#University of Cyprus (UCy)

An educational workshop aimed at strengthening financial literacy in primary schools will be held on Thursday at the University of Cyprus (UCy), organised by the institution’s corporate social responsibility ...

The sense of entitlement of some of our young is quite astonishing. This is not entirely their fault as this attitude has been cultivated over the years by the political ...

The impact of climate change will hit Cyprus’ economy, a study released on Tuesday said, projecting that as much as €29 billion will be lost from the island’s gross domestic ...

Nicosia mayor Charalambos Prountzos on Friday called on the government to immediately fund the full restoration and expansion of Faneromeni school so it can house the University of Cyprus’ architecture ...

Cyprus is the only European country that does not have a national natural history museum, needed to protect and study the island’s natural heritage, experts said on Monday. In ...

Grand plans for the renovation of the historic 19th century Phaneromeni school in old Nicosia appear to have been scuppered five years after a deal was struck to transform it ...

Cyprus may see the first increase in student sponsorships in nearly three decades, as the finance ministry signalled its intention to raise the amount and revise eligibility criteria, potentially as ...

Parliament on Thursday evening passed the long-discussed legislation on offering foreign language study programmes at public universities, allowing the University of Cyprus and the Cyprus University of Technology (Tepak) to ...

Senior academics warned on Thursday that continued legislative delays are stopping them from launching English-language degree programmes, while foreign institutions are moving ahead with ease. Meanwhile, branches of foreign universities, ...

In a move to support students facing financial difficulties, the University of Cyprus’ student welfare association awarded 58 scholarships worth a total of €59,000. The scholarships were granted based on socio-economic criteria ...

President Nikos Christodoulides and rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Gerasimos Siassos, announced their shared intention for NKUA to establish a branch at the University of ...

The introduction of undergraduate programmes in foreign languages at Cyprus’ public universities will “undermine” the Pancyprian examinations, unions said on Friday. Teachers’ unions Oelmek and Oltek, the secondary school parents’ ...

The number of students admitted to Greek-language programmes at the University of Cyprus will not be reduced with the introduction of foreign-language degrees, rector Tasos Christofides has said. Speaking on ...

For months now, the House education committee has been debating two bills on higher education, tabled by the government, without reaching agreement. Wednesday’s behind-closed-doors meeting was cut short, because ...

The University of Cyprus is looking for €91m to build new student housing that will provide rooms for 870 students. This surprised deputies who discussed the matter because there had been ...

MPs questioned on Wednesday why student dorms commissioned by the University of Cyprus (UCy) cost twice as much as those built by the Limassol archbishopric. It will also take eight ...

It was a surprise to hear education minister Athena Michaelidou would consider the introduction of English language undergraduate courses at the public universities. Although some postgraduate courses are being offered ...

The department of pharmacology at the University of Cyprus (UCy) is collecting unwanted medicines from the public, assistant medical school professor Nikolas Dietis, said on Friday. The unwanted medicines – expired ...

The government will withdraw its request for the University of Cyprus to pay overtime to its seconded employee and current deputy government spokeswoman Doxa Komodromou and inform the university that ...

The University of Cyprus (UCy) on Thursday announced a tender for the development of the first phase of a photovoltaic (PV) park on its premises. The ‘Apollo’ project, part of ...

The University of Cyprus has climbed 105 places to 368th in the QS World University Rankings. As a result, it is now ranked in the top 25 per cent of universities in ...

The phenomenon of ‘brain drain’ may not be as dire in Cyprus as in other countries but it is concerning, according to House speaker Annita Demetriou. Speaking at the University ...

The inclusion of the University of Cyprus (UCy) among the world’s top 1000 higher education institutions in world university rankings, was praised by President Nikos Christodoulides. For the year 2023, the ...

The acting director of the University of Cyprus’s library Elena Diomides Parpouna on Sunday rubbished allegations that the building flooded, after videos circulating the media showed rainwater leaking from ...