Education in Northern Cyprus


Education in Northern Cyprus is organized by the Ministry of National Education and Culture. 5 years of primary education is mandatory. As of 2015, Kemal Dürüst is the Minister of National Education and Culture.

Kindergarten

Children in Northern Cyprus, below age 6, can attend kindergartens of public and private institutions. Kindergarten is not mandatory.

Elementary school

provides 5 years of education for children between the ages of 6 and 11. All elementary schools are public and free.

High school

s provide a minimum 6 years of education, where 3 years last for junior high school. There are different kinds of high schools in Northern Cypriot education system, such as standard public high schools, private high schools, science high schools, vocational high schools, technical high schools and fine arts high schools. As of 2008, there are 18 high schools, 14 junior high schools and 12 vocational high schools.

Universities

All of universities in Northern Cyprus are private except Eastern Mediterranean University, METU-NCC, and ITU-TRNC. In 2013 there were 63,765 university students from 114 countries in nine universities in Northern Cyprus. In 2014, the number of students increased to 70,004,.
There are 19 universities in Northern Cyprus:
UniversityTurkish NameLocationTypeOfficial Website
Girne American UniversityGirne Amerikan ÜniversitesiKyrenia Privatehttp://www.gau.edu.tr
The American University of CyprusKıbrıs Amerikan ÜniversitesiNicosiaPrivatehttps://www.auc.edu.tr/en
Eastern Mediterranean UniversityDoğu Akdeniz ÜniversitesiFamagustaPublichttp://www.emu.edu.tr
Cyprus International UniversityUluslararası Kıbrıs ÜniversitesiNorth Nicosia Privatehttp://www.ciu.edu.tr
European Leadership UniversityAvrupa Liderlik ÜniversitesiFamagustaPrivatehttps://elu.edu.tr/
Near East UniversityYakın Doğu ÜniversitesiNorth NicosiaPrivatehttp://www.neu.edu.tr
European University of LefkeLefke Avrupa ÜniversitesiMorphouPrivatehttp://www.eul.edu.tr
University of Mediterranean KarpasiaAkdeniz Karpaz ÜniversitesiNorth NicosiaPrivatehttps://www.akun.edu.tr/en-US
University of KyreniaGirne ÜniversitesiKyreniaPrivatehttp://kyrenia.edu.tr
Cyprus Science UniversityKıbrıs İlim ÜniversitesiKyreniaPrivatehttp://www.csu.edu.tr
Middle East Technical University-Northern Cyprus CampusOrta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi-Kuzey Kıbrıs KampusuMorphouStatehttp://ncc.metu.edu.tr
Istanbul Technical University-TRNCİstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi-KKTCFamagustaStatehttp://www.kktc.itu.edu.tr/
Rauf Denktas UniversityRauf Denktaş ÜniversitesiNorth NicosiaPrivatehttp://rdu.edu.tr/
Mesarya Technical UniversityMesarya Teknik ÜniversitesiNorth Nicosia Privatehttps://www.mesarya.university/
Bahcesehir Cyprus UniversityBahçeşehir Kıbrıs ÜniversitesiNorth Nicosia Privatehttps://baucyprus.edu.tr/
Arkin University of Creative Arts and Design Arkın Yaratıcı Sanatlar ve Tasarım ÜniversitesiKyreniaPrivatehttps://www.arucad.edu.tr/
Onbes Kasim Kibris UniversityOnbeş Kasım Kıbrıs ÜniversitesiNorth Nicosia Privatehttps://www.onbeskku.edu.tr/
Cyprus West UniversityKıbrıs Batı ÜniversitesiFamagustaPrivatehttps://cwu.edu.tr/
Cyprus Health and Social Sciences University Kıbrıs Sağlık ve Toplum Bilimleri Üniversitesi MorphouPrivatehttps://eng.kstu.edu.tr/
Cyprus Social Sciences UniversityKıbrıs Sosyal Bilimler ÜniversitesiNorth NicosiaPrivatehttps://kisbu.edu.tr/

Atatürk Teacher Academy and Police Academy provide vocational education in related subjects.

International membership of Northern Cyprus institutions

On 17-18 May 2019, The Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education held its meeting in Northern Cyprus; 26 quality assurance institutons from 20 countries participated the meeting.