The Open University of Cyprus (OUC), specialized in open and distance education, meets the educational needs of people who seek flexibility in their studies. For the upcoming 2023-2024 academic year, OUC announces a new period for applications from students interested to enroll in the four (4) Undergraduate and twenty (20) Postgraduate Programmes of Study currently offered by its three Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, and Economics and Management. In the context of Lifelong Learning, all the Modules (Thematic Units) of the OUC Programmes of Study are offered as independent courses, so that each interested people can enroll in and attend those stand-alone modules without being required to study in the full Programme.
The deadline to apply online is August 23, 2023 through the OUC website https://admissions.ouc.ac.cy/admissions
The following Postgraduate Programmes are offered in the English language:
- Business Administration (The Open MBA)
- Educational Leadership and Policy
- Cognitive Systems (joint degree with the University of Cyprus)
- Enterprise Risk Management (joint degree by with the Hellenic Open University)
For additional information, prospective students may contact the Open University of Cyprus by telephone at +357 22411600 / +357 22411711 (Note: the OUC Administrative Services will be unavailable between August 14 and 18, 2023, thus please contact the relevant Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service the soonest possible for support) or via email:
The Open University of Cyprus, is a public university with 20 years of specialization in distance education. OUC is committed to opening up education to all, and strives for an outstanding, challenging, and transformative teaching and learning experience of high academic standards and unrivalled links with the business world and society. The educational methodology of OUC is based on the use of digital teaching and learning technologies, and the integration of e-learning tools and applications, which offer students a seamless learning experience. OUC’s flexible teaching methods respond to the diverse needs of adult learners, and allow them to study from their personal space and in their own time and pace to obtain a useful and accredited degree. Affordable tuition and significant reductions to people with fewer opportunities, such as unemployed people, people with disabilities, single parents, etc., contribute to equal access opportunities, so that anyone interested in studying at the Open University of Cyprus has the opportunity to do so, and study without the restrictions of conventional education.
