Cypriots most educated in EU?
According to Eurostat, Cyprus holds the first position in the EU 27 regarding University graduates in the age group 25-34.
In 2007, 47% of Cypriots aged 25-34 were university/college graduates when the EU average was 29,9%.
The second country following Cyprus was Ireland with 43% graduates in the same age group. The less graduates were recorded in the Czech Republic (15,5%) and Romania (16,6%).
The University of Cyprus in Nicosia
Cyprus also holds another first position in the EU, having the most students studying abroad.
According to Eurostat, in 2006 78,7% of Cypriot students were studying in universities of other EU member states, while the EU average was only 2,6%.
The Maltese students follow. 10,6% of Maltese students studied in 2006 abroad, followed by Slovakia with 9,8%.
Again the University of Cyprus in Nicosia
At the same time, in 2006 7,8% of the students in Cyprus were foreigners with an EU average of 7,5%.
Britain was the country with the most foreign students (13,4%) followed by Austria 12,9% and Belgium 12,1%.
As usual, the Eurostat figures refer to the Greek Cypriots and not the Turkish Cypriots who live in the areas of Cyprus which are under military Turkish occupation since 1974.
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Dear Athena,
That is because in the University of Nicosia is a small one and there are not enough places for all of you, not to mention the close cultural ties with UK and the huge Cypriot London lobby.
Although, I consider spending part of our education abroad as a valuable experience, that might lead to a brain drain of highly skilled individuals who decide to stay abroad and contribute to the “hostland” instead of the “homeland”. And you already know that this is the case in Cyprus and Greece. Just check the lists of the academics in UK and you will see what I mean.
And this is NOT how I envisage future Europe to be: few highly acclaimed Universities will attract the “brains” and the rest will be condemned to graduate from second class Universities…Local and regional Universities should be supported to offer the same kind of education across the continent.
http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=36462&ref=search
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Stergios,
indeed, “exporting brains” is one parametre of this issue. But more and more Cypriots decide to return to Cyprus, seeing more opportunities now than ever before, I guess entering the EU has helped in this. But the Universities in Cyprus (two state and at least four private ones), are indeed enough to cover Cyprus’ needs. Despite that, most Cypriots chose to study in Greece, due to the language, and in the UK, due to the language and Cyprus’ colonial past.
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