ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012
INFORMATION FOR ALL INCOMING STUDENTS
All incoming students wishing to come to the University of Cyprus as Erasmus or other exchange students must be OFFICIALLY NOMINATED by their home universities. A valid erasmus Bilateral Agreement must exist between them and the University of Cyprus.
OFFICIAL NOMINATION PROCEDURE
The nomination e-mail must be sent to Ms Emma Zeniou at
zeniou.emma@ucy.ac.cy and must contain the following information:
NAME AND SURNAME OF STUDENT
DATE OF BIRTH
DURATION OF STAY (FALL SEMESTER, SPRING SEMESTER, WHOLE ACADEMIC YEAR)
E-MAIL ADDRESS
MAIN DOMAIN OF STUDY
BILATERAL AGREEMENT WITH WHICH STUDENT IS EXCHANGED
SUBJECT AREA OF THE AGREEMENT
APPLICATION PROCEDURES AND DEADLINES
The deadline for the receipt ot Erasmus and other exchanges application documents for the FALL SEMESTER and WHOLE ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-2012 is strictly the 15th June 2011. The deadline for the spring semester is the 15th November 2011.
More information on the procedure can be found at the following link:
ACCOMMODATION INFORMATION
Accommodation applications are handled on a "first comes, first served basis" in case the number of applications exceed the number of available rooms.
The deadline for the receipt of accommodation applications is the 15th June 2011 for the FALL SEMESTER 2011-2012 and the 15th November 2011 for the SPRING SEMESTER 2011-2012.
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
Courses offered in the English language:
Fall semester 2011-2012
Department of Economics
All courses are in English.
All courses are in French.
All courses are in Turkish.
Spring semester 2011-2012
The Language Centre of the University of Cyprus offers language courses in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Russian and Turkish.
The School of Modern Greek offers courses in the Greek Language free of charge for the Erasmus students. There are 3 types of courses:
Dates: 25/7/2011 - 19/08/2011. For this course the students receive the EILC funding provided they apply for it at their home university.
Students need to fill in the EILC application and their home universities must send it by e-mail at
smgreek@ucy.ac.cy at the lastest by 1st June 2011.
The stduents will receive 9 ECTS credits upon successful completion of the course and success in the final test. This course is offered at all levels.
Students who do not receive the EILC funding can still apply for the greek courses. They are also free of charge fro them provided they will be Erasmus stduents at the University of Cyprus. They can choose between the 3 types of courses and indicate them on the School of Modern Greek Application. Please note that the application must be TYPED and not HANDWRITTEN.
These courses are running twice a year throughout the semesters. There are two courses: One running from September to December and one running from January to April. These courses are offered at all levels.
Upon successful completion of this course and success in the final exam students receive 12 ECTS credits.
26 weeks non intensive course
This course is running throughout the academic year. Upon successful completion of this course and success in the final exam students receive 12 ECTS credits.
Important EILC dates for students 2011-2012
ERASMUS AND OTHER EXCHANGES APPLICATION DOCUMENTS
Official proof of knowledge of English (e.g. IELTS, IGCSE, TOEFL etc)
The above documents must be accompanied by an official recent Transcript of Records of the student and also a copy of the Bachelor's degree in case of postgraduate students.
OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
ERASMUS EVENTS
Erasmus events are organized in coordination with the European Student Club of the University of Cyprus which was formed mainly by former Erasmus students of the University of Cyprus. These events include parties, lectures, walk in divided Nicosia, participation in Limassol Carnival parade etc.
Facebook: EuClub UniCyprus
European Club pan kyp (group)
USEFUL LINKS