Please help us save the Viking and Medieval Norse Studies and Medieval Icelandic Studies graduate programmes at the University of Iceland by signing this petition!

The recent announcement of tuition fees will be the death of the Viking and Medieval Norse Studies and Medieval Icelandic Studies graduate programmes at the University of Iceland. It is unimaginable that Iceland will no longer be able to offer a programme on medieval Icelandic culture at university level. 

The University of Iceland has recently announced tuition fees for students outside the EU/EEA/EFTA. This includes the Viking and Medieval Norse Studies or Medieval Icelandic Studies programmes where tuition fees amount to 2.350.000 ISK (approx. 17,200 EUR) per year. Around 75% of the students who enrol in these studies, come from outside the EU/EEA/EFTA. The result of an increase to the tuition fees will mean that many of these students will no longer be able to afford to study either of these programmes. Without these international students the Viking and Medieval Norse Studies and Medieval Icelandic Studies programmes will be forced to close.

On top of this, the recently announced 45% increase to the financial proof of sufficient funds for students, from 2.970.864 ISK (approx. 21,780 EUR) a year to 4.510.680 ISK (approx. 33,070 EUR), will make it extremely difficult for students interested in these programmes to finance their studies.

We therefore urgently request that the tuition fees for the medieval Icelandic studies programmes and the financial proof of sufficient funds are reconsidered.