Filenews 23 June 2022 - by Dora Christodoulou
The establishment of a Medical School, as well as a School of Mechanical Engineering, are the next objectives of Neapolis University Pafos, after this first 10 years of its operation. The plans for the future and the evaluation of the course of the academic institution so far, made the President of the Council of the University, George Leptos and the Rector Pantelis Sklias, during an event held on Wednesday night at the Hotel Coral Beach.
Mr. Leptos stressed that inspired by the vision of its founder and first President, the late Michalakis G. Leptos, Neapolis Pafos bases its course on pillars of stability, development, academic avant-garde and international recognition based on accessible excellence, the provision of knowledge with academic excellence and sensitivity for its student community.
"A University can be viable, but under many conditions", he stressed. "And to achieve this, Neapolis University Pafos must be an international university, a fact that is already achieved through its cooperation with many foreign academic institutions."
The Rector of the University, Pantelis Sklias, announced that the goal in the coming years is the establishment of a Medical School and a School of Mechanical Engineering. Already, he pointed out, it is the largest university in the Republic of Cyprus and one of the largest in terms of employment rates in the Eastern Mediterranean.
"In this first 10 years of creative academic operation and contribution to local communities and the Cypriot economy in general", he stressed, "we record more than 6,000 graduates at Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral level, while more than 92% of these graduates have direct employment, with a large part of them even before their graduation.
In addition, about 80% of students during their studies do their internship and at the same time are employed. The University employs 75 employees as administrative staff and 250 academics as teaching and research staff, with 3,500 registered students, of whom 10% come from third countries, 40% from Cyprus and 50% from Greece.
Our goal, he concluded, is in the coming years the establishment of the Medical School and the School of Mechanical Engineering, while maintaining the quality that we have currently acquired.
