The University of Cyprus is proud of its successful alumni who have reached a level of notable achievement in a variety of fields. This website features just some of them.
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
  • Tasos Hadjivasiliou – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies (2003) – Assistant Professor at the Hellenic American University & Member of the Greek Parliament (2024)
  • Konstantina Sotiriou – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 1997 – State Prize for Fiction 2023 for the work of Brandy Sour
  • Menelaos Menelaou – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 1999 – Negotiator for the Cyprus issue / Ministry of Foreign Affairs Official (2022)
  • Neshe Yashin – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 2011 – European Citizen Award (2021) & Poet & Journalist & EEP
  • Gogo Alexandrinou – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 2000 – Journalist & Director of Web TV DIGITAL (2020)
  • Constantia Sotiriou – Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies 1997 – Canada and Europe Regional Winner Award in International Literary Competition «Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019»
  • Dionysios Zoumpalidis – Department of English Studies 2007 – 3rd place in 2018 Russian National Competition of Young Scholars in Higher Education
  • Christos Tsiailis – Department of Foreign Languages and Philology 2000 – 1st Prize in the Panhellenic Poetry Competition UNESCO Piraeus and Islands 2018
  • Athina Frangou Selipa – Department of Foreign Languages and Philology 2003 – General Secretary of the New Republic (ΝΟΔΕ) Cyprus (1999 -2016)
  • Georgia Antoniou – Department of French and European Studies 2006 – Active Member of the Citizens Alliance
FACULTY OF PURE AND APPLIED SCIENCES
  • Vasilia Tamamouna – Department of Biological Sciences 2012 – Cyprus Research Award – Distinguished Young Investigator (Cypriot Research Awards RIF 2022) – SCIENTIST/ACADEMIC Award 2023 (Madame Figaro: Women of the Year)
  • Christina Demetriadou – Department of Biological Sciences 2014 – Publication of innovative research titled «Histone N-terminal acetyltransferase NAA40 links one-carbon metabolism to chemoresistance» in the scientific journal Oncogene in 2021
  • Eleni Keliri – Department of Chemistry 2018 – Forbes List «Forbes 30 under 30 for 2021, Greece & Cyprus»
  • Prodromos Alambritis – Department of Computer Science 2007 – Chairman of the Board of the Cyprus Youth Organization (2019) & Parliament Member of DISY (2021)
  • Neofytos Christodoulou – Department of Biological Sciences 2011 – Publication on Understanding Mammalian Embryonic Development in peer-reviewed scientific journal “Nature” 2018
  • Charalambos Stavrides – Department of Mathematics and Statistics 2002 – Secretary of Political Planning Democratic Alert / Former President NEDISY – Vice President Youth EPP
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND EDUCATION
  • Marigo Georgiou – Department of Psychology 2024 – EY Cyprus Award In Memory of Christias Rossidou-Sotiriou 2023-2024
  • Doxa Komodromou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2013 – Deputy Government Representative (2023) & Journalist
  • Despina Herakleous – Department of Education 1996 – 2023 National Children’s Literature Award for her work Where Have the Ghosts Gone?
  • Demetrios Nicolaides – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2014 – Minister of Education in Alberta, Canada (2023) & Politician & Academic
  • Doxa Komodromou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2013 – Deputy Government Representative (2023) & Journalist
  • Theano Kalavana – Department of Psychology (2007) – President of the Organization for the Modernization of Society (OPEK) 2022
  • Maria Fotiou – Department of Education (2013) – Prize Ernst & Young Global Limited In Memory of Christias Rossidou-Sotiriou 2021-2022
  • Annita Demetriou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2007 – President of DISY (2023) & Officer of UCLan Cyprus & President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus (2021)
  • Michalis Michaelides – Department of Education (1998) – Prize Richard M. Wolf Memorial Award for outstanding paper by the International Organization for the Assessment of Educational Performance (IEA RESEARCH AWARD WINNERS 2021)
  • Costas Sisamos – Department of Education (1998) – CEO and founder of Engino
  • Maria Petridou – Department of Psychology 2015 – Prize Ernst & Young Global Limited In Memory of Christias Rossidou-Sotiriou 2020-2021
  • Mariota Angelopoulou – Department of Law 2014 – Silver Medal in the Coastal Mediterranean Games 2019
  • Marios Giagkou – Department of Education 2016 – Best Individual Sports Performance Award for the competition period 2018-2019
  • Mariota Angelopoulou – Department of Law 2014 – Top Female Volleyball Player Award 2018 (Award from President of the Republic on the “Day of the Cypriot Athlete”)
  • Sofronis Sofroniou – Department of Psychology 2004 – Cyprus State Prize for Fiction 2015
  • Christakis Christofides – Department of Education 1996 – Head of Education Office AKEL & Parliament Member of AKEL (2021)
  • Efi Xanthou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2004 – Deputy President of the Environmental Movement
  • Marina Nikolaou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2010 – AKEL – Political Scientist, Member of the European United Left/Northern Green Group Secretariat
  • Xenia Constantinou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2000 – Parliament Member of DISY (2019)
  • Theodoulos Ioannou – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2010 – Former President of NEDISY
  • Alexia Sakadaki – Department of Social and Political Sciences 2004 – Organizational Officer of the Environmental Movement – Human Rights and Equality Committee
  • Geadis Geadi – Department of Social and Political Sciences (2020) – Member of the European Parliament 2024  (E.LA.M.)
