University Centre of the Westfjords
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Háskólasetur Vestfjarða | |
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| Established | 2005 |
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| Director | Peter Weiss |
| Location | , |
| Colors | Red, Blue |
| Affiliations | University of Akureyri University of the Arctic |
| Website | www |
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The University Centre of the Westfjords (Icelandic: Háskólasetur Vestfjarða) is a higher education and research institute located in Ísafjörður, Iceland. It offers integrated master's programmes in Coastal and Marine Management, Marine Innovation and Regional Development, in cooperation with the University of Akureyri, as well as courses in Icelandic language.[1]
The centre was established on 12 March 2005 in Ísafjörður, a town of circa 3,000 inhabitants on the western coast of Iceland.[2][3] Its first and only director to date is Peter Weiss.[4] In August 2025 The University Centre of the Westfjords to announced the appointment of Dr. Catherine P. Chambers as the new Director, she will begin her new role in April 2026, after returning from a sabbatical as a guest professor at the University of Tokyo Atmospheric and Oceanic Research Institute[5].
