PhD posts, starting studies in September 2022

► The last date to apply for postgraduate studies is Monday, the 2nd of May 2022.

► For applications, click  here

One (1) post in Finance in the topic: “Finance"

Research Advisors:

Neophytos Lambertides, Professor,  n.lambertides@cut.ac.cy

Panayiotis Andreou, Assistant Professor, panayiotis.andreou@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in Finance in the topic of “Finance/Corporate Governance”

Research Advisor: Elena Kalotychou, Assistant Professor, eleni.kalotychou@cut.ac.cy ​

One (1) post in Finance in the topic of “Banking or Financial Technology”

Research Advisor: Demetris Koursaros, Assistant Professor, demeteris.koursaros@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in Finance in the topic of “Accounting and Finance”

Research Advisor: Christodoulos Louca, Associate Professor, christodoulos.louca@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in Shıppıng ın the topic: "Shipping" or "Shipping Management" or "Shipping Economics or Transportation Logistics" or "Supply Chain Management"

Research Advisor: Photis Panayides, Professor, photis.panayides@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in Applied Econometrics in the topic: “Financial Econometrics" or “Macro-econometrics”

Research Advisor: Christos Savva, Associate Professor, christos.savva@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in “Computational econometrics”

Research Advisors: Erricos Kontoghiorghes, Professor, erricos.k@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in “Computational methods for large scale data analysis”

Research Advisor: Erricos Kontoghiorghes, Professor, erricos.k@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in “Statistics for text mining”

Research Advisor: Erricos Kontoghiorghes, Professor, erricos.k@cut.ac.cy

One (1) post in Shipping in the topic: "Green Shipping" or "Maritime Logistics" or "Port Operations Management"

Research Advisor: Thalis Zis, Associate Professor thalis.zis@cut.ac.cy

Selection Criteria:

• Academic excellence: Candidates must hold a recognized University Degree and a master’s Degree in Maritime or Finance or Economics or Business Administration or Pure and Applied Sciences. The successful candidates must have very good or excellent grade in the previous programs they have attended and have sufficient knowledge of the English language*.
• Innovative research proposal: The candidates should submit a clear idea or question; what they propose to do. Further, they should explain why their proposal is important and identify the additional knowledge they expect to contribute to the relevant literature.
• Reference letters: The candidates should submit at least two (2) reference letters from people they know them at the academic or professional level.
• Other criteria: Other certificates and documents such as academic or professional work (publications, newspaper articles, other research etc.).
• Personal interview

* Acceptable evidence of English language proficiency is considered a G.C.E / I.G.C.S.E exam with a level of at least C or ELTS/IELTS of at least 6.5 or a TOEFL of at least 580 (paper-based test) / 82 (internet-based test). Graduates of an English-language University curriculum are exempt from this requirement. For the Greek language, a certificate of proficiency is a degree from a Greek-speaking secondary school or a Bachelor degree from a higher or higher education institution.

(1) full-time study post leading to a PhD in "Machine Learning Methods for Forecasting the Dry Bulk Shipping Market" - Scholarship from Lemissoler Navigation Co. Ltd

The position is accompanied by a scholarship from Lemissoler Navigation Co. Ltd that covers the total cost of tuition fees plus stipend funding amounting to eight hundred euros (€800) per month for a period of 36 months. At the same time, the doctoral students during their studies and according to the University Regulations, receive under conditions and a financial allowance of approximately €600 per month, as teaching assistants.

Selection Criteria:

• Academic excellence: Candidates must hold a recognized University Degree and a master’s Degree in Maritime or Finance or Economics or Business Administration or Pure and Applied Sciences. The successful candidates must have very good or excellent grade in the previous programs they have attended and have sufficient knowledge of the English language.
• Innovative research proposal: The candidates should submit a clear idea or question; what they propose to do. Further, they should explain why their proposal is important and identify the additional knowledge they expect to contribute to the relevant literature.
• Reference letters: The candidates should submit at least two (2) reference letters from people they know them at the academic or professional level.
• Other criteria: Other certificates and documents such as academic or professional work (publications, newspaper articles, other research etc.).
• Personal interview
• Acceptable evidence of English language proficiency is considered a G.C.E / I.G.C.S.E exam with a level of at least C or ELTS/IELTS of at least 6.5 or a TOEFL of at least 580 (paper-based test) / 82 (internet-based test). Graduates of an English-language University curriculum are exempted from this requirement. For the Greek language, a certificate of proficiency is a degree from a Greek-speaking secondary school or a Bachelor degree from a higher or higher education institution.
• Applicants must have an academic degree in Mathematics, or Statistics, or Finance or Economics or in a similar field, and hold a recognized bachelor's and master's degree in one of the above specializations.

Research Advisors:

Panayiotis Andreou, panayiotis.andreou@cut.ac.cy

Photis Panayides,  photis.panayides@cut.ac.cy

Further information can be obtain by contacting either the Research Advisor of each position or the Department's Secretary (Tel.: 25002628, Fax: 25002766)