  • Charis Psaltis – Department of Education (1998) – Nevitt Sanford Award for Outstanding Professional Contributions to Political Psychology (2024) & Professor of the University of Cyprus
 FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
  • Andreas Papakonstantinou – Department of Public Administration and Business Administration (2008) – Director General of the Health Insurance Organization & Auditor General of the Republic of Cyprus (2024)
  • Menelaos Menelaou – Department of Business and Public Administration 2004 – Executive Director at the Cyprus Youth Organization (2017 – 2020) & Director of Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service (2021)
  • Kiriaki Kouttouki – Department of Business and Public Administration 2020 – Silver Medal in Taekwondo at the University 2017 & Bronze Medal at the World University Games 2019
  • Marina Papanastasiou – Department of Accounting and Finance 2017 – Knox Prize in 2017 ICAEW’s Professional Stage Exams
  • Roberta Koumettou – Department of Accounting and Finance 2017 – Knox Prize in 2017 ICAEW’s Professional Stage Exams
  • Demetris Demetriou – Department of Business and Public Administration 2012 – Member of Parliament of the Democratic Alarm
  • Onoufrios Koullas – Department of Economics 1998 – Deputy in DISY
  • Anna Theologou – Department of Economics 2008 – Deputy in Alliance of Citizens
  • Yiannis Tomasides – Department of Business and Public Administration 2002 & 2013 – General Manager of the Cyprus Faith Office
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
  • Andreas Vasiliou – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2016 – Founder of AbleBook & Young Entrepreneur Award «Γε’ Νέο Επιχειρείν» of ΚΕΒΕ 2023 & «Social Innovation» Award of ΟΕΒ 2024
  • Lenos Hadjidemetriou – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2016 – Cyprus Research Award – Young Researcher 2022 (Cypriot Research Awards RIF 2022)
  • Charalampos Kyriakou – Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2009 – Best Presentation Award of 2017 International Interuniversity Symposium on Infrastructure Management
  • Daniel Surianos – Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 2017 – NESTFOLD honored with 2017 NASA Space App Challenge Award
  • Andreas Makrides –  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2024) – Presidency of the Republic Award 2024 (Graduation Ceremonies)
 FACULTY OF LETTERS
  • Sofia Xenophontos – Department of Classics and Philosophy (2007) – Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Philology at AUTH & Elected member of the European Academy (Academia Europaea) in the class of Classics and Oriental Studies 2024
  • Maria Panayiotou – Department of History and Archeology (2004 & 2017) – Environment Commissioner 2023 & Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment 2024
  • Panagiotis Nikolaidis – Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies 1997 – State Prize for Poetry 2023 for the work of Rimachos
  • Vasileios Syros – Department of Classics and Philosophy 1999 – Director, Early Modern Greek Culture Program, The Medici Archive Project (Florentia, Italy) & Senior Research Associate, Institute for European Global Studies, University of Basel. In 2021 publishes the book «Μεσαιωνική Ισλαμική Πολιτική Σκέψη και Σύγχρονη Ηγεσία» (Papazissi Publications)
  • Stefani Rousou – Department of Classics and Philosophy 2007 – Award of the Academy of Athens for the best edition of a work of classical literature with the title “Pseudo – Arcadius’ Epitome of Herodian’s De prosodia catholica” 2020
  • Natalia Evangelidou – Department of Classics and Philosophy 2013 – Gold metal (1.500m) & Bronze metal (800m) in the Balkan Athletics Games 2019 & Bronze metal (1500m) in the Balkan Indoor Athletics Championship 2020
  • Despoina Chapoupi – Department of Classics and Philosophy 2008 – Former President of the Cyprus Youth Council
  • Panayiotis Sentonas – Department of Classics and Philosophy 2007 – President of the Board of the Cyprus Youth Organization (2017) & Deputy Government Representative (2019)
 ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΣΧΟΛΗ
  • Chrystalleni Kossiva – Medical School 2023 – Award «Nikou K. Schacola» 2023

The list expands as the UCY alumni network numbers today over 28,000 alumni from across the country and around the globe, specifically in 50 countries.

To submit an alum for possible inclusion in the list, please send the name and any supporting materials to [email protected].