Maria Kousiounou is a member of the Language Centre of Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) and she has completed a degree program"Theory of teaching foreign languages and cultures" at Tomsk Polytechnic University . She holds a degree in Russian Language "Theory of teaching foreign languages and Literature" from Tomsk Polytechnic University. She also holds a Master's degree in "Translation" from the same University. In 2023 she was certified as a " Train the trainers" ΣΕΠ/CyQF/EQF level 5 from The Human Resource Development Authority (HRDA) of Cyprus .