The American University of Beirut in Pafos (AUB Mediterraneo) will hold its official opening ceremony on Wednesday, September 6.
According to the Pafos Municipality, the establishment of AUB Mediterraneo is part of the global strategic vision of the American University of Beirut, which was approved in June 2020 by the Board of Trustees and developed over three years with the aim "to ensure future success, relevance and sustainability of AUB over the next decade and beyond".
The official opening ceremony of AUB Mediteraneo will take place at the Pafos Innovation Center, at 6 pm on Wednesday.
The students enrolled at AUB Mediterraneo for the first academic year were selected among 500 applications submitted from a wide and diverse group of countries including Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Cyprus, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zambia, South Africa, Tanzania, Sudan, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Thailand.
The AUB Mediterraneo begins its operation with five undergraduate and two graduate programs: Philosophy, Politics and Economics (BA), Psychology (BS), Computer Science (BS), Industrial Engineering (BS), Business Administration (BBA), Business Analytics (MS), and Engineering Management (MS). The university plans to expand its academic programs and increase its number of students to 2,000 within the next 10 years.
Source: Cyprus News Agency