Admission for the majority of undergraduate students is by entrance examinations organised by the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Cyprus.

Turkish Cypriots who hold a six-year high-school diploma are eligible for admission upon passing special examinations set by the university.

(The following text is derived from the library’s website[7]) Following the valuable contribution of the late Ellie Ioannou who donated €8m in memory of her husband Stelios Ioannou, as well as the co-funding by the European Regional Development Fund as part of the Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Sustainable Development”, the University of Cyprus has completed the contemporary building of the Learning Resource Centre “Stelios Ioannou”.

A coloured membrane covers all sides of the artificial hill's slopes and an impressive white cupola juts out of the plateau crowning it.

The 3rd floor hosts a large reading room that expands visually to the hill plateau that is located 14m from the ground.

Additionally, 31 further small glass-divided spaces for group study are adjacent to the outer periphery of the cylinder and are ‘suspended’ in the peripheral patio.

The Library roof is covered by a translucent cupola on top of which appears a 5m heliostat with a vertical rotation axis of integrated rotating blinds that direct natural light even to the lowest building level.

There are currently more than 200 ongoing research programs, in collaboration with other academic, private and governmental authorities.