Students are responsible for registering for courses and changing their registration if needed. Registering for courses also registers you for exams, so your registration must always be correct.
Changing Course Registration
When teaching starts in autumn and spring, you can register for and drop courses in your Ugla. A banner will appear on the homepage when registration opens and disappears when the registration period ends. Please remember to save your selection and check My Ugla - My Courses to ensure that the registration was successful.
More information about registration periods can be found in the University’s academic calendar.
Annual Registration
Every spring, from the beginning of March to mid-April, you must register for courses for the next academic year if you intend to continue your current studies. This is done in Ugla in the same way as when changing course selections at the beginning of a semester. You will then select the courses you plan to take. After that, you will have the option to pay the registration fee in your Ugla.
FAQ about course registration
The Student Registry processes requests for course registration and deregistration in cases where students cannot register themselves through Ugla during the advertised periods. Please note that in some cases you may also need permission from your department to register. Requests to the Student Registry can be sent to nemskra@hi.is.
Distance learning at the University of Iceland is mostly restricted to individual courses within a limited choice of subjects. For information on faculties and subjects where single distance learning courses are offered, please see the Course Catalogue.
You can see your courses in Ugla (My Ugla – My Courses) and next to each course, there is a withdrawal icon you can click on. Note that the icon is only active after course registration has closed. The last day to deregister in the autumn semester is 15th September and in the spring semester 1st February.
Note that changes to course registration will not appear in the timetable for a few hours.
You follow the same procedure as when withdrawing from courses, and the same deadlines apply. However, if you wish to withdraw from a resit exam, you must email the Student Registration at nemskra@hi.is, including your name, national ID number, the course title, and the course number. Please note that fees for resit exams are non-refundable.
- A full academic year consists of 60 ECTS credits, 30 ECTS credits per semester.
- However, you can register for up to 40 ECTS credits per semester.
- If you wish to register for even more credits, you must apply for permission from your department.
In the Ugla registration, you will see course suggestions based on your academic year and completed courses, but you control your study pace, i.e., whether you want to study full-time or not.
In that context, it is important to thoroughly review your study programme in the course catalogue. It provides an overview of compulsory and elective courses by academic year and information on prerequisites of courses. Prerequisites give you an idea of in what order you can take your courses and are therefore important to keep in mind when choosing your courses. If you need help with your study plan, you can consult with an academic advisor.
- It takes three (180 ECTS) or four years (240 ECTS) of full-time study to complete undergraduate programmes. Degree programmes can have one Major (180 or 240 ECTS), two Majors (120 + 120 ECTS) or a Major and Minor (120 + 60 ECTS). Diplomas can be shorter.
- Postgraduate diplomas are usually 30 or 60 ECTS, while Master's degree programmes are either 90 or 120 ECTS.
- Doctoral degree programmes are at least 180 ECTS.