A hundred and ten students are currently participating in a three-week Icelandic Course organized by the University Centre of the Westfjords for the Office of International Education. Most of the students are Erasmus and Nordplus grantees that will study at Universities in Iceland in the coming fall. Among the students are those who will begin their study in the masters program in Coastal and Marine Management at the University Centre, as well as a few studying on their own accord.

Most of the instruction is taking place in Núpur in Dýrafjörður, an old regional high school now run as a summer hotel, where most of the students live. Some teaching also takes place in Ísafjörður at the University Centre, as well as all around town as there is a great emphasis in the teaching on learning through real life situations. The residents of Ísafjörður have been extremely helpful by only speaking Icelandic to the students.

The elective selection is diverse, there are courses in jam making, shopping, slang language, TV news in Icelandic and a course in the poetry of Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl, a poet from Ísafjörður. The Icelandic Course is roughly half way through. It began August, 4 and continues until August, 21 when the students will return to Reykjavík via the Museum of Sorcery and Witchcraft in Hólmavík.