Graduating around the globe
ZACHARIAS C. ZACHARIA & ELENI A. KYZA
Cyprus
The Republic of Cyprus is a small island-country in the Mediterranean, with a population of around a million. The higher education system, which is governed by the Cyprus Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport and Youth, is aligned with the direction provided by the European Higher Education and the Bologna Process. The Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA) is the local authority that is responsible for monitoring the quality of the education provided by all higher education institutions in Cyprus. There are three
public universities in Cyprus and five private ones, and all of them grant PhD degrees. The structure and implementation of the doctoral studies programs may vary across institutions, with the three publicly funded universities being more closely aligned than the PhD degrees offered by private universities. This document is focused on the PhD processes characteristic of the public university programs in Cyprus.
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