A First for Northern Cyprus: AUC Launches ‘Faculty of Engineering and Technology.

The American University of Cyprus continues to develop and bring new approaches to education with its academic staff with a broad vision. The Faculty of Engineering and Technology was established at the American University of Cyprus, which integrates the concepts of Engineering and Technology with an understanding that closely follows today’s technology.

Emphasizing that the Faculty of Engineering and Technology is a first in Northern Cyprus, Prof. Dr. Gökçe Keçeci, Rector of the American University of Cyprus, stated that it has a complex structure that is suitable for today’s technology, takes into account the requirements of our age in education, and offers research that is beneficial to both society and the scientific world. Prof. Dr. Gökçe Keçeci announced the opening of many departments within the Faculty of Engineering and Technology and said that they will start accepting students in February 2025 Spring Semester.

KAU Rector Prof. Dr. Gökçe Keçeci explained that they aim to add fields such as Management Information Systems (MIS), Environmental Engineering and Map Engineering in the future and added that they will continue to break new grounds in the field of higher education in Northern Cyprus. Prof. Dr. Mustafa İlkan, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology at the American University of Cyprus, who made great contributions to the opening of the Faculty and its departments, stated that they are proud to bring a new approach to universities by integrating the concepts of Engineering and Technology.

Prof. Dr. Mustafa İlkan said that the Faculty of Engineering and Technology primarily focuses on computer fields, and that they have taken the first step into the field of technology and engineering with the Computer Technology and Information Systems (IT) undergraduate and graduate programs and Computer Programming associate degree programs.