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University of Nicosia Medical School
UNIVERSITY: University of Nicosia

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
Nicosia, Cyprus

CONTACT:
critselis.e@unic.ac.cy
+357 22 471913
https://www.med.unic.ac.cy
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University of Nicosia Medical School

University of Nicosia Medical School
UNIVERSITY: University of Nicosia

STATUS:
FULL MEMBER

LOCATION:
Nicosia, Cyprus

CONTACT:
critselis.e@unic.ac.cy
+357 22 471913
https://www.med.unic.ac.cy
UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA

The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is one of the leading, comprehensive, research-oriented universities in the Mediterranean region, committed to teaching, research and innovation, sustainability, societal engagement and contribution to culture. The University's academic standing and global outlook have been reflected in outstanding results in international rankings. Indicatively, UNIC has been recognised by Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings (WUR) 2023 as being among the top 2% of universities in the world. One of the core areas in which the University demonstrably continues to excel in the THE WUR is International Outlook, where UNIC ranked 47th globally.

Over the past two decades, the University of Nicosia has led the development of life and health sciences programmes in Cyprus. In 2011, the University of Nicosia started the first medical programme in Cyprus by offering the St George's, University of London graduate-entry course. Our Medical School, the largest in the country, now offers a 6-year MD degree programme designed for high school leavers, a 5-year Graduate Entry MD degree programme, an MSc in Family Medicine for practising primary care physicians, a Doctorate in Medical Sciences (PhD) for research in all disciplines or specialties of Medicine, and the Master of Public Health (MPH). More than 1100 students from 97 countries around the world are enrolled in the UNIC Medical School, coming from as far away as the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

OVERVIEW OF THE MPH

The University of Nicosia's Master of Public Health (MPH) programme covers the main domains of Public Health Practice (Health Protection, Health Improvement, Health Services Provision) and offers the opportunity to specialise in a broad range of public health topics. The programme places a strong emphasis on global aspects of public health, as well as a focus on important public health issues in both developed and developing countries. The curriculum is based on a dynamic approach, with continuous updating to address new and emerging issues threatening population health. This programme has been carefully designed according to the standards of the UK Faculty of Public Health. A unique feature of our MPH programme is its international orientation: the programme is part of a Medical School with faculty, teaching hospitals and students from across the globe.

FLEXIBLE LEARNING TAILORED TO YOUR NEEDS

Our dynamic programme is tailored to the needs of full time working professionals and new graduates. By choosing the number of courses per semester, students have the opportunity to determine their time schedule, study pace and workload. In addition, the distance learning mode, comprising online interactive lectures, tutorials, activities, and assignments, allows study outside normal working hours, as well as autonomy and control.

The MPH programme is delivered over 3 semesters (18 months full-time, or up to 4 years part-time) and features 7 core courses and 3 elective courses, from a selection of 8 electives.

CUTTING-EDGE ONLINE LEARNING

The programme is conducted completely online, with a máximum of 30ECTS courses delivered over 14 weeks each semester on an e-Learning Environment (Moodle), which includes multiple embedded synchronous and asynchronous learning activities, such as webinars, online chats, discussion fora and wikis. In addition, recorded lectures are designed to enhance student interactivity and active learning by including engaging slides with clickable tabs, interactive quizzes, drag-and-drop activities, matching activities and opinion polls.

Our programme follows standardised and validated pedagogical approaches, ensuring constant tutor-student interaction (webinars, online chats, discussion fora), student to student interaction (online chats, discussion fora, wikis), and student-material interaction (recorded lectures, additional resources).

Dr Elena Critselis, Head of the PCPH department (critselis.e@unic.ac.cy)

Dr Christiana Demetriou, MPH Programme coordinator (demetriou.chri@unic.ac.cy)