Earn an MA in Technology Regulation – Distance Learning

The most in-demand branch of the legal profession today

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MA in Technology Regulation – Distance Learning

Duration:
3 Semesters

Qualification Awarded:
Master of Arts in Technology Regulation (MA)

Language:
English

Mode of Study:
Distance Learning

Earn an MA in Technology Regulation Online

Revolutionize Your Career with Expertise in Technology Regulation

The Master of Arts in Technology Regulation is a cutting-edge programme offered by the School of Law at the University of Nicosia, designed for ambitious professionals and graduates seeking to become global leaders in the evolving intersection of law, technology, and regulation. Whether you’re from a law background or a related discipline such as political science, economics, business, informatics, or engineering, this programme empowers you to thrive in the fast-growing digital economy.

Technology regulation law is the most in-demand branch of the legal profession today. The MA in TechReg bridges law, policy, ethics, and technology, navigating participants into the broad spectrum of legal technology, and making them versatile and able to work across industries.

The programme keeps participants abreast of changes in the law and its practice, including the benefits and risks associated with relevant technology and aspires to provide answers to some of modern society’s biggest normative questions, such as robotics and artificial intelligence.

The MA in TechReg engages in the continuing study and legal education to which the modern law and non-law graduate is subject, covering areas such as artificial intelligence, intellectual property rights, human rights, sustainable development, privacy protection, data protection, competition, criminal law, e-discovery, legal informatics, and digital justice.

Regardless of each participant’s career and education stage, staying on top of technology regulatory and normative changes, critical to the legal profession, will help participants advance their legal careers.

  • Stay Ahead in a Rapidly Evolving Field
    Gain expertise in the legal and governance frameworks shaping disruptive technologies like AI, Blockchain, NFTs, 3D printing, IoT, and the Metaverse

  • Growing need in managing legal, ethical, and societal implications of new and emerging technologies

  • Increasing demand for interdisciplinary skills

  • Wide range of career opportunities – Graduates can work in diverse roles or posts such as compliance officers, regulatory analysts, policy advisors, or technology ethicists

  • Industry sectors versatility including government, tech companies, law firms, financial services, healthcare, and academia

  • Global Perspective and comparative scope of the programme

  • Addressing digital innovation from the regulatory perspective

  • A fully online course leading to a University of Nicosia degree

  • Option of full-time or part-time study, depending on your schedule and commitments

  • Flexible Specialisation, Experiential Learning, Interactive Learning Platform

  • Courses built based on the industry requirements

  • Earn a degree in one of the most in-demand job fields globally

  • Access to an extended business network & connected with global employers

  • Award-winning e-learning technologies and the first university in Europe to receive triple-certification for online education

Who is this Programme for

The MA in Technology Regulation is a perfect fit for…

  • Law Graduates: Gain specialised expertise in a highly dynamic legal field

  • Professionals in Related Disciplines: Political science, economics, business, media, engineering, and IT professionals who want to expand their skill set

  • Ambitious Global Leaders: Individuals aiming to become policy influencers, tech-regulation experts, or legal innovators in the digital economy

Why Study Technology Regulation?

  • Opportunity for law and non-law graduates to specialise in the very dynamic and rapidly developing legal discipline related to cutting edge technologies.

  • Keep up with the latest developments in the field.

  • Become competitive on the European and global market maximising employability prospects in highly skilled occupations in the digital economy sector.

  • Provide students and professionals from diverse fields with the opportunity to explore the real-world applications of disruptive technologies, and how the legal world is being transformed by technology.
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Learning Outcomes

  • Generate theoretical and empirical analysis, case-analysis, project-setting and problem-solving contexts in an interdisciplinary context (e.g. Intellectual Property Rights, Human Rights, Personal Data Protection, Competition Law, Cybercrime) and in the existing supranational and global regulatory/legislative framework on the new/emerging/digital technologies’ ecosystem.
  • Acquire in depth knowledge, from a comparative law perspective, of the legal, regulatory, normative, ethical, and governance dimensions of disruptive technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Blockchain and NFTs, Big Data, and the “Metaverse”.
  • Analyse and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of regulatory/legislative measures carried out on a national/supranational/international level, as well as on a non-statal, corporate, and civil society level.
  • Identify and evaluate priority issues of technology regulation at national, European or international level.
  • Broadening the knowledge on the “LegalTech” spectrum.

Some of οur Courses

  • Dispute Resolution in the Digital Environment
  • Artificial Intelligence and Metaverse Regulation
  • Personal Data Protection
  • Intellectual Property and Technology
  • Criminal law aspects of Cyberspace
  • Sustainable Technologies
  • Human Rights and Technology Corporations
  • Topical issues in Technology Regulation
  • Competition Law and New Technologies

Teaching Faculty

Renowned Academics With Extensive Industry Expertise

Dr. Irini Stamatoudi
Professor
Associate Head of Department

Dr. Phedon Nicolaides
Visiting Professor

Dr. Christos Papastylianos
Associate Professor
Head of Department

Dr. Odysseas Christou
Associate Professor

Dr. Vagia Polyzoidou
Assistant Professor

Dr. Georgios Tsaousis
Assistant Professor

Dr. Stergios Mitas
Assistant Professor

Dr. Dimitrios Koukiadis
Assistant Professor
Programme Coordinator

Dr. Nicolas Kyriakides
Lecturer

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