Sonia Andreou holds a PhD from the Semiotics and Visual Communication Lab, of the department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology.

Sonia Andreou is a graduate of the Cyprus University of Technology in the field of Graphic and Multimedia Arts. The topic of her B.A. thesis, dealt with the relationship between the representations on Cyprus medieval coinage and the socio-political background affecting their production. She continued her studies at the University of Essex (U.K.), obtaining an M.A. in Art History and Theory. She has gained a PhD candidate in the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts at the Cyprus University of Technology, under the supervision of Associate Professor Evripides Zantides. Her research interests include semiotic analysis and visual communication, with the aid of sociological, philosophical and psychological theories. Sonia is a member of the Semiotics and Visual Communication Lab of the same department (SVC Lab).