The emblematic ‘Eleneio’ building houses the offices of the rector and the Board of Directors of the NKUA branch.
The University of Athens is opening a branch in Cyprus, beginning this academic year with its medical school in Nicosia.
Inauguration is set for Monday. Greek applicants must have taken the national entrance exams and met the minimum admission score for health sciences – 11.98 out of 20 – as well as hold an English certificate (Lower). Tuition for medicine will be about €20,000 annually, while other programs, launching in 2026-2027, will start at €6,000.
The Cyprus branch will host four schools and eight departments in Nicosia and Larnaca, including health sciences, economics and political sciences, philosophy, and education. Up to 60 students will be admitted to medicine this year, though interest is much higher.
Teaching staff will include professors from Athens’ medical faculty.
Legal experts told Kathimerini no constitutional issue exists, but law professor Panagiotis Glavinis called the move “academically unacceptable,” arguing it “opens a window in Cyprus next to the door of Athens Medical School.”