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Graduation from Reykjavik University
On Saturday, 18th of June, Reykjavík University will graduate students at a ceremony in Eldborg in Harpa Concert Hall.
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Green and sustainable lifestyle among exchange students
Nordlys, one of RU's Nordic partner networks within Nordplus, met at an annual meeting at Reykjavík University, the first on-site meeting for two years. The participants are working with international mobility within Nordic universities. 27 were present and 10 online. The theme of the meeting was a green and sustainable lifestyle during exchange studies in the host country. RU's International Office organized the workshop and got several people to give presentations.
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The education fund of Sameinaðir verktakar (“United Contractors”) allocates scholarships to RU students
The education fund of Sameinaðir verktakar (“United Contractors”) allocates scholarships for further education to students of applied engineering, engineering and computer science at RU that are equivalent to the amount of tuition fees in RU for one semester. The application deadline is June 7.
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Department of Psychology
Has a strong track record in research and its impact is global, as can be seen with the Youth in Europe project, focusing on substance abuse prevention.
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Department of Sport Science
Areas of research are physical education, coaching techniques, and gender and sport, for example.
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Department of Applied Engineering
Teachers integrate professional teamwork in courses and students complete a wide array of projects that they design, build, and test themselves.
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Department of Business
Research areas include management, innovation, behaviour analysis and clinical psychology.
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Department of Computer Science
Research areas include AI, databases, natural language processing, user interfaces and theoretical computer science.
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Department of Engineering
Research in renewable energy, biomedical engineering, project management and decision analysis, and more.
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Department of Law
Research areas include tort, international, and EU/EEA law, constitutional law and history, comparative constitutional law, and human rights law.
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