Construction begins on €10.9m Cyprus University of Technology marine sciences school in Larnaca
Construction has started on the Cyprus University of Technology's School of Marine Sciences, Technology and Sustainable Development in Larnaca, a project budgeted at €10,934,000 and due for completion in August 2028. The site behind the large car park at Mackenzie beach is fenced off and work is under way, with the President of the Republic due to lay the foundation stone on 30 October. The Sustainable Development department is expected to begin operating in 2027 at the Larnaca Municipality's Multipurpose Centre for Social Welfare and Employment, while the Cyprus Agency of Quality Assurance and Accreditation in Higher Education (CYQAA) is scheduled to evaluate the programme on 12 November. If accreditation is completed, the first students will start in Larnaca in September 2027, and work is already under way on recruiting staff, finalising curricula and addressing infrastructure, student welfare and housing.
From 2027 Larnaca will have university students based at the Municipality's Multipurpose Centre before the new building opens in August 2028, so demand for housing and local services around Mackenzie is set to grow; the municipality has said it intends to build student halls.