University of Cyprus aims to establish itself as a Pioneer Research Institution achieving International Scientific Recognition in European Higher Education, offering Competitive Programmes and to become a Centre of Excellence in the wider Euro - Mediterranean Region.
The Programme in Classics aims to provide students with asound philological background, which will allow them toundertake advanced studiesin Classics or to pursue careersin Education and other sectors. More specifically, theProgramme’s objectives are: to provide students with anexcellent knowledge of Greek and Latin; to educate themon the methodology of classicalscholarship; to further theiracquaintance with a large corpus of classical texts as wellas with the history of Greek and Latin literature andlanguage. The programme includes courses on Byzantineand Modern Greek literature, and also aims to providestudents with the necessary knowledge of History andLinguistics and to promote interdisciplinary study