The Cyprus Institute Limited

The Cyprus Institute (CyI, www.cyi.ac.cy) is a novel, non-profit, technology-oriented, interdisciplinary research and educational institution aiming at world-class standards of excellence. The Institute is being developed through the establishment of a number of research centers under the stewardship of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation (CREF), governed by a Board of Trustees comprising prominent international academic, political and entrepreneurial personalities. The Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) is the first research center created by CyI, it was launched in December 2007 under its founding director Prof. Manfred Lange, and is being developed in close partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).