The Committee on Graduate Studies shall supervise coordination of studies and provide advice to the University Council and Rector on recommendations for new graduate studies and all comprehensive changes to graduate studies at the University. The Committee on Graduate Studies is assigned the task of making recommendations on a plan for developing graduate studies at the University in order to strengthen Master’s and Doctoral studies in accordance with the strategy of the University at each time.

Committee on Graduate Studies in the school year 2015-2016:

• Sigríður Halldórsdóttir, Professor, Head of Faculty of Graduate Studies, School of Health Sciences
• Brynhildur Bjarnadóttir, Assistant Professor, MA degree programme, Faculty of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Finnur Friðriksson, Associate Professor, Chair, Educational Studies – MEd degree programme, Faculty of Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Ragnheiður Elfa Þorsteinsdóttir, Assistant Professor, ML degree programme in Law, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Ársæll Már Arnarsson, Professor, graduate studies programme, Faculty of Social Sciences and Law, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Oddur Vilhelmsson, Professor, MS degree programme, Faculty of Natural Resource Sciences, School of Business and Science
• Grétar Þór Eyþórsson, Professor, MS degree programme, Faculty of Business Administration, School of Business and Science

Sólveig Elín Þórhallsdóttir, Project Manager, is the secretary of the Committee.