Over 50,000 enrolled in tertiary education in current academic year

A little over 51,000 students were enrolled in universities and colleges in Cyprus for the 2018-2019 academic year, of which 53 per cent are foreign nationals, research commissioned by the education ministry has found.

Of the 51,086 students overall, 47 per cent were Cypriots, 35 per cent citizens of other EU countries, and 18 per cent non-EU nationals.

The most popular field in undergraduate studies is medicine, followed by economics and business administration, the social sciences and civics.

In post-graduate studies, the most popular field of study were the social sciences and civics, followed by economics and business administration, and then the humanities and medicine.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.