University of Nicosia

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University of Nicosia
Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας (Greek)
University of Nicosia Logo.jpg
MottoThink Big
Type Private
Established1980
Rector Philipos Pouyioutas
Location,
Campus Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca
Website unic.ac.cy

University of Nicosia is a private university based in Nicosia, Cyprus.

In September, 2007, Intercollege became the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. [1] It later split from the rest of the University of Nicosia.

University of Nicosia's campus is greater than 100.000 square meters. [2]

The University houses the largest medical school in the country and offers three different medical programmes: 1) A 6-year undergraduate entry Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme; 2) A 4-year graduate entry Doctor of Medicine Degree (GEMD) designed for those holding university degrees in any field; and 3) a 4-year graduate entry Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) British medical degree offered in collaboration with St George's University of London and awarded by the UK General Medical Council. [3] [4]

Partners [5]

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Spain University of Oviedo
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Greece National School of Public Health
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UK St George’s, University of London
Imperial College London
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US University of Texas Medical Branch
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Australia Deakin University
Western Australia Department of Health
Monash University
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IsraelThe Israel Center for Disease Control Ministry of Health
Lebanon Lebanese American University
Thailand Chulalongkorn University, Faculty of Medicine
Brazil Universidade Federal Fluminense
Instituto de Estudos em Saúde Coletiva, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Georgia National Statistics Office of Georgia
National Centre for Disease Control and Public Health
Tbilisi State University
Norway University of Oslo
Slovenia National Institute of Public Health
University of Ljubljana
Bahrain University of Bahrain
Kuwait Kuwait University
GuineaKofi Annan University of Guinea
Bulgaria Medical University – Sofia
FranceFrench School of Public Health
Germany LMU Munich
Bhutan Royal Thimphu College
Mongolia Mongolia National University of Medical Sciences
Cameroon University of Dschang
Guyana American International School of Medicine
Italy University of Perugia
Cape Verde Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde
Sudan University of Gezira
Austria Medical University of Vienna
Uganda Makerere University
Denmark University of Copenhagen
EstoniaNational Institute for Health Development
ColombiaUniversidad Cooperativa de Colombia, campus Villavicencio
Taiwan National Taiwan University
Mauritius University of Mauritius
AlgeriaBejaia University
Université de M’Sila
Ethiopia Addis Ababa University
Zimbabwe Great Zimbabwe University
Mexico Monterrey Institute of Technology
Kazakhstan Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Egypt American University in Cairo
UkraineNational medical university O.O.Bogomolets of Kyiv, Ukraine
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi and the UAEIndependent
Russia Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Peru Universidad del Pacífico
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