Verkmenntaskólinn á AkureyriThe Comprehensive and Vocational

Training College of Akureyri

Data• Established in 1984• Number of staff 150• Number of students 1200• Distance learning students700

General objectives

Create an environment for development and education

Prepare students for- Daily life- Employment- Further education

Departments

• Vocational studies 3-4 years• Engineering (4 stages) 1-5 years• Social and natural science studies 4 years

• General/preparatory studies 1-2 years

• Special needs department

DepartmentsVocational studies

– Housing – Metalwork– Electronics– Electric engineering

Other vocational studies– Culinary– Paramedics– Sports– Business– Mechanical Engineering

Departments cont’d

• Art department– Design and textiles– Fine arts– Music

• Undergraduate preparatory studies– Social science– Natural science

The Head Teacher• Hjalti Jón Sveinsson

English dept. Staff

Baldvin Ringsted

Guðjón Ólafsson

Jónas Jónsson

Erna Gunnarsdóttir

Ómar Kristinsson

Ghasoub Abed

Karen Malmquist

Anke Maria Steinke

The Icelandic education System

The four levels!

• Higher education Universities, colleges and vocational training institutes.

• Upper secondary education (comprehensive) Schools such as VMA.

• Compulsory education (elementary school) Mandatory for everyone between the age of 6 and 16.

• Pre-school education (kindergarten)

Nr. of schools

Nr. of students

Nr. of staff

Pre schools 261 16710 4703

Elementary 178 44637 6574

Comprehensive 30 29724 2304

Higher education 8 16277 2378

Data

Distance Education

•5022 Students in Iceland are taking courses via distance education programmes.

•2200 Icelandic students are studying in

institutions in other countries. 25 of them are here in France.