English Language Teaching is offered at 10 universities in North Cyprus, with Turkish-medium instruction at University of City Island (ADAK) and English-medium instruction everywhere else — nine programs in total. Tuition spans two currencies: USD 4,200 at Bahçeşehir Cyprus University (BAU) to USD 6,400 at Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), and EUR 2,100 at University of Kyrenia (UoK) to EUR 5,000 at Cyprus Aydın University (CAU) after scholarship. ADAK has not published a fee. Two universities — CIU and EUL — hold EPDAD accreditation for the program; EMU holds AQAS.
What to know first
Of the 10 universities, BAU and EMU publish fees in USD and apply no scholarship reduction — what's listed is what you pay. Seven of the remaining eight quote in EUR (ADAK publishes no fee), with standard scholarships cutting the published rate by 43% (Final International University, FIU) up to 65% (Girne American University, GAU). Only Cyprus International University (CIU) and European University of Lefke (EUL) carry EPDAD accreditation for ELT specifically; EMU carries AQAS. The other seven universities — ADAK, BAU, CAU, FIU, GAU, NEU, UoK — have no program-level accreditation on file, only institutional oversight through YÖDAK/YÖK.
Why this matters
The scholarship structure splits this field into two pricing logics. USD-fee universities (BAU, EMU) hold their line — no discount applies, so the advertised number is the real one. EUR-fee universities cut hard: UoK's published EUR 5,600 drops 63% to EUR 2,100, and GAU's EUR 7,700 drops 65% to EUR 2,695. That means the pre-scholarship sticker price tells you almost nothing about what you'll actually pay — check the after-scholarship figure, university by university, before comparing cost. Language is less of a filter here: nine of the ten programs teach in English, with ADAK the single Turkish-medium option.
Accreditation context
Two bodies show up in the data for this subject: EPDAD, held by CIU and EUL, and AQAS, held by EMU. Both are program-level accreditations specific to ELT, distinct from the institutional YÖDAK/YÖK oversight that applies to all universities in TRNC regardless of program. The other seven universities in this list — ADAK, BAU, CAU, FIU, GAU, NEU, UoK — show no program-specific accreditation on file; that means nothing is recorded, not that none exists. Confirm current accreditation validity dates directly with each university or accrediting body before enrolling.