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General Information
Capital: Reykjavík Language: Icelandic Currency: Icelandic krona Calling code: +354 President: Halla Tómasdóttir Prime minister: Kristrún Frostadóttir |
Map of Iceland
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Welcome Note
We warmly welcome medical exchange students to Iceland, and will do our best to make the
stay here unforgettable!
We can proudly say that students staying with us in Iceland have been very pleased with their
stay. Almost every Icelandic doctor speaks English and since our hospitals are all university
hospitals, the atmosphere is characterized by the will to teach fellow colleagues. Case report
meetings take place a few times a week. The specialists and young doctors will be available, to
make an environment good for learning.
We provide accommodation in a house in Reykjavik where all the exchange students get to stay
together to make it easier for them to get to know each other. The students have also been
quite happy with our social program which is better described below. We arrange weekly get-
togethers after working hours, at cafes or bars where the committee meets with the exchange
students to see if everything is going smoothly.
Below are links to some tourist information websites in Iceland: For safe travel in Iceland visit safetravel.is, a website of the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue.
We warmly welcome medical exchange students to Iceland, and will do our best to make the
stay here unforgettable!
We can proudly say that students staying with us in Iceland have been very pleased with their
stay. Almost every Icelandic doctor speaks English and since our hospitals are all university
hospitals, the atmosphere is characterized by the will to teach fellow colleagues. Case report
meetings take place a few times a week. The specialists and young doctors will be available, to
make an environment good for learning.
We provide accommodation in a house in Reykjavik where all the exchange students get to stay
together to make it easier for them to get to know each other. The students have also been
quite happy with our social program which is better described below. We arrange weekly get-
togethers after working hours, at cafes or bars where the committee meets with the exchange
students to see if everything is going smoothly.
Below are links to some tourist information websites in Iceland: For safe travel in Iceland visit safetravel.is, a website of the Icelandic Association for Search and Rescue.
Goðafoss
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Þingvellir
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Reykjavík
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Overview
Iceland is a Nordic European island country situated at the confluence of the North Atlantic and
Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The country has a population of about 360,000 and a
total area of 103,000 km 2 (40,000 sq.mi.), which makes it the most sparsely populated country in
Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, with the surrounding areas in the
southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland
is volcanically and geologically active. The inland consists mainly of plateaus characterized by
sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through
the lowland. Iceland is kept warm by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a
high latitude just south of the Arctic Circle.
Iceland is a Nordic European island country situated at the confluence of the North Atlantic and
Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. The country has a population of about 360,000 and a
total area of 103,000 km 2 (40,000 sq.mi.), which makes it the most sparsely populated country in
Europe. The capital and largest city is Reykjavík, with the surrounding areas in the
southwestern region of the country being home to two-thirds of the country's population. Iceland
is volcanically and geologically active. The inland consists mainly of plateaus characterized by
sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, while many glacial rivers flow to the sea through
the lowland. Iceland is kept warm by the Gulf Stream and has a temperate climate despite a
high latitude just south of the Arctic Circle.
Strokkur
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Gullfoss
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Seljalandsfoss
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Health Care System
The Icelandic health care system is a publicly funded,
Icelandic people are quite proud of their health care system, which is thought to be one of the
best in the world. All major operations are in general free for Icelandic people as well as
foreigners living here or traveling since our government takes care of this and issues of
insurance are quite good here. Getting service at the hospital only requires a minimum cost of a
few thousand Icelandic kronas.
We have two hospitals in Reykjavik. They're both run by the state and are University hospitals.
They are Landspitali at Hringbraut and Landspitali at Fossvogur which are both close to the
center. They have different departments so we usually have students at both hospitals every
summer.
The Icelandic health care system is a publicly funded,
Icelandic people are quite proud of their health care system, which is thought to be one of the
best in the world. All major operations are in general free for Icelandic people as well as
foreigners living here or traveling since our government takes care of this and issues of
insurance are quite good here. Getting service at the hospital only requires a minimum cost of a
few thousand Icelandic kronas.
We have two hospitals in Reykjavik. They're both run by the state and are University hospitals.
They are Landspitali at Hringbraut and Landspitali at Fossvogur which are both close to the
center. They have different departments so we usually have students at both hospitals every
summer.
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Hringbraut
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Fossvogur
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Medical Education
Icelandic students can start medical studies after finishing graduate school, which people
usually finish at 19 years of age. The medical faculty only admits 60 people a year from all of
Iceland. The students have to pass an entrance exam to get admitted. The study’s duration is 6
years. The first 3 years are mostly pre-clinical classes and the later 3 years of clinical studies.
The teaching mostly takes place in the hospitals, both as classes and clinical work. In our final
year the students have 2 months of "free" period where people can go wherever they want and
work as medical students, in Iceland or abroad. Then they can work on a project of choice, has
it been accepted by the medical faculty. After students' 4th year they can work as assistant
doctors in the hospitals and after finishing their 5th year many students go out to the country
side to relieve doctors in the smaller towns of Iceland for the summer, working at clinics all
around Iceland.
Icelandic students can start medical studies after finishing graduate school, which people
usually finish at 19 years of age. The medical faculty only admits 60 people a year from all of
Iceland. The students have to pass an entrance exam to get admitted. The study’s duration is 6
years. The first 3 years are mostly pre-clinical classes and the later 3 years of clinical studies.
The teaching mostly takes place in the hospitals, both as classes and clinical work. In our final
year the students have 2 months of "free" period where people can go wherever they want and
work as medical students, in Iceland or abroad. Then they can work on a project of choice, has
it been accepted by the medical faculty. After students' 4th year they can work as assistant
doctors in the hospitals and after finishing their 5th year many students go out to the country
side to relieve doctors in the smaller towns of Iceland for the summer, working at clinics all
around Iceland.
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Main building
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Faculty of Medicine at Læknagarður
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