International Relations is offered at 9 universities in North Cyprus, with English the primary language of instruction across all of them — Near East University (NEU) also runs a parallel Turkish-track section. Annual fees range from EUR 2,100 to EUR 11,180 depending on scholarships and institution, while Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) quotes a flat USD 6,400 with no reduction applied. Two universities — Cyprus International University (CIU) and European University of Lefke (EUL) — hold FIBAA accreditation specifically for their International Relations program, a distinction the other seven do not show at program level.
What to know first
The widest fee swing sits between American University of Cyprus (AUC), at EUR 11,180 with no published after-scholarship rate, and University of Kyrenia (UoK), which drops to EUR 2,100 after its standard scholarship — a 63% reduction. Rauf Denktaş University (RDU) lists no fee at all, so direct comparison isn't possible there. FIBAA accreditation, held by CIU and EUL, is a program-quality review rather than a professional license; it's the only program-specific credential recorded for International Relations anywhere in this dataset, with the remaining seven universities showing institutional oversight only.
Why this matters
Discounted tuition is the norm here: six of the nine universities report reductions after their standard scholarship. Girne American University (GAU) cuts deepest, at 65%, while CIU trims least, at 47%; Cyprus Aydın University (CAU), EUL and NEU each land at 50%, and UoK sits at 63%. EMU is the one university showing zero reduction, holding steady at USD 6,400 before and after. Because EMU prices in USD and the rest in EUR, compare only within currency, not across it. Language choice is nearly uniform: every university teaches in English, and NEU alone layers on a Turkish-medium section.
Accreditation context
FIBAA — the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation — is the only program-specific credential on file for International Relations in TRNC, held by CIU and EUL. It signals an external academic quality review of the specific program, not a professional licensing pathway. The remaining seven universities — AUC, CAU, EMU, GAU, NEU, RDU and UoK — show no program-level accreditation in our data, only the institutional YÖDAK/YÖK oversight that applies to every TRNC university regardless of subject. Confirm FIBAA's current validity window directly with CIU and EUL before relying on it.