The new Technical Faculty Centre of the University of Iceland was formally opened at a festive ceremony at the Education Centre by the Stream in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur yesterday, as J\u00f3n Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, signed an agreement for the use of the Menntasetri\u00f0 premises by the Technical Centre. By moving the engineering programme to the Learning Centre, the University of Iceland intends to further enhance its framework and lay a strong foundation for shorter vocational higher education courses in the technical sciences. <\/p>\n
For the past nine years, the engineering programme for the BSc degree has been held at Keili's \u00c1sbr\u00fa campus in Reykjanesb\u00e6r, but students are formally graduated from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the University of Iceland. As Keili's operations at \u00c1sbr\u00fa have grown significantly, strengthened and evolved, and in order to meet the demands of both industry and students, it was decided to implement changes to the arrangement of the engineering programme and find a location for it closer to the capital region. An agreement was reached earlier this year with the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for premises for the course at the Menntasetri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 L\u00e6kinn, and teaching began there in the autumn. 43 students are now studying the subject there.<\/p>\n
The move is crucial for strengthening the framework and facilities for engineering studies, but its operation will be transferred in its entirety to the University of Iceland at the turn of the year. Karl S\u00f6lvi Gu\u00f0mundsson, an associate professor at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Iceland, will become the director of the Centre for Technology and Engineering, having worked diligently on its move to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur alongside the staff of the unit at Keili, who are now formally joining the University of Iceland. The relocation of the technical studies is no less an important part of the preparation for a new vocational university programme in technical fields, which will provide entry to further university studies. A postgraduate diploma programme in technical subjects has already begun to be offered within the Technical Centre, and the first students are expected to graduate from this programme in a year's time. The diploma degree then provides access to further higher education, for example, a BSc in Engineering Technology or Engineering.<\/p>\n
At the opening ceremony of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Iceland in the Learning Centre by the Creek yesterday, J\u00f3n Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, and R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, an agreement on the use of the premises of the Menntasetri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 L\u00e6kinn by the Technical Centre, as the latter's operations take place at several locations within the Menntasetri\u00f0's premises.<\/p>\n
\u201eThe Icelandic business community is constantly in demand for more technically skilled individuals, while also calling for a more diverse range of courses in the technology sector. The University of Iceland's Faculty of Engineering responds to this call by developing its existing degree programmes in engineering, as well as offering a new professional degree programme in the technology fields. It is fitting that this important university discipline, engineering science, should find a home in this well-established institution.\u201c <\/em>said J\u00f3n Atli Benediktsson, Rector of the University of Iceland, on this occasion.<\/p>\n \u201eWe welcome the University of Iceland's Faculty of Engineering to the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and look forward to developing and paving the way with the university. Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is a town of dynamic companies, many of which operate in the technology sector, and it is therefore a great pleasure to be able to offer higher education in technology within the town's boundaries. The Education Centre is already bustling with activity and truly lives up to its name as a vibrant educational community. We are confident that this activity will complement the diverse courses already offered in the building and strengthen the pillars of the Menntasetri\u00f0 vi\u00f0 L\u00e6kinn as a house of creativity, learning and technology.\u201c <\/em>said R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, Mayor of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, at the signing of the agreement.<\/p>\n Further information about the Centre for Engineering is available from Karl S\u00f6lvi Gu\u00f0mundsson, Director, on 821-6466.<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" N\u00fdtt T\u00e6knifr\u00e6\u00f0isetur H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands var formlega opna\u00f0 vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed Menntasetrinu vi\u00f0 L\u00e6kinn \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i \u00ed g\u00e6r um lei\u00f0 og J\u00f3n Atli Benediktsson, rektor H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands, og R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0bjartsd\u00f3ttir, b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri \u00ed Hafnarfir\u00f0i, undirritu\u00f0u samning um afnot T\u00e6knifr\u00e6\u00f0isetursins af h\u00fasn\u00e6\u00f0i Menntasetursins. Me\u00f0 flutningi t\u00e6knifr\u00e6\u00f0in\u00e1msins \u00ed Menntasetri\u00f0 hyggst H\u00e1sk\u00f3li \u00cdslands efla enn frekar umgj\u00f6r\u00f0 \u00feess og […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13679\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13679"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}