Welcome Message
The Faculty of Law was established in 2006, aiming to provide high quality legal education. The launch of the first law degrees at postgraduate level was realised in September 2018 for the PhD and in January 2019 for the LLM. Since 2006, the Department offers courses in law to cross-registering students of other departments of the University of Cyprus as open elective or embedded courses.
The Department of Law is leading the study of Cypriot law and its development in a manner that meets the requirements of modern society and the challenges at international and European level. The study of law in the department aims at cultivating critical legal thought and the combination of theory, expertise and practical spirit.
In addition to the high standards of teaching, one of the main priorities of the Department is the cultivation of scientific research. The international scientific presence of its academic staff is strong. Academic staff members have significant involvement in international, European and domestic research activities and programs. At the same time, the Department regularly organizes a variety of scientific events that cover a wide range of law-related subjects, as well as a series of research seminars.
Associate Professor C. Paraskeva, Chair of the Department
Department's mission
The Department of Law of the University of Cyprus is a young Department (established in 2006) that aims at excellence in research and teaching. The mission of the Department of Law is:
- to provide quality legal education to the students and the legal community of Cyprus and, secondarily, of Greece and the broader region;
- to contribute to the development of Cypriot law and more broadly to the legal science and practice;
- to study the international and European legal systems and the European integration, including their impact on the development of Cypriot law, but also of other legal systems;
- to develop the methodological, research and writing skills of its students;
- to be an outstanding contributor to the Cypriot society.
The Department is pioneer in the study of Cyprus law and its development within the international and European context (Cyprus law in context). The study of law in the Department encourages critical legal thinking, through a combination of theory, specialist knowledge and practical spirit. The Department equally invests in cultivating research. Its presence in international, European and domestic research activities is already strong – especially in the fields of constitutional law, European law, international law, international and European private law, business law and company law, competition law and banking law, intellectual property law, criminal law, philosophy of law, legal history, human rights law, administrative law, environmental law.
