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University of Cyprus
The University
of Cyprus was established in 1989 and admitted its first students in 1992.
Admission to the University is by national entrance examinations and the
competition for places is intense. The ratio of candidates to available
places is approximately 10 to 1. The main objectives of the University of
Cyprus are twofold: the promotion of scholarship and education through
teaching and research and the enhancement of the cultural, social and
economic development of Cyprus. Research is promoted and funded in all
departments for its contribution to scholarship in general and for its local
and international applications. Original research is one of the primary
activities of the academic staff at the University of Cyprus. The
University’s research programmes cover a wide range of fields that
correspond to existing departments. The University is a member of a number
of international university organisations and networks. It also cooperates,
through inter-state and inter-university agreements, with universities and
research centres in Europe and internationally, for the promotion of
science, scholarly research and exchange of information. Moreover, the
University cooperates with various institutions in Cyprus on research
programmes that are specifically aimed at the needs of Cypriot economy and
society in general.
Department of
Education:
The mission of the Department of Education is as follows:
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Producing
and disseminating knowledge in the Pedagogical Sciences |
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Identifying,
researching and studying educational issues |
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Educating
primary and pre-primary teachers for Cyprus schools |
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Providing
graduate programmes with the aim of preparing research personnel
and people who will
assume leadership position within the educational system |
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Providing
in-service training and staff development courses for school personnel |
The research
interests of the faculty members cover a broad spectrum of areas ranging
from issues related to educational assessment and evaluation, to educational
management, to sociology and psychology and finally to didactic of the
specific subject areas.
Department of
Computer Science:
The Department of Computer Science attaches major importance to research,
since it is through research that it accomplishes one of its foremost
missions, while, on the other hand, research enable computer science to
contribute to local industry and, more generally, to Cypriot society at
large. The general research areas of the Department of Computer Science
include: Parallel and Distributed Systems and Computation, High-Speed
Networks, Internet Technologies, Concurrent Systems, Mobile Computing,
Parallel Processing, Open and Distance Learning, Intelligent Systems,
Medical Informatics and Telemedicine, and Multimedia Systems.
www.ucy.ac.cy
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