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Architecture
Architecture BArch · MArch 02Design
Design BA · MA 03Film
Filmmaking BA 04Arts Education
Art Education MA 05Fine Art
Fine Arts BA · MA 06Performing Arts
Performing Arts BA · MA 07Music
Music BA · MASeven departments · undergraduate and master's programs · ~600 students
See all study offer → Iceland University of the Arts is a school of all arts
The school is unique internationally in that the curriculum reflects almost all arts despite the fact that there are relatively few students the Iceland University of the Arts is the only university in the field of art in Iceland and therefore has a broad role to play towards the nation The school operates in an international environment and targets those schools in neighboring countries that are considered to excel in teaching and sharing knowledge in the fields of art.
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Birch in culture, art and life
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Arkitektafélag Íslands brings Department of Architecture a good book gift
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In retrospect, Katrína María Káradóttir's research project
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LHÍ product design students at the Design Congress in Húsavík
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Special project week in Department of Music
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Praxis Performing Arts Congress 2026
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Events
17Sep · Thu
17:00–19:00
Private exhibitions 3 years BA except in artIn the period September 17 - November 26, there is a series of solo exhibitions of graduates in bachelor's studies in art, a total of 28...
Fine Art Laugarnes
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12Oct · Mon
Three sisters// Anton Chekhov//Actor's program LHÍLHÍ's third-year student actors stage Three sisters by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
Performing Arts Stóra black box - Laugarnesi
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14Oct · Wed
12:00–13:00
Forget me notLunch concert series in Harpuhorn
Music Hörpuhorn, Harpa
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15Oct · Thu
16:30–19:00
Inter-linguisticArt in Iceland and the Arts and Culture Magazine Publishers Forum (ACMPF) stand together for panel discussions and open conversation...
Fine Art Laugarnes lecture hall, L193
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15Oct · Thu
EAR // Erla Rut PétursdóttirSolo exhibition 3 years BA student in art.
Fine Art Hulduland - Laugarnes
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15Oct · Thu
I have an object in my pocket and he doesn't stop laughing //OllieSolo exhibition 3 years BA student in art.
Fine Art Nafli - Laugarnes
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15Oct · Thu
What is applied to the surface is unchangeable // Nora Eva SigurdssonSolo exhibition 3 years BA student in art.
Fine Art Kubbur - Laugarnes
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16Oct · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context Howie B & Hiraki SawaContext welcomes musician and recording director Howie B and sound and visual artist Hiraki Sawa with the talk Invert The...
Music Dynjandi - Skipholt 31
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17Oct · Sat
11:00–18:00
North of TomorrowWhat happens when existing systems, materials and technologies are approved differently? Looking at the future from an Icelandic...
Design Daalakkersweg 14, Unit 18-1, Eindhoven
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23Oct · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context Pétur JónassonSamhengi welcomes Pétur Jónasson with the talk Attention, memory processes and complex musical material
Music Dynjandi - Skipholt 31
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30Oct · Fri
18:00
When there will be hereWhen it gets there, there is a joint exhibition of the third year, except in product design, which shows the results of the phase Focus. There you got...
Design Gallery Rýmd, völvufell 17, 111 Reykjavík
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03Nov · Tue
Discrimination XII
Design Flói, Harpa
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06Nov · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context of Jónas Ásgeir ÁsgeirssonSamhengi welcomes the harmonica player Jónas Ásgeir Ásgeirsson with the talk Development of new works for classical harmonica
Music Dynjandi - Skipholt 31
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11Nov · Wed
12:00–13:00
Forget me notLunch concert series in Harpuhorn
Music Hörpuhorn, Harpa
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13Nov · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context Páll Ragnar Pálsson & Tui HirvSamhengi welcomes Pál Ragnar Pálsson and Tui Hirv with the talk Sagan behind the Songs
Music Skriða - Stakkahlíð 1
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16Nov · Mon
20:00–21:00
Rhythmic evening LHÍWe resume the cosy concert series Rhythmic nights in Stúdentakjallarinn The second concert night of the fall is November 16 at 8pm. Come...
Music Stúdentakjallarinn
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20Nov · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context of Gyða ValtýsdóttirSamhengi welcomes the musician Gyda Valtýsdóttir with the talk Threads - ways to creation
Music Dynjandi - Skipholt 31
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25Nov · Wed
12:00–13:00
Forget me notLunch concert series in Harpuhorn
Music Hörpuhorn, Harpa
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27Nov · Fri
12:15–13:00
Context Þorbjörg Daphne HallSamhengi welcomes Þorbjörga Daphne Hall with the talk Music Universities and community-based music
Music Dynjandi - Skipholt 31
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Research
Creative thinking is a key prerequisite for progress
Research and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Open LHÍ
A variety of courses and workshops open to the public
The Open University of the Arts is the University of the Arts' portal to society, where knowledge and experience can flow unhindered in both directions.