The European University Cyprus (Ευρωπαϊκό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου), or EUC, is a private research university founded in 1961, with campuses in Cyprus and Germany. The university has seven faculties, including Medicine, Dentistry, Veterinary Medicine, Sciences, Business, Law, and Humanities.  Since 2015, EUC has been a member of the World University Alliance for the Belt and Road Initiative, a China-led global alliance involving more than 170 universities — an academic extension of China’s signature BRI.