From the Director

Dear Visitor,

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the renewed website of P.A. College. Just like we have done with our new premises, we hope that our new website will help you in finding all about P.A. College, its unique Business School identity and programmes of study, as well as the distinctive recognitions and exemptions from Professional Bodies that we hold.

P.A. College has entered its third decade of successful academic life in what is a continuation of the aspirations, dreams and values that we had set to achieve. There is no doubt that Cyprus has arrived at a very significant juncture in the development of its tertiary education and business service sectors. We, as P.A. College, are wholly committed to the encouragement and the pursuit of business and academic excellence and lifelong learning.

The unique blend of accreditation by national & international authorities, the securing of exemptions from significant professional bodies and the new era of P.A College operating in its new premises helps to provide students and faculty with one of the best learning and working environments that is currently on offer. Both our Business Computing and our Business Administration courses are considered to be state-of-the art offerings in their field, leading to our students emerging as some of the best, most sought-after, and highly employable graduates of their generation.

P.A. College being a specialised Business School has become the only private tertiary educational institution in Cyprus to be honoured with a unique triple recognition in the field of Accounting & Finance. The three top UK professional accounting bodies, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW / ACA), the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), and the Association of International Accountants (AIA), have all granted P.A. College the absolute maximum of their exemptions.

This is a significant and very rewarding step for P.A. College and its students, since we are once more affirmed as the premier specialized higher educational institution in accounting in Cyprus. Thus our students have the flexibility of choosing their own pathway and which route to follow in attaining their premium business qualification status; that of a Chartered or Certified accountant, along with an education which prepares them for leadership in the future, as is to be expected from a premier Business School of our stature.

The uniqueness of our exemptions and offerings continues since our Marketing Management specialization students are exempted from a number of the requirements towards the Postgraduate Diploma of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). As far as our Business Computing course is concerned, apart from its exclusive hybrid nature, upon reviewing it Cisco Systems has recently granted us with the ‘Cisco Networking Academy’ status, allowing us to offer their highly coveted networking courses that lead to the CCENT, CCNA and CCNP professional certifications.

Excellence is a planned event, and what differentiates P.A. College from its peers is the way in which its commitment to excellence is a systematic and ongoing process. Moreover, one of the greatest enjoyments of being a true leader in the tertiary education environment in Cyprus is the opportunity we have to share a long list of achievements with our graduates both at the academic and professional level.

There is no doubt that P.A. College provides some of the best opportunities to all those willing to accept the challenges of today and tomorrow, and advance themselves into a bright future and a successful career.

Dr Andreas Z. Patsalides

Director