The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is one of the three Faculties of the Open University of Cyprus and includes a total of eleven (11) Postgraduate and Bachelor Degree Programmes. The School also offers a doctoral programme with different directions. The Faculty also contributes substantially to the Lifelong Learning Program of the University, since all the Modules of undergraduate and postgraduate level are also offered as independent.

The Faculty  of Humanities and Social Sciences consists of the following programmes:

Undergraduate Programme

Studies in Hellenic Culture

Postgraduate (Master) Programmes

Bioethics and Medical Ethics

Greek Linguistics and Literature

Communication and Νew Journalism

Theatre Studies

Media in Contemporary School

PNYX: Political History, Theory and Practice

Cultural Policy and Development

Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning

Digital Dramma and Theatre in the study of Ancient Greek Culture

Adult Education for Social Change

The main mission of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is the following:

• To train undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students in the fields of Humanities and Social Sciences, with special emphasis on the scientific subjects of the offered programmes
• To continuously enrich and renovate the existing Programmes by aligning them with the research developments in the relevant scientific fields.
• To design and implement new Programmes according to the needs of scientific research, lifelong learning and the labor market, especially in the Greek-speaking area, sometimes in collaboration with other universities and / or stakeholders
• To promote research in the humanities and social sciences through cutting-edge research programmes and publications of international prestige and influence. To enhance the quality of the education provided in the Programmes by selecting as Adjunct Faculty (Tutors), through transparent, strictly controlled and meritocratic procedures, an amalgam of renowned and talented scientists in their respective disciplines.
• To ensure the smooth academic progress of its adult students through various support and counseling mechanisms, ensuring the individual progress of each and every one of them
• To contribute to the further recognition of its students who are already active in various fields of professional and social life
• To supply with useful professional and cognitive supplies the students who wish to be introduced or to be re-entered in the labor market in branches that are related to the objects of the Faculty
• To maintain fruitful contacts with the graduates of the Programmes, in order to strengthen the sense of community and belonging
• To constantly seek osmosis with the wider society, mainly of the Greek-speaking world, through lifelong learning programmes, a series of academic, educational and other activities, but also the participation of its academic staff in the public debate on the top issues of modern societies.

Personnel

Days and hours of communication between Academic Personnel and students

Administrative Personnel

Charoula Christofi  (Secretariat of School of Humanities and Social Sciences), Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.,

Tel. 00357-22411743

Yianna Yiasouma, Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Tel. 00357-22411915