Cyprus University of Technology

Greek: Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου Turkish: Kıbrıs Teknoloji Üniversitesi
Type	Public
Established	2004
Location	Limassol , Limassol District , Cyprus
Affiliations	UNIMED
Website	www.cut.ac.cy

The Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) (Greek: Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου or "ΤΕ.ΠΑ.Κ.") is a university established in 2004. Its first intake of students took place in the academic year 2007–08.^[1] The establishment of CUT is an attempt to fill in gaps that still exist within Cyprus' higher education by offering degrees in undergraduate and post graduate levels that are not offered by the University of Cyprus or by other higher education institutions.

It is based in Limassol, the second largest city in Cyprus.^[2] It was officially inaugurated in September 2007 by then-President of Cyprus, Tassos Papadopoulos.^[3]

University rankings

According to recent international rankings, Cyprus University of Technology is ranked:

• Among the top 300-350 Universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2018-2019^[6]

Faculties and Departments

The University consists of six Faculties and a Language Center:

• Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management
  • Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science
  • Chemical Engineering Programme in collaboration with the Department of Engineering and Technology
• Faculty of Management and Economics
  • Department of Hotel and Tourism Management
  • Department of Commerce, Finance and Shipping
  • Interdisciplinary Management Programme
• Faculty of Communication and Media Studies
  • Department of Communication and Internet Studies
  • Department of Public Communication
• Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health
• Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
  • Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts
  • Department of Fine Arts
• Faculty of Engineering and Technology
  • Department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
  • Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics
• Language Centre

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International relations

The Cyprus University of Technology is one of the eight holders of the European University of Technology, EUt+,^[8] with the Riga Technical University (Latvia), Technical University of Sofia (Bulgaria), the Hochschule Darmstadt, University of Applied Sciences (Germany), the Technological University Dublin (Ireland), the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (Spain), the University of Technology of Troyes (France), and the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca (Romania).

The European University of Technology, EUt+ is the result of the alliance of eight European partners.