{"id":2241,"date":"2023-03-07T15:55:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T13:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/?page_id=2241"},"modified":"2025-05-06T03:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:27:32","slug":"what-we-stand-for","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/el\/what-we-stand-for\/","title":{"rendered":"\u03a4\u03b9 \u03a0\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b2\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03b5"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2241\" class=\"elementor elementor-2241\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604395c e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"604395c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f60db8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-template\" data-id=\"4f60db8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"template.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-template\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"container\" data-elementor-id=\"990\" class=\"elementor elementor-990\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49e6648a e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49e6648a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_motion_fx_scrolling&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_effect&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;,&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:4,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;background_motion_fx_translateY_affectedRange&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:{&quot;start&quot;:0,&quot;end&quot;:100}},&quot;background_motion_fx_devices&quot;:[&quot;widescreen&quot;,&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;laptop&quot;,&quot;tablet_extra&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;mobile&quot;]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5eec82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f5eec82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What we stand for<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc659bc e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc659bc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fef39aa e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fef39aa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ff2e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16ff2e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Core Philosophy\u00a0<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e556d6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e556d6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Excellence in education and research,<br>\n\nsocial concern, and moral leadership.<\/br><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7948c e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a7948c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b119e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83b119e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"710\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dean_waldermar2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-54797\" alt=\"dean waldermar2 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dean_waldermar2-1.png 718w, https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dean_waldermar2-1-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uol.ac.cy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/dean_waldermar2-1-12x12.png 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-559dbe2 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"559dbe2\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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elementor-element-6dce086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dce086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The mission of the University of Limassol is threefold: <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e904bb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e904bb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>To provide a conducive learning environment and innovative educational methods that motivate students to explore, challenge, create, and lead.<\/li><li>To generate and disseminate new knowledge through frontier research and innovation in collaboration with academics from around the world.<\/li><li>To contribute to the solution of major problems of society and advance the prospects of sustainable 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