvunarfræði and B.Sc. in Software Engineering/Hugbúnaðarverkfræði.
In Computer Science, we have additional specialisations in AI/Machine Learning (Gervigreind) and Computational Science (Reiknifræði).

Our M.Sc. study programmes are: M.Sc. in Computer Science/Tölvunarfræði, M.Sc. in Software Engineering/Hugbúnaðarverkfræði, and M.Sc. in Computational Engineering.
We have additional specialisations in Cybersecurity (Netöryggi), Language Technology (Máltækni) and Innovation (Nýsköpun og viðskiptaþróun -- the Innovation courses are taught in Icelandic).

If you want to learn more about Software Engineering, I have a blog post Why you should study Software Engineering / Af hverju hugbúnaðarverkfræði and a distinction of Software Engineering versus Programming.