{"id":32534,"date":"2026-06-16T09:28:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T09:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/?page_id=32534"},"modified":"2026-08-04T14:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T14:32:07","slug":"life-in-lhi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/lifid-i-lhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in LH\u00cd"},"content":{"rendered":"<section style=\"--overlay-opacity: 20%; --overlay-bg: #000000;\" class=\"hero-section h1-xl\" >\n\t<div class=\"container animation-child-elements\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Life at the University of the Arts <\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<figure class=\"bg-visual\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3F2A5990-1800x1200.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"sub-nav-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-lg-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-12\">\n\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sub-nav\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sub-nav-opener d-lg-none\">Life in LH\u00cd<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nav-slider swiper-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul id=\"menu-submenu-home\" class=\"swiper-wrapper\"><li id=\"menu-item-361\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-361 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/namsframbod\/\">Study offer<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-363\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-363 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/bokasafn\/\">Library<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-30608\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-30608 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/rannsoknir\/\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-10443\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-10443 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/althjodasamstarf\/\">International cooperation<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-20924\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-20924 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opni.lhi.is\">Open IUA<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-364\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-364 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/um-lhi\/haskoladagatal\/\">IUA calendar<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-30609\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-home menu-item-30609 swiper-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/\">English<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"intro-section\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container animation\">\n\t\t<p>The Iceland Academy of the Arts invites freshmen to step into a creative environment where ideas are allowed to grow, talent develops and relationships are formed with a diverse community of artists and academics On this page you will find the main things that help you start your journey with information about the program, the application process and the support available to applicants. It is good to take the time to familiarize yourself with the material, so that you can take the next step towards studying art at LH\u00cd with confidence and inspiration.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns lpb\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Housing and Facilities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Iceland Academy of the Arts is located in four locations: Stakkahl\u00ed\u00f0, Laugarnes, Skipholt and \u00de\u00f3runnart\u00fan.<\/p>\n<p>There are different departments and study programs in the premises of the University of the Arts, and we all encourage you to find out where the relevant study path and services are housed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/namsframbod\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">Study offer<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Rules of the Iceland Academy of the Arts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We all encourage you to familiarize yourself with the socializing, housing rules and social contract of the University of the Arts.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/ugla.lhi.is\/namsumsoknir\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">Application portal<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Systems &amp; Tools\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The computer department manages the main systems and tools, and if the matter is urgent, it is important to send an email to the work of@hjalp.lhi.is.<\/p>\n<p>You can familiarize yourself with all the systems and tools used by the University of the Arts by clicking on the link below, whether it is due to access systems, printing quotas or help on Canvas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/namsframbod\/real-food\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Student Council\/Social Life\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is an active social life at the University of the Arts and students manage the Student Association of the Iceland Academy of the Arts (SLH\u00cd). Under SLH\u00cd there are six student associations that are for most departments.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/about-lhi\/haskola-calendar\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">See more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Work and exchange studies\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although the Iceland Academy of the Arts is the smallest university in the country, we send most students on exchange programs... per captia. Students are invited to attend an exchange program for a short or long time and we all encourage them to familiarize themselves with it on the website of the international office,<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn-holder animation\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lhi.is\/en\/about-lhi\/skrasetningargjald\/\" target=\"\" class=\"btn btn-lg btn-dark btn-with-arrow-right\">Tariff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Student project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The students of the University of the Arts work on various projects throughout their schooling and you can view them all below.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text-section txt-columns\"  >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"row animation-child-elements animation-bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-6\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Security\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a camera security system at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. 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