University Of The Faroe Islands

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University of the Faroe Islands FrÃ³Ã°skaparsetur FÃ¸roya
Seal of the University of the Faroe Islands Latin: Academia FÃ¦roensis
Motto	Mildar veittrar tendraÃ°u ein vita fÃ¸royum stjÃ¸rnuleiÃ° frÃ¡ Ã¸ld til Ã¸ld ("Gentle elves set light to lead the Faroes on the starry way from age to age")
Established	1965
Type	Public
Rector	JÃ³an Pauli Joensen
Faculty	45
Students	142
Location	TÃ³rshavn, Faroe Islands
Website	www.setur.fo

The University of the Faroe Islands is a state-run university located in TÃ³rshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands. It consists of three faculties: Faroese Language and Literature, Science and Technology, and History and Social Sciences. The university offers bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D.'s in all three faculties. The student body is small, with 142 students total. The university organizes an annual dissertation competition open to all students. The educational language of the university is Faroese, making it the only university in the world to conduct classes officially in that language.

The university has an annual operating budget of DKK 19 million and works closely with the University of Copenhagen and the University of Iceland for research projects.

History

The University of the Faroe Islands was founded in 1965 by members of the Faroese Scientific Society, founded in 1952. Among their activities, the Society published a scientific periodical and carried out comprehensive work on the compilation of Faroese vocabulary.

The university began with one professor, Christian Matras, and a registrar, Maud Heinesen. In its first years the school offered one-year courses in natural history and Faroese for teachers. In addition to the yearly courses, the university arranged for a collection committee with the task of preserving all Faroese folk culture. Today this material is in the archives of the Faculty of Faroese Language and Literature. A further committee was appointed in 1972 to collect Faroese hymns and spiritual ballads.

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TÃ³rshavn
The Tinganes peninsula, in TÃ³rshavn, is the seat of the Faroese government.
Nickname: Havn

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TÃº alfagra land mÃtt
You, my most beauteous land

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(and largest city) TÃ³rshavn

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TÃº alfagra land mÃtt
You, my most beauteous land

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Official language of: Faroe Islands
Regulated by: FÃ¸royska mÃ¡lnevndin
Language codes
ISO 639-1: fo
ISO 639-2: fao
ISO 639-3: fao
Faroese (fÃ¸royskt
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University of Iceland (Icelandic: HÃ¡skÃ³li Ãslands) is an Icelandic state university, founded in 1911. During its first year of operation 45 students were enrolled.
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The Faroese Scientific Society, FÃ¸roya FrÃ³Ã°skaparfelag, was founded in 1952 with the object of promoting co-operation in all fields of learning, collecting scientific literature, and publishing the results of research on or carried out in the Faroe Islands.
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