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PROFILE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE PLANS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS
SEPTEMBER 2013
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S VISION
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University of Cyprus aims to establish itself as a Pioneer Research Institution achieving International Scientific Recognition in European Higher Education, offering Competitive Programmes and to become a Centre of Excellence in the wider Euro - Mediterranean Region.
5 pillars of action
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S FACTS AND FIGURES
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S FACTS AND FIGURES
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22 Departments
11 Research Units
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S FACTS AND FIGURES
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S FACTS AND FIGURES
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S RESEARCH CENTERS
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S ACHIEVEMENTS
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S ACHIEVEMENTS
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
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Cyprus first EU country to increase student mobility rate (2009-2010) - UCY was the leading institution.
Student mobility - change in number of students per country in 2009/10 in %
Percentage of change in Erasmus student mobility in 2009/2010
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
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As from May 2011, Nobel Economics
Prize winner, Professor Christopher
Pissarides teaches at the Department of
Economics at the University of Cyprus
The University of Cyprus is active and successful in areas as shown below: •Information and Communication Technologies•Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies•Socio-economic Sciences and the Humanities•Fundamental Sciences•Computational Sciences•Food, agriculture and fisheries, and biotechnology•Knowledge of Economy•Health•Environment•Energy•Plasma Physics•Archeology and Archeometry
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S RESEARCH AREAS
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION
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IINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: AGREEMENTS OF COOPERATION
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: NETWORKS/ASSOCIATIONS
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S STUDIES
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• Large scale cross – correlation between research and teaching • Participation in the European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System ECTS &
offers to students the Diploma Supplement• Undergraduate Degrees: 8 semesters (240 ECTS)• Μaster degrees: 3 or 4 semesters (90 or 120 ECTS) • PhD degrees: 6 semesters • Academic Year 2012/13:
o Undergraduate students: 5288o Master students: 1188o PhD students: 572o Total no of students : 7048
• Scholarships offered by Departments:• Undergraduate level• Postgraduate level
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S STUDIES
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S STUDIES: JOINT DEGREES
Title Department Partners
School Counseling and Guidance Psychology University of Athens (Subject to approval by the relevant UCY bodies)
European Master in Human Rights and Democratization
Social and Political Sciences 41 institutions from the European – Inter University Centre for Human Rights and Democratization
Didactics and Methodology of Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics-Education
University of Athens (Departments of Mathematics/ Philosophy, Pscychology and Education/Methodology, history and Theory of Science )
European Master in Classic Studies Classics and Philosophy Germany: Westfälische Wilhelms-University Münster, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg & Universität Hamburg; France: Université de Toulouse - Le Mirail, Toulouse; Greece: University of Athens; Italy: Università degli Studi di Perugina, Perugia, Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, Rome; Austria: Leopold- Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innsbruck; Poland: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza, Posen; Spain: Universidade da Coruña, La Coruña; Turkey: Istanbul Üniversitesi, Istanbul
Master in Mathematics Mathematics and Statistics Department of Mathematics, University of Poitiers, France
MSc in Computer Games and Interactive Media
Computer Science Cyprus University of Technology
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
S STUDENT LIFE
• Sports • Housing • Student Clubs • Financial Aid • Support to students with special needs • Psychological support • Part-time employment to students either inside or outside the University
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IVERSITY OF CYPRU
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