The academic year is divided into fall and spring academic semester. Classes may also be offered, by decision of the Senate, during the summer season, which begins in June and lasts seven weeks. During the summer period, a student can be credited with a maximum of 17 credit units.

During the summer period, a student can enroll in classes, including internships, PhD projects, comprehensive examinations, research and writing stages, including preparation of a dissertation, always in accordance with the tutor / supervisor’s consent.

Academic Year - ESTS

An academic year consists of 60 credit units. The allocation of 60 credit units between the fall and spring semester is expected to be equal, i.e. 30 credit units are expected to be awarded for each academic semester. A slight imbalance can be allowed, according to which an academic semester may have a lesser or greater workload compared to the other academic semester. Such imbalance should not exceed 4 credit units.

Modules

A module is defined as an educational activity, which may have the form of an exercise, a tutorial, a workshop, a lecture, a seminar or a combination of all, or it may have the form specified in the individual programmes of the Departments. The minimum audience size for a module is five students. Modules can be held for fewer students, but such modules will not be calculated in the teaching load of the Department or the Teaching and Research Personnel (TRP) or Special Education Personnel (SEP) who is responsible for teaching.

A qualification is awarded after successful completion of the curriculum, as determined by the Department or Departments or Schools.

During the first week of teaching, the teaching staff gives the students a written module outline describing the objectives, the material, the bibliography and the evaluation methods. The said outline is submitted to the Secretariat of the Department and then to the Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service. Relevant information including the evaluation is placed on electronic systems which are intended for use by the students. The evaluation method cannot be changed after the first week of teaching without the consent of the students.

Continuous Evaluation

The University applies the principle of continuous evaluation for each module. In particular, the performance of the student in each module is evaluated, at the discretion of the teaching staff and with the approval of the Department, in two different methods at least. First method should be the final written examination. The participating percentage of final examination cannot exceed 60% of the final score. The allocation of the percentages for each examination, as determined by the module outline, is independent of the mark obtained in each examination. At this point, it should be stressed that a final written examination is not taken merely for the dissertation / thesis purposes, seminar classes, internships, project or group / individual work purposes.

The indication of the individual marks in the test questions is mandatory and cannot be modified retrospectively.

Examinations during the last week of teaching are not allowed. Additionally, unannounced examinations are not allowed. Oral examinations can only be used as supplementary to other evaluation methods (excluding the comprehensive examination that takes place in the course of the Ph.D. dissertation).   Final written examinations are conducted during the period specified in the Academic Year Calendar, approved by the Senate, following the recommendation of the Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service. In postgraduate modules, the final written examination may be replaced by the submission of an assignment, provided this is indicated in the module outline.

The texts of the final examinations are not returned to students. Students may have access to them if they wish so, no later than 10 calendar days after examination, in the presence of the teaching staff. Any final examination papers and other related material are stored and archived in accordance with a policy defined by the University.

Enrollments to modules are carried out during the first week of each semester.

The attendance at all programmes is compulsory and continuous.

Registration to Modules

The students organize their semester programme according to the curriculum of the Department in consultation with their Academic Counselor, choosing from the offered modules and depending on the available positions. The students may add and/or remove a module during the second (2nd) week after beginning of the course, while during the third (3rd) week, they can only remove a module. Any departure from module after the third (3rd) week and up to the fifth (5th) week is recorded in the student’s transcript as a withdrawal. Any withdrawal from module after the fifth (5th) week is automatically marked with zero (0).

Any student attending voluntarily public lectures, seminars and conferences organized by the Departments of the University and/or providing important social work and/or achieving  significant distinctions is awarded credit units as follows:

• 1 credit unit for attending 10 lectures (1 conference day corresponds to 3 lectures)
• 1 credit unit for blood donation for at least three (3) blood donation events organized by the University
• 1 credit unit for active participation in a sports team of the University, in championships / competitions for at least two different academic years.
• 1 credit unit for significant distinction relevant to their studies topic, such as competition awards, presentations at conferences, participations in exhibitions, etc.

Such credit units are not evaluated by a mark and are registered with a separate code. The maximum number of credit units a student can be awarded during their studies’ duration is 2 credit units. It is up to the Departments to determine the allocation of credit units in their curricula. These credit units are not part of the programme's minimum teaching load.

The Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service ensures that necessary supporting documents are provided by the students and issues special forms in which the credit units are registered and then transferred to the students’ transcript.

Occasional students being excepted, a student is not entitled to:

• be a regular student at more than one public university in Cyprus at the same time.
• Attend simultaneously more than one University curriculum (it is understood that parallel attendance of secondary programmes is excluded )
• Be a full-time student at more than one institution, including foreign institutions.

The same person may be a normal and occasional student at the University or at the University and another institution.