#University of Cyprus (UCy)

The University of Cyprus will make 100 rooms available to new students from September, while discussions are under way with the authorities over plans to build additional dormitories to ease accommodation ...

The University of Cyprus announced on Thursday that it will accept applications for transfers from students who have secured admission to higher education institutions abroad through international examinations and are ...

The University of Cyprus has submitted proposals for four new English-language undergraduate degrees to the education ministry, following the launch of its first foreign-language bachelor’s programme earlier this year. ...

A visually impaired student and her father have slammed the University of Cyprus, alleging discrimination and inadequate support during her studies and practical training. But the university on Tuesday denied ...

The University of Cyprus has opened applications for its first English-language undergraduate degree following approval by cabinet, with the programme set to begin in September. The development follows legislative changes ...

The University of Cyprus renewed its appeal to the finance ministry to proceed with the construction of four new faculties, warning that key academic units remain without permanent premises as ...

The University of Cyprus library will now be housing the archives of the Women Return movement, as part of an agreement for the donation, digitisation and uploading to an online ...

Major construction projects at the University of Cyprus suffered prolonged delays and significant cost overruns, according to an audit office report released on Tuesday. The report examines the three largest ...

A breakthrough appears imminent in the University of Cyprus’ efforts to acquire the sought-after Faneromeni school building in Nicosia’s old city. According to local media sources, Archbishop Georgios has ...

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 ...