Courses

Career Choices

A daunting variety of courses and degrees is offered by a large choice of Universities nowadays. Unistudies Services advice helps you to make the best possible choice available regarding a University. This is in addition to the employment opportunities in Cyprus and in Europe.

Degree Titles

Study Options: CHOOSING YOUR DEGREE SUBJECT

Choosing a degree course is very difficult, as young people often aren’t sure what they want to study. Our advice to you is to keep an open mind, as there is so much to choose from. UK institutions alone offer over 50, 000 higher education courses at 327 universities. Below is a list of career headings (many of which are also named degree courses), followed by a list of other relevant degree courses worth considering.

If you have decided on your future career it may be worthwhile checking out other very similar careers in the same category – in case you fail to get a university place in your first choice subject!

Employment in Cyprus

UPCOMMING EMPLOYMENT SECTORS

Cyprus has seen a rapid change in employment and workforce needs over the past 30 years. Our economy has gone from mainly primary-sector forms of employment, such as agriculture, to services, especially those relating to tourism.

PUBLIC SECTION

Well, the old favourite in Cyprus… everyone wants to work for the government. Places are few and there is usually stiff competition for posts, although successful applicants do reap many benefits and, of course, have job security.

PRIVATE SECTOR

Opportunities in the private sector have become more available and more promising in recent years. There is also more scope for variation than in the public sector, and this trend is likely to increase as Europe influences the Cypriot economy.

EU

The accession of Cyprus to the European Union in 2004 has no doubt had a knock on effect on the labour force in Cyprus. There are also many opportunities within the EU system itself. Places are offered to young graduates willing to spend two or three years in Brussels, Strasbourg, Frankfurt or The Hague in order to work for European institutions.

CONSTRUCTION

Since the invasion of 1974, construction has boomed but this is starting to slow down. There are, however, large construction investment opportunities in this sector, mainly from foreign sources, and there will be jobs for professionals such as Civil, Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, as well as Architects, Surveyors and the like. Not so for Interior Design as, although this is a popular degree course among Cypriots, jobs are few and far between and often very low paid.

FUTURE OF JOBS IN CYPRUS

Up-and-coming professional sectors include industries such as Investment, Energy, Research and Geo-political bodies. Come and see us to talk about your options in these professions.