Admission
Admission
The candidates for admission to the program must hold at least a recognized equivalent university degree (B.Sc.) in a relevant field of science or engineering. The candidates can submit a formal request to one or more Departments electronically within specified deadlines (twice a year). The applications are evaluated and approved by the Board of the Department to which the application was submitted. In addition to the essentials , the selection of students is based on the following criteria:
- Quality of the candidate’s academic career, both in-depth and in breadth, and past achievements in his/her Undergraduate or Graduate studies.
- Indications of capability in implementing existing and developing innovative technologies in the proposed study area. Moreover, for admission to the Master of Science Program MSc program, the candidate students must indicate their ability to do substantial research in the proposed field of study.
The program's main objective is to ensure that all the students will receive adequate and appropriate advising support throughout their studies. The advisory program is fulfilled by:
· Academic Supervisor: Upon admission to the program and before the first day of registration, every student is assigned an academic supervisor, the representative of his/her Department in the interdepartmental committee of the program. The student can find the relevant information after registration in the banner system. The academic supervisor meets with the student before the first registration to plan the first semester of studies, helps the student select courses appropriately and oversees his/her academic progress with regular meetings, beginning, end and/or during the semester. The first meeting occurs at the "New Student Introductory Day" the week of registration. All students and academic advisors are present at the meeting.
· Research Advisor: (this concerns only students who are admitted to the program Master of Science MSc). The student must determine a research advisor to carry out his/her thesis research. The research advisor may be a person other than his / her academic advisor. The selection of a research advisor is recommended to be a product of consultation between students and a faculty member that his/her research interests are focused on energy. The Research Advisor may come from any of the school departments, regardless of the student's department of enrollment. A suitable and specific thesis topic will be agreed upon in collaboration with the research advisor. After submitting and approving the thesis proposal, the student must form the thesis committee in collaboration with the research advisor.
The University of Cyprus supports several postgraduate students through teaching assistant positions, the number of which depends on the teaching needs of each department or through research programs. There are also additional opportunities for funding, for which the relevant information is available from Career Centre and Academic Affairs and Student Welfare Service.
In addition, the University of Cyprus grants a number of scholarships to new students who are admitted to postgraduate programs or to students who are already enrolled in postaduate programmes. Applications are regularly posted on the Graduate School website in the scholarships section..
Students who fulfil the program's requirements are awarded the title of Master’s from the department from which they have been accepted. The postgraduate program in Energy Technologies and Sustainable Design has been developed based on the ECTS system after evaluating the individual workload for each course activity to determine the total credits of each course. Each ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 25-30 hours.
Calculating the credits for each offered course can be described by the following example. If the students choose the course ARH 538 “Environmental Building Design”, the required weekly workload includes 3 hours of teaching, including exercises, no hour of lab and 12 hours of homework. Therefore, in total, in one semester, with 13 weeks of teaching, and 1 week of study and preparation for the exams, the following workload is required:
- Teaching : 3 x 13 = 39 hours
- Lab : 0 x 13 = 0 hours
- Preparation : 12 x 13 + 12 x 1 = 168 hours
Therefore, the total workload for this course is 39 + 168 = 207 hours. This specific course has a workload of 8 ECTS credits.
