The Student Council

A team that fights for student rights

The Student Council  consists of five units, which are the Student Council, its standing committees, its board, the School Concil and the Student Rights Office, which is located on the 3rd floor of Háskólatorg and which students can contact if they believe that their rights have been violated.

17 representatives are elected for the Student Council in the spring semester each year among all students at the University of Iceland. The representatives are determined in accordance with the number of students in each School of study.  As the system is today, there are 3 representatives from each School, except for 5 representatives in the School of Social Sciences because it is the largest one. Students vote between lists of candidates within their School and the representatives of the council are given a seat in accordance with the proportion of votes.

Elections to the University Council take place every two years and are held alongside the Student Council elections, electronically at Uglan. Students have two elected representatives on the council for two years.

The council’s work is very versatile, from fighting for student rights to hosting fun social events for students, including “Októberfest”.

Meet the council

Student Relays

Kjartan Leifur Sigurðsson

School Council's President of the School of Social Sciences

Viktoría Tea Vökudóttir

School Council's President of the School of Health Sciences

Helena Guðrún Þórsdóttir

School Council's President of the School of Humanities

Gunnar Ásgrímsson

School Council's President of the School of Education

Magnús Hallsson

School Council's President of the School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Andrea Edda Guðlaugsdóttir

School of Social Sciences

Helga Björg B. Ólafsdóttir

School of Social Sciences

Guðrún Brynjólfsdóttir

School of Social Sciences

Jón Gnarr

School of Social Sciences

Eiríkur Kúl Viktorsson

School of Health Sciences

Guðlaug Eva Albertsdóttir

School of Health Sciences

Diljá Valsdóttir

School of Humanities

Viktoria Vdovina

School of Humanities

Halldóra Elín Einarsdóttir

School of Education

Katla Vigdís Vernharðsdóttir

School of Education

Sófus Máni Bender

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

María Björk Stefánsdóttir

School of Engineering and Natural Sciences