First of all we would like to remind you of the contact person system the Student Council provides to international students. If you haven‘t applied for a contact person and you wish to participate in the program, then you can send an Email to the SHI international Officer, Sif Hauksdóttir Gröndal (sifgr@hi.is). It can come very handy to have a contact person to help you if you face any problems completing the following tasks:

It is very important to complete your registration at the University as soon as possible in order to get your free Reykjavik bus card printed in the first round, to get access to the University web system, Ugla, and receive your University Email account.

• The very first thing you have to do after you arrive is to apply for an identification number (kennitala) at Hagstofa Íslands, Þjóðskrá (Statistics Iceland, National registration office). It is located at Borgartún 24. To get the identification number the following documents are required:
  
  • Passport
  • Acceptance letter from the University

• After 2-3 days Hagstofa Íslands sends your identificaton number to the University Registration Office, so after 3-4 days you should go to the Service Desk in Háskólatorg to complete your registration. There you will get two forms:
  • Registration form, where you fill in your name, identification number (which they can provide you with), address etc.
  • Course Registration, where you fill in the courses you are going to take this semester.

• Hand these forms in and you will be provided with your username and password for the University web system, Ugla.

• After that you go to the University User Service, next to the Service Desk, to get help with your Email account and get your computer (if you have one) registered with the University's wireless network.

Important information you should know:

• Please be aware that students are responsible for their course registration. You can see your current course load in the University web system, Ugla, at www.ugla.hi.is. You can also see the courses offered during the Spring semester in the Course Catalog of the University.  The last day to review Spring semester registration is January 21st.

• The spring semester period is from April 29th to May 15th. The last day to withdraw from the Spring semester courses is April 10th. Students are expected to withdraw from a course if they do not intend to attend examination, otherwise they will be registered as having failed the course.

• Students may add courses or withdraw from courses through the University web system. There is also a form at the Registration Office to fill out if you want to add or drop courses, but you may also do it in writing through e-mail to nemskra@hi.is or by fax, tel: 525-4317.

• In the University web system you can get information on your courses and grades, deposit printing units for the printers at the computer labs, get files from your home directory, and withdraw from courses (and examinations).  Students also have access to their own e-mail account through the web system. To log on to the web system you fill in your username in the space marked for "notendanafn" at the University homepage www.hi.is and your password in the space marked for "lykilorð" and then push the "innskrá" bar.

• If the student is ill at the day of examination he should send a medical certificate to the Registration Office no later than three days after the examination day.

• Students at the University of Iceland are required to have an I.D. card to verify their registration (i.e. when they attend examinations or ask for transcripts or certificates at the Registration Office).

• Examination should be marked with "nemendanúmer" (student number) or the student‘s name and his identification number, depending on what the teacher of the course requires. You can see your "nemendanúmer" at the University web system after you have logged on. You can also ask for information about your student number at the Registration Office.

• Transcripts or certificates are only given to the student himself or to a third person if he/she has a written permission from the student. The course summary is sent to students three times a year free of charge, however, the Registration Office charges for each extra copy of transcripts or certificates.

• In beginning of February, there will be elections for the Students‘ Council and the Student representatives in the University Forum. All students, including exchange students, have a vote in the elections. We urge you to use your right to vote.

• If you want to be active in the University social life, we recommend that you contact your student association (each study field has their own student association) and get involved. If you don‘t know which student association you belong to, you can contact us and we can give you the information.