News and Events
Welcoming the class of '23
The orientation week for our 34 new students has come to an end, and so the RU MBA office welcomes the new MBA class of 203 to class!
Read more29 graduate with an international MBA degree
29 MBA candidates were graduated from Reykjavik University last Saturday. The ceremony took place in Harpa concert hall in the centre of Reykjavik city.
Read moreStudents and teachers celebrate spring
The MBA office invited both MBA cohorts, their significant others, and teachers to the annual MBA spring celebration.
Read moreTestimonials
Eva Jósteinsdóttir
“The program has been a fantastic opportunity to learn from a diverse group of people."
Eva Jósteinsdóttir, COO - Chief Operating Officer, Center Hotels
Dögg Hauksdóttir
“I was pleasantly surprised how much I still had to learn about team dynamics and development when I entered the MBA."
Dögg Hauksdóttir, obstetrician and gynecologist
Brynjar Már Brynjólfsson
“The MBA program has strengthened me as a person and as a future leader."
Brynjar Már Brynjólfsson, Human Resource Manager, Isavia
Jón Páll Leifsson
„The MIT DesignX program is set in the startup and entrepreneurial context, you soon realise that the applicability of the methodology reaches far beyond that."
Jón Páll Leifsson, Brand Manager at Viruxal, Medical Device Company, MBA 2020
Jón Magnús Kristjánsson
"The MBA programme at RU has exceeded all of my expectation. The quality of the teaching is exceptional."
Birna Helgadóttir
“We have had fantastic teachers who opened up our minds to new perspectives and ideas.”
Stefán Ari Stefánsson
"I am absolutely certain that what I have learned will help me to become not only a better leader but a more rounded person.”
Þóra Jónsdóttir
"Together we increase our knowledge, share our experience, and broaden our professional and personal network."
Pétur Þór Halldórsson
"The RU MBA has been of great benefit as various operations are becoming more and more global, more complex, and in fact more uncertain."
Sólveig Stefánsdóttir
"The emphasis on case-study learning gives such a deeper, more practical knowledge. I know this will benefit me as I move forward in my career."
WHY MBA?
MITx Final project & Boston trip
Student teams work with a selection of startups and apply an interdisciplinary venture design framework developed by the MIT DesignX innovation center at MIT.
PRME
RU Department of Business Administration has been a member of the United Nations Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) network since 2012.
AMBA Accreditation
The RU MBA was the first Icelandic MBA programme to be awarded the AMBA accreditation in 2011. This means that the content of the RU MBA programme is monitored and continually strengthened.