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Course Overview

In line with the University of Nicosia’s philosophy of providing comprehensive general education and specialized knowledge and skills, the program offers students the opportunity to combine learning in a wide range of academic disciplines with business-related areas and to develop their critical thinking, communication, and creativity skills. It aims to develop students individually and academically and to prepare them to work ethically in a changing multicultural environment. The variety and range of courses offered, as well as the culture of open discussion that characterizes the university contribute to the comprehensive education of the students.

More specifically, the general objectives of the program are to:

  1. Develop expertise in key areas of Business Administration including Management, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Accounting, Marketing, and Information Systems.
  2. Highlight the changing nature of business and the importance of understanding the global business environment.
  3. Provide an understanding of the ethical issues arising from business decisions and the importance of making reasoned decisions, recognizing the complexity and diversity of the environment.
  4. Develop leadership negotiation, communication, and English language skills.
  5. Provide a basic knowledge of Mathematics, Statistics, Research Methods, and Information Technology.
  6. Offer the option of choosing diverse courses from other fields that interest students.
  7. Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
  8. Improve research, writing and presentation skills.

The concentration in Finance and Economics aims to provide specialization in the area of Finance and Economics. The concentration’s main objectives are the following:

  1. Provide an in-depth understanding in Economics (Microeconomics and Macroeconomics, European Economics, Managerial Economics, Money and Banking).
  2. Provide expertise in Finance (Corporate Finance, International Financial Management, Financial Analysis, and Financial Markets).
  3. Develop the skills needed to select appropriate quantitative techniques to be used in the solution of problems in Economics and Finance.
  4. Relate the theories discussed in class with ‘real-life’ scenarios and cases in Finance and Economics.
  5. Develop students’ abilities to think critically about world issues in Finance and Economics.

Entry Requirement 

Admission Requirements:

The minimum admission requirement to the programme of study is a recognized High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC). Students with a lower HSLC grade than 7.5/10 or 15/20 or equivalent depending on the grading system of the country issuing the HSLC are provided with extra academic guidance and monitoring during the first year of their studies.

Graduation Requirements:

The student must complete 240 ECTS and all programme requirements.

A minimum cumulative grade point average (CPA) of 2.0 is required. Thus, although a ‘D-‘ is a PASS grade, in order to achieve a CPA of 2.0 an average grade of ‘C’ is required.

English Language Requirements:

Students who do not possess any of the qualifications or stipulated grades listed below and hold IELTS with 4.5 and above, are required to take UNIC’s NEPTON English Placement Test (with no charge) and will receive English Language support classes, if and as needed, from UNIC’s International Gateway Centre (IGC).

  • TOEFL – 525 and above
  • Computer-based TOEFL – 193 and above
  • Internet-based TOEFL – 80 and above
  • IELTS – 6 and above
  • Cambridge Exams [First Certificate] – B and above
  • Cambridge Exams [Proficiency Certificate – C and above
  • GCSE English Language “O” Level – C and above
  • Michigan Examination of Proficiency in English (CaMLA) – Pass
  • Pearson PTE General – Level 3 and above
  • KPG (The Greek Foreign Language Examinations for the State Certificate of Language Proficiency) – Level B2 and above
  • Anglia – Level B2 and above
  • IEB Advances Programme English – Pass
  • Examination for the Certificate of Proficiency in English (ECPE) Michigan Language Assessment by Cambridge Assessment English & University of Michigan – 650 average scores for ALL skills and above.

Fees

Yearly Tuition (for 60 ECTS): 9120


This information was accurate on : 28/01/2021
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