The Open University of Cyprus (OUC), specialized in open and distance education, meets the educational needs of people seeking flexibility in their studies. For the 2025-2026 academic year, OUC welcomes applications from students all over the world for enrolment in its three Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pure and Applied Sciences, and Economics and Management. More specifically, prospective students can choose from three (3) Undergraduate and 20 Postgraduate Programmes of Study, in cutting-edge fields, offered in Greek and English. In the context of Lifelong Learning, all the Programmes Thematic Units are offered as stand-alone courses, allowing individuals to enroll in independent Modules without committing to a full degree. Additionally, the three OUC Faculties offer PhD positions in 11 different scientific areas.
The deadline to apply online for the Undergraduate and the Postgraduate Programmes is June 9, 2025, while for the PhD Programmes is May 26, 2025, through the OUC website www.ouc.ac.cy
The following Postgraduate Programmes are offered in English:
- Business Administration (MBA)
- 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 or via email:
The Open University of Cyprus, is a public university with more than 20 years of specialization in distance education. OUC is committed to opening 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 can do so, and study without the restrictions of conventional education.