The Network of public universities in Iceland was established in August 2010 following a policy document published by the Ministry for Education and Culture.

The objectives of the Network project are to strengthen and promote the higher education system in Iceland, to achieve more efficient use of resources in university operations, and to ensure strong and varied higher education operations throughout the country.

Parties to the network are:

• Agricultural University of Iceland
• University of Akureyri
• University of Iceland
• Hólar University College

This enables students to have access to diverse courses and study lines. Any student registered in a university in the network can attend any course within any of the network universities in Iceland with out any extra cost.