The Cyprus Institute

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The Cyprus Institute

Type	Private
Established	2005
President	Stavros Malas
Academic staff	100[1]
Location	Nicosia , Cyprus
Campus	Athalassa campus[2]
Website	www.cyi.ac.cy

The Cyprus Institute is a non-profit research and educational institution with a scientific and technological orientation. It was formally established in 2005, and started operations in 2007.^[3]

The institute is supported by the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF).^[4] It is currently chaired by Didier Roux, a French physicochemist, Director of research and innovation at Saint-Gobain, and a member of the French Academy of sciences and the Academy of Technology.^[5]

The Cyprus Institute has five active Research Centers:

• The Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC), developed in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[6]
• The Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC) in partnership with the Centre for Research and Restoration of Museums of France, headquartered in the Louvre.^[7]
• The Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center (CaSToRC) in partnership with the University of Illinois.^[8]
• The Science and Technology Driven Policy and Innovation Research Center (STeDI-RC).^[9]
• The Climate and Atmosphere Research Center (CARE-C).^[10][3][11]

Having launched its first Center in 2007, The Cyprus Institute has secured several research projects, including an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC), three European Research Area Chairs (ERA Chairs), and three Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Joint Doctorates (EJD).

The Cyprus Institute is also an accredited, degree-granting institution of higher education, offering Master's and PhD programs.^[12][13]