Bachelor programme in Applied Audiology, with a Specialisation in Hearing Health Care

Education facts

Code: VTH1K

The Bachelor's Program in Applied Audiology, with a focus on hearing health care, provides comprehensive expertise in the hearing sciences through courses including acoustics, phonetics and speech perception, anatomy, and physiology of hearing, and audiological rehabilitation. The program is interdisciplinary, covering areas such as medicine, technology, behavioral and social sciences, as well as humanities, all to prepare you for your future professional role within hearing health care. Upon completion of the program, you can work with audiological diagnostics, assessment, and rehabilitation. This involves tasks such as conducting hearing tests and fitting hearing aids, providing supportive counseling, offering advice, or education when meeting clients with hearing or listening difficulties. You can also specialize in areas such as workplace adaptations for people with hearing impairment. In hearing health care, you encounter individuals of all ages and backgrounds in need of support regarding hearing and communication. The program also includes practical clinical training in hearing health care. The education leads to a Bachelor's degree in Applied Audiology. If all conditions in the relevant regulations are met, it can serve as the basis for applying for a license as an audiologist. It also provides opportunities for further studies at an advanced level in hearing science/audiology.

Entry requirements

General entry requirements + English 6, Mathmatics 2a or 2b or 2c, Science studies 2, Civics 1b or 1a1+1a2, 20 credits (fein) in Icelandic, where of at least 10 on level 3, from Icelandic upper-secondary education. Or: English level 2, Mathmatics level 2a or level 2b or level 2c, Science studies level 2, Civics level 1b or level 1a2, 20 credits (fein) in Icelandic, where of at least 10 on level 3, from Icelandic upper-secondary education

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Bachelor programme in Applied Audiology, with a Specialisation in Hearing Health Care

  Örebro University

  Iceland, Reykjavík

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 3 June 2029

  Pace of study: 100 %