The hall hosts many congresses, concerts, dance shows and other cultural events, such as the annual international Cyprus Theatre Festival.

[17] The Museum of Classical and Sports Cars of Near East University was established in 2007 and has over 140 vehicles on display.

A mobile app is available in both English and Turkish for visitors to learn the features of the cars on display.

[23] The faculty of medicine has also been involved in public health campaigns in the country, including the check-ups of students in schools[24] and offers in vitro fertilisation services.

[28] In 2019 the university signed a protocol with the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism that foresaw the sharing of its electronic resources with 1118 libraries in Turkey.

[29] The university has a supercomputer that ranks 13th in the world and first in the region in terms of computation speed and capacity.

It is used to provide assistance to Turkish universities for research, and participates in the Help Conquer Cancer project,[30] as well as the Large Hadron Collider experiment at CERN.

[36] The university has a number of research centers on various topics, ranging from history and politics to tissue engineering.

The university also hosts the annual Rock 'n Cyprus festival, at which bands from Turkey perform.

[46] The university organises the NEU Nicosia Carnival at the Dereboyu region of the city, at which the students display their culture and the locals crowd into the streets.

[48] Students of the university often hold philanthropic events and raise money for charity, including causes such as earthquake victims, a local children's village and cancer patients.