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Of the 10 Public universities in Iceland, University of Iceland ranks highest at #547 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Next come Reykjavík University (#2 in Iceland) and University of Akureyri (#3 in Iceland).
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Iceland at #547 — so it heads the list. Below them, universities follow their research output: University of Iceland is cited most (2,869,670 citations). 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
10 are public and 0 private (100% public). The oldest is University of Akureyri, founded in 1987. University of Akureyri is the largest, with 31 students.
University of Iceland (QS World #547), Reykjavík University (#2 in Iceland) and University of Akureyri (#3 in Iceland) lead this list. QS World positions come first; the rest are ranked by research impact.
10 public and 0 private universities are on this list.
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