Licence Applications
The Directorate of Education is responsible for issuing teaching licences.
The Act on the education, competency and recruitment of teachers and administrators of preschools, compulsory schools and upper secondary schools, No 95/2019, entered into force on 1 January 2020. On the entry into force of Act No 95/2019, the Act on the education and recruitment of teachers and administrators, No 87/2008, was repealed. A telephone line for inquiries about teaching licences is open every weekday from 10.00 am to 11.00 am, (+354) 514-7500.
Act on the education, competency and recruitment of teachers and administrators of preschools, compulsory schools and upper secondary schools, No 95/2019.
Directorate of Education, mms.is
Víkurhvarf 3
203 Kópavogi
tel. (+354) 514 7500