University of Nicosia Opens Branch in Athens

President Nikos Christodoulides and PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis circuit the field of the Nicosia University successful Athens. Credit: AMNA/Giorgos Vitsaras

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides officially opened the University of Nicosia (UNIC) Athens subdivision connected Thursday.

The inauguration marks a historical infinitesimal for Greek education. It is the archetypal large planetary subdivision of a Cypriot assemblage to unfastened successful Greece nether the country’s caller model for non-state, non-profit higher education.

In the Greek context, UNIC is categorized arsenic a non-state, non-profit assemblage branch. While the University of Nicosia successful Cyprus is simply a backstage institution, its Greek subdivision operates nether the circumstantial “Article 16” legislative reforms introduced by the Mitsotakis government, which let overseas universities to found branches successful Greece arsenic non-profit entities.

“When we decided to instrumentality the large measurement of legislating the anticipation of establishing branches of overseas universities successful our state – adjacent to Greek nationalist higher acquisition institutions – we ever had successful caput modern units of exceptionally precocious world standards, with fantabulous infrastructure, attraction for students, and studies connected to the labour market,” Mitsotakis said.

“We envisioned higher acquisition institutions that would beryllium unfastened to the satellite and aligned with the challenges and opportunities of our time,” helium added.

University of Nicosia successful Athens

The assemblage is located successful the Elliniko territory of confederate Athens. Credit: AMNA/Giorgos Vitsaras

The Athens field is simply a collaboration betwixt the University of Nicosia and the Hellenic Healthcare Group (HHG), the largest backstage healthcare supplier successful Greece (which owns hospitals similar Hygeia and Metropolitan).

The assemblage is located successful the Elliniko territory of confederate Athens. The existent installation is simply a state-of-the-art 12,500-square-meter analyzable successful Elliniko-Argyroupoli. A monolithic enlargement is planned.

Phases II and III volition integrate the field straight into The Ellinikon smart-city project, yet increasing the full installation to astir 112,000 quadrate meters by 2030, making it 1 of the largest probe complexes successful Europe.

While the flagship programme is its Medical School, the assemblage has received accreditation for respective undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Most programs are taught successful English.

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