CYPRUS UNIVERSITY RECTOR INTERVIEW SMALL EUROPEAN COUNTRY UNIVERSITIES

March 1st, 2006

BY ALAN OSBORN FACT BOX Population of Cyprus: 793,100 Number of students enrolled at university: 5,000 (see text) Percentage of university students who are Cypriots: 90% Percentage of Cypriots (excluding mature students) attending university in Cyprus or other countries: 80% INTERVIEW OUT of every ten young people who apply for a place at the University of Cyprus, only three actually gets admitted. It's a remarkable statistic that says a lot about the thirst for knowledge on the island and also explains a recent strategic plan to double the student intake ...


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