{"id":19678,"date":"2026-03-02T08:07:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=19678"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:16:59","slug":"purdue-partners-with-university-of-nicosia-athens-to-advance-research-collaboration-and-online-learning-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/Q1\/purdue-partners-with-university-of-nicosia-athens-to-advance-research-collaboration-and-online-learning-in-europe","title":{"rendered":"Purdue partners with University of Nicosia-Athens to advance research collaboration and online learning in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue University is expanding its global impact through a new strategic partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unic.ac.cy\/athens\/\">UNIC Athens<\/a> of the University of Nicosia in Greece to deepen a growing transatlantic network focused on advancing education, research and innovation in high-impact scientific and technological fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This partnership will focus on coordinated research, faculty and student collaboration, and innovation across cutting-edge science, engineering and artificial intelligence disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership is built around three core pillars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dual master\u2019s degrees, online workforce development and executive education programs delivered collaboratively by UNIC Athens and Purdue.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Coordinated research and innovation activity together with UNIC Evolve, the University of Nicosia\u2019s major research initiative focused on harnessing AI to improve human life, with particular emphasis on health span, longevity and biodefense.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Creation of a Purdue Regional Office at UNIC Athens\u2019 campus at <a href=\"https:\/\/theellinikon.com.gr\/en\/\">The Ellinikon<\/a>, a smart city hub under development in Athens that will bring together advanced infrastructure, cutting\u2011edge technology and an emphasis on quality of life.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe envision a transformational opportunity with the planned opening of a regional office on the Athens campus in this new smart district,\u201d said Dimitrios Peroulis, Purdue\u2019s senior vice president for partnerships and online. \u201cWe are deeply grateful to our partners for generously making this space available at no cost to Purdue to support the launch of our presence at The Ellinikon. Situated within Europe\u2019s largest urban regeneration project and in close proximity to cutting\u2011edge innovation and technology, the Purdue space will enable our researchers and students to collaborate meaningfully with industry and the broader innovation ecosystem in Greece and the wider region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership will coordinate research, teaching and innovation activities across cutting-edge fields, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Precision health, personalized pharmacy and medicine<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next-generation sequencing and life sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robotics and AI<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural and biomedical engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Digital twins and computational fluid dynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analytical chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis partnership with Purdue University strengthens UNIC Athens\u2019 role as a bridge between Europe and the United States in advanced education and research,\u201d said Dimitris Drikakis, UNIC\u2019s vice president for global partnerships and dean of the School of Science and Engineering. \u201cTogether, we are building globally connected programs and innovation pathways that respond directly to the technological and societal challenges of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome this new collaboration between the&nbsp;University of Nicosia and Purdue University to The Ellinikon, which further strengthens our vision of creating a world\u2011class hub for education, innovation and global impact,\u201d said Odisseas Athanasiou, the CEO of LAMDA Development, the company overseeing development of The Ellinikon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This global partnership underscores two key priorities for Purdue: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/onehealth\/\">One Health<\/a>, which brings together research on human, animal and plant health, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/computes\/\">Purdue Computes<\/a>, which aims to establish the university as a global leader in computing, artificial intelligence, semiconductors and quantum science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n    <div  class=\"purdue-home-quick-links-static \">\n        <div class=\"tagged-header-container\">\n\n            <h2 class=\"tagged-header\"><span>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION<\/span><\/h2>\n        \n        <\/div>\n\n       <ul class=\"quick-links-content\">\n                                        <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/Q3\/purdue-enters-3-agreements-with-european-partners-to-accelerate-research-and-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue enters 3 agreements with European partners to accelerate research and education                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                <li class=\"quick-link__item\">\n                                                                <a class=\"quick-link__link\"\n                                    href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2023\/Q2\/purdue-launches-partnership-with-greek-universities-and-business-chamber-deepens-collaboration-with-european-semiconductor-hub-in-belgium\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Purdue launches partnership with Greek universities and business chamber, deepens collaboration with European semiconductor hub in Belgium                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Purdue University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Purdue University is a public research university leading with excellence at scale. Ranked among top 10 public universities in the United States, Purdue discovers, disseminates and deploys knowledge with a quality and at a scale second to none. More than 106,000 students study at Purdue across multiple campuses, locations and modalities, including more than 57,000 at our main campus locations in West Lafayette and Indianapolis. Committed to affordability and accessibility, Purdue\u2019s main campus has frozen tuition 14 years in a row. See how Purdue never stops in the persistent pursuit of the next giant leap \u2014 including its integrated, comprehensive Indianapolis urban expansion; the Mitch Daniels School of Business; Purdue Computes; and the One Health initiative \u2014 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives\">https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/president\/strategic-initiatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the University of Nicosia \/ UNIC Athens<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The University of Nicosia (UNIC) is the largest research university in Cyprus. UNIC Athens is UNIC\u2019s new branch campus in Athens, Greece, located within The Ellinikon development. The UNIC Athens campus is being developed as a living lab for the AI era, supporting teaching, research and executive education in precision health, robotics, financial technology and smart-city applications. This living-lab model is driven by UNIC Evolve, UNIC\u2019s interdisciplinary research initiative applying AI to improve human well-being, with particular emphasis on health span, longevity and biodefense.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"note\" class=\"post-content__attribution \">\n    <div class=\"columns\"> \n                    <div class=\"column\"> \n                <p class=\"post-content__source\">\n                    <strong>Media contact:<\/strong> Wes Mills, <a href=\"mailto:wemills@purdue.edu\">wemills@purdue.edu<\/a>                <\/p>\n            <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 Purdue University is expanding its global impact through a new strategic partnership with UNIC Athens of the University of Nicosia in Greece to deepen a growing transatlantic network focused on advancing education, research and innovation in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":19675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"department":[],"source":[29],"purdue_today_topic":[],"coauthors":[41],"class_list":["post-19678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research-excellence","source-purdue-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19678"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20152,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19678\/revisions\/20152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/source?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"purdue_today_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/purdue_today_topic?post=19678"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=19678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}