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All you need to know about education in Iceland

A selection of websites from our database is provided below concerning the following topics:

• Springe zu: Overviews of the education system in Iceland
• Springe zu: Ministries responsible for education and science in Iceland
• Springe zu: Educational reports on and education statistics for Iceland

 You will find further websites and literature on Iceland here:

1. Websites on Iceland
2. Literature on Iceland  (German Education Research Portal)

Overviews of the education system in Iceland

Iceland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe in its "Eurypedia". All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a [...]

Europe; Austria; Belgium; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary [...]
The European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education provides national overviews of special needs education in numerous European countries. The information includes the following topics: legal system, financing, [...]

Ministries responsible for education and science in Iceland

Denmark; Sweden; Finland; Norway; Iceland; Greenland; Faroe Islands; Northern Europe
Nordic inter-governmental co-operation on research and education is headed up by the education and research ministers, who make up the MR-U. The role of the Nordic Council of Ministers for Education and Research is to help ensure that the Nordic Region retains [...]

Educational reports on and education statistics for Iceland

Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus, Republic of; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Switzerland; Greece [...]
Eurydice (formerly Eurypedia and Eurybase) is a network of national units based in all countries of the Erasmus+ programme. [Its] task is to explain how education systems are organised in Europe and how they [...]

Iceland
Eurydice is the "Network on education systems and policies in Europe". Amongst others, it provides comprehensive country profiles on education systems in Europe in its "Eurypedia". All areas of education are covered from early childhood to adult education, as well as overarching issues. Each country participating in Eurydice hosts a [...]

Iceland
The statistical office of Iceland offers statistics on pre-primary institutions, compulsory schools, upper secondary schools and universities.

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This page provides a country list with fact sheets on the Human Development Index (HDI). The index focuses on three measurable dimensions of human development: health, education and standard of living. The fact sheets are [...]

Iceland
The full text presents results from a study on the national tertiary education system in Iceland, which were presented in September 2005, and refer to OECD guidelines. The following issues are addressed: the system of tertiary education in Iceland, regional aspects, tertiary education and the labour market, equity, research, quality [...]