UCy secures €900,000 in funding for medieval study
The University of Cyprus has secured European funding of €900,000 for a project by the department of Byzantine and modern Greek studies, it was announced...
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President lays foundation stone for Medical and Biological Sciences building at Uni of Cyprus
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday night laid the foundation stone for the Department of Medical and Biological Sciences building of the University of Cyprus, reaffirming...
Cypriot researcher awarded €1.25m grant to study ancient trade routes
A University of Cyprus researcher has been awarded a €1.25m grant from the European Research Council (ERC), to study trade routes in the Mediterranean during...
Plans to expand UCy’s presence in Larnaca scaled down
President Nicos Anastasiades on Monday met with the mayor of Larnaca and its municipal board members to discuss the status of projects in the city....
Students urged not to ‘double book’ places in Cyprus and Greece
First year students who have secured a place at the University of Cyprus (UCy) who intend to study in Greece are not allowed to register...
UCy launches lifelong learning modules
A series of international developments in the economic, technological, social and cultural fields makes it necessary for many adults to acquire various knowledge and skills,...
University of Cyprus honours top graduates
The top seven graduates at the University of Cyprus were honoured at a modest ceremony – observing the rules of hygiene and distancing –held in...
University of Cyprus awarded Energy Globe Award 2020 for sustainability
The international environmental award Energy Globe Award 2020 for Cyprus was awarded to the energy sustainability research unit FOS of the University of Cyprus. The...
Coronavirus: UCy students experience virus graduation with online ceremony
Like many other universities around the world this year, the University of Cyprus (UCy) on Wednesday held its graduation ceremony online. In a recorded message,...
Uni of Cyprus department planned for Larnaca put on hold
Education Minister Prodromos Prodromou said on Tuesday the government had decided to suspend planning for a department of the University of Cyprus in Larnaca, due...
Coronavirus: UCy platform significantly helps Covid-19 tracking times, Ioannou says
An online platform launched by the University of Cyprus (UCy) and the deputy ministry for research, innovation and digital policy has significantly helped reduce the...
UCy signs agreement with Great Place to Work Cyprus
Aiming at developing interpersonal relationships and promoting the science of human resource management to the mutual benefit of both parties and society, the postgraduate programme...
All Nicosia schools and universities to temporarily close (updated)
All private and state schools in Nicosia as well as universities will close temporarily as a precautionary measure against coronavirus. They will all close until...
Best paper award for UCy professors
Two faculty members of the University of Cyprus have won the 2019 Best Paper Award of the international journal IEEE Signal Processing Letters for their...
More GCs against a BBF than for it, undecideds hold small majority
More Greek Cypriots want a unified state than a bizonal bicommunal federation (BBF), the accepted basis for negotiating a Cyprus solution, according to a survey...
New project to push use of renewable energy in public buildings
A new project to support innovative and cost-effective energy rehabilitation in public buildings has received more than €2.8 million in funding, the University of Cyprus...
UCy heads research into school programme to overcome socioeconomic disadvantages
A multi-national European study led by the University of Cyprus, looking at over 5,500 students, has found that a novel school intervention programme can not...
Teaching unions keep up the pressure over university openings for private school students
Teaching unions on Monday called for an ‘end to arbitrary actions’ by the two state universities that recently said they would invite private school graduates...
State universities’ acceptance of private school students appears legal says education minister
The decision by two state universities to invite private school graduates to apply for any remaining vacant places using the results of their international exams...
Parents welcome chance for private school students to attend state universities
By Gina Agapiou A group representing parents of children at private schools welcomed on Wednesday the decision by state universities to accept students who have...
