October is here and the new academic year has officially begun! As CyI is rapidly growing in numbers, it is a pleasure to announce that for the 2019-2020 academic year, 55 PhD students and 12 Masters Students will be pursuing their graduate degrees at CyI.

On Wednesday, 2^nd of October 2019, our new students attended a brief introduction about CyI and its people, the services provided by the Graduate School, our campus, and research infrastructures. The students were provided with useful handbooks, and informed of teaching and learning resources available to them.

Last but not least, our new students had the chance to be informed by the Provost Office’s about CyI’s educational agreements (Joint/dual degrees, Erasmus+ program), the PhD funding process and the employability prospects we offer, and then had the opportunity to tour our premises at the Athalassa campus.

Graduate studies at CyI are research-oriented, providing the opportunity to students to work alongside distinguished faculty, get trained in the use of cutting- edge methods and techniques, have access to state-of-the-art infrastructure and carry out research within internationally recognized research teams. The School provides an educational environment where excellence in education and research are fostered through interdisciplinary collaborations addressing regional problems of global significance.

CyI is an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education working diligently to become a regional center of educational excellence. It exclusively offers graduate programs and is committed to attracting competitive students from all parts of the world, providing them with modern knowledge and skills to serve innovative areas of science, society and tomorrow's economy. The Educational portfolio of CyI’s graduate school consists of PhD degree programs and MSc programs along with a training portfolio which includes internships, schools, seminars and workshops.

CyI offers two MSc programs (in Simulation and Data Science and in Environmental Sciences) and three PhD degree programs (in Computational Sciences, in Energy, Environment and Atmospheric Sciences and in Science and Technology in Cultural Heritage). In addition, CyI has already announced that by the next academic year (2020-2021), the Graduate School will expand and release a new Master Degree program for Digital Cultural Heritage, as The Cyprus Institute seeks to further specialize in the programs it offers.