University of Nicosia ranks #1* in Cyprus and Greece for Education

UNIC ranks among the top universities in the world in 5 different subject areas, in the THE WUR by Subject 2024

* Sharing position with University of Cyprus

The results of the latest edition of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE WUR)  by Subject, reaffirm the University of Nicosia’s (UNIC) global standing, ranking it #1 in Cyprus and Greece for Education, alongside the University of Cyprus.

Correspondingly, UNIC ranks among the Top 201-250 universities in the world, and 46th in the European Union, in the discipline.

Commenting on the results of the THE WUR by Subject, the Dean of the School of Education, Professor Elena Papanastasiou, expressed her great satisfaction with these results, noting:

It is important to recognize that these rankings serve as an empirical testament to the caliber of our work, both on a national and global scale. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to my esteemed colleagues, whose collaborative efforts have been instrumental in realizing this monumental accomplishment, and to the University of Nicosia administration for their unwavering support”.

The THE WUR is possibly the best-known and most influential university classification system in the world, drawing on five decades of expertise in the sector and millions of individual data points.

The outcomes of this year’s THE WUR by Subject represent the most recent in a series of accolades granted to UNIC by Times Higher Education. In addition to this, UNIC also ranks:

  • #1 in Cyprus and Greece, alongside the University of Cyprus, the University of Crete, and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, and among the top 501-600 universities globally (2024 THE World University Rankings);
  • #1 in Cyprus  alongside the University of Cyprus, among the Top 60 in the European Union and among the Top 101-150 in the world, by  2023 THE Young University Rankings (universities that are 50 years old or younger).