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Studying in Iceland

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StudyPath lists 1 university in Iceland and 21 courses between them. 14 of those courses charge no tuition at all — a published fee of zero, not an estimate and not a scholarship. 1 of these universities publish their own accommodation prices. Every figure was read from the university's own published page and last checked on 2026-08-06.

Filter these 1 universitiesAll 21 courses, cheapest first

What the fee figure leaves out

A published fee is not what you pay

14 courses here, across 1 university, carry a sourced note about a cost the headline figure does not include — a compulsory contribution, an income-tested scale, an annual increase that applies from year two, a rule about who qualifies. The most widely shared of them:

The University of Iceland charges no tuition fee at all. What every enrolled student pays instead is an annual registration fee, and the same page prices it: ISK 100,000 for a full academic year, ISK 75,000 for students starting in the spring semester only, and ISK 15,000 for a year of approved leave. Applicants from outside the EEA/EFTA pay one further ISK…

“Please note: The Icelandic government has authorised universities to introduce tuition fees for students from countries outside the EEA/EFTA and Switzerland, effective from the Autumn semester of 2027. Tuition fees will NOT apply to students who start their studies in autumn 2026, nor to students…”

UI · read from University fees | University of Iceland. Open any course on that page to see the sentence it came from.

How Iceland compares with other countries

Ranked against every other country on StudyPath. Countries charge in different currencies, so these figures are converted to US dollars and are approximate; the published figure, in its own currency, is on each university's page.

 IcelandAmong countriesRange across countries
Tuition-free degrees we listpublished at zero for international students147th most of 7 countries931 in Germany at most
Cheapest student housing a university publishesfor a year, from the lowest rate on its own site~US$12,000at UIHighest of 66 countriesFree (Saudi Arabia) to ~US$12,000 (Iceland)
Living costs a student visa requires you to showfor a year, the immigration authority's own figure~US$25,900Highest of 19 countries~US$2,200 (South Africa) to ~US$25,900 (Iceland)

Converted to US dollars at the site's exchange rates of 13 Sept 2026. A fee or rent published per term, month or week is scaled to a year, and housing is counted for twelve months of holding the room. The living-cost figure is what an immigration authority requires a student visa applicant to show, taken as a year; the UK's, for example, covers at most nine months, so this overstates it. See student finance for each country's exact wording.

Universities in Iceland

Ranked universities first, then the rest by how many courses they publish. Unranked never means worse — it means QS has not measured it.