The institution was founded by Ioannis Gregoriou in 1961 under the name Cyprus College. The College became European University Cyprus in 2007, following a change in the law to allow the operation of private universities in Cyprus. The University is a private institution, which belongs to Laureate International Universities, a US-based worldwide network of institutions of higher education. It currently comprises six academic schools and eleven departments. For more information about the university please see the link below
www.euc.ac.cy