Fjölbrautaskoli Suðurlands in Selfoss is a college of further education and the second largest educational institution outside the Reykjavik area with approx. 900 students and 110 employees.  It serves the south of Iceland, an area with around 17000 inhabitants. The school is in the town of Selfoss which has about 5000 inhabitants and serves as the district's centre for commerce and other services. Selfoss has since 1998 been part of a bigger community named Árborg.  It is in the vicinity of some of the country's most popular tourist attractions.

Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands was established in 1981. The buildings are financed jointly by the communities in south Iceland and the state but the daily management is financed by the state. The principal is responsible for employing staff and the management of the school but a school committee chaired by members from the state and the communities set the emphasis for the school’s work and supervise the management.

Fjölbrautaskóli Suðurlands is organised as a modular school like most other secondary schools in Iceland.  The school year is divided into two semesters; autumn semester from 20 August to 20 December, and spring semester from 4 January to 25 May.  Students can start their studies in either autumn or spring and graduate at the end of either term as well.  Most of the students are aged 16-20 but in Iceland students usually start university at the age of 20.  The school offers 20 lines of study, shorter and longer with both academic and vocational subjects. The majority of the students are in academic studies and aim to graduate. Among the vocational subjects offered are carpentry, welding and nurse assistant as well as preparatory studies for electricity, information- and media studies and arts.  Roughly 20 students are in a special needs department. There are usually 4-5 foreign exchange students in the school every year.

The teachers in the school also teach in the prison Litlahraun, Iceland’s biggest prison, situated 12 km from Selfoss.

Around a quarter of the students come to school with school buses from nearby towns.  In Januar 2005 a new dormitory for 62 students was opened. The teaching takes place in three modern buildings: the main building Oddi,  Hamar where the vocational studies take place and in Iða, the new gymnasium which was opened in autumn 2004.

A student union organises social activities for students. 40-50 students sing in the school choir which has e.g. travelled to Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Italy.