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Of the 10 universities in Iceland, University of Iceland ranks highest at #547 in the QS World University Rankings 2025. Reykjavík University (#2 in Iceland) and University of Akureyri (#3 in Iceland) complete the top three.
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Only one university here holds a QS World position — University of Iceland at #547 — so it heads the list. The rest are ordered by research impact. University of Iceland has the largest research record in this group, with 2,869,670 citations and an h-index of 639. 3 universities have neither a QS position nor a research record yet and appear at the end, marked "Not yet ranked".
The split is 10 public to 0 private institutions. 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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