University of Piraeus

University of Piraeus
Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Type Public
Established 1938
Rector Nikolaos Georgopoulos
Undergraduates 8000
Postgraduates 1300
Location Piraeus, Greece
Website http://www.unipi.gr/

The University of Piraeus (UniPi; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, ΠαΠει) is a university located in Piraeus, Greece with a total of nine academic departments focused mainly on Statistics, Economics, Business Management and Information Technology. Regarded as one of the most modern and reliable Universities of Greece with renowned professors. According to many, the department of Banking and Finance considered the top of its kind in the country.

This institution is also home to the University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) which, since its founding in 1989, has participated in technological research on a national and international level, particularly in areas related to networking and internet technology.[1] Also, a cooperation agreements under the erasmus +, as well as other bilateral cooperation agreements either interuniversity provided , exchange of students and staff , exchange of teaching and research material and conduct joint research projects and conferences . Moreover, the university is a member of international organizations such as European University Association, AACSB, International Association of Universities, EAEC, etc.

History

University of Piraeus main entrance.

The university was founded in 1938 by the Industrialists and Tradesmen Association under the name "School for Industrial Studies" and its original aim was the advanced training of managerial executives. In 1945 it was renamed to "Higher School for Industrial Studies" while latter in 1958 it was again renamed as "Graduate School for Industrial Studies" and its seat was established in the area of Piraeus. Since then the university has evolved from its original sole focus on business management and added additional academic fields such us statistics and informatics. In 1966, it became a public university, and in 1989 it received its present name.

Academic structure

Each of the following departments [2] offers an undergraduate program with a corresponding 4-year Bachelor of Science degree at its completion:

Academic evaluation

An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities will be conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) in the following years.[3]

Postgraduate studies

University of Piraeus primary campus.

Each of the following postgraduate programs offers an M.B.A. or a M.Sc. degree at its completion:[13]

Programmes in collaboration with other universities

Governance

Study room in the university library.

The university as of 2014 is managed by the Institutional Council, the Rectorial Council and the Senate.[30]

The Senate consists of the rector, the two vice rectors, the departments' chairmen, one representative from each department's students, two representatives from the postgraduate students and special postgraduate scholars, one representative from the assistant tutors and scientific contributors, one representative from the special teaching staff, one representative from the administrative staff, and one representative from the special administrative technical staff. There are also representatives of the associate professors, the assistant professors and the lecturers.

Meetings of the senate are overseen by the general secretary of the university, although the secretary does not participate in voting.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ University of Piraeus Research Center UPRC. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. ↑ University of Piraeus Student Guide, 2013–2014
  3. ↑ Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency
  4. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Maritime Studies, University of Piraeus, 2014
  5. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Economics, University of Piraeus, 2012
  6. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Financial Management and Banking, University of Piraeus, 2012
  7. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Statistics and Insurance Science, University of Piraeus, 2014
  8. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Business Administration, University of Piraeus, 2013
  9. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus, 2014
  10. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Industrial Management and Technology, University of Piraeus, 2012
  11. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus, 2011
  12. ↑ HQAA Final Report - Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, 2013
  13. ↑ University of Piraeus, postgraduate programmes
  14. ↑ M.B.A. with specialization in Finance and Accounting or in Marketing
  15. ↑ M.B.A. TQM focused in Total Quality Management
  16. ↑ M.B.A. focused in Tourism Management
  17. ↑ Executive M.B.A. (Part Time)
  18. ↑ M.Sc. in Finance and Banking Management
  19. ↑ M.Sc. in Applied Statistics
  20. ↑ M.Sc. in Actuarial Science and Risk Management
  21. ↑ M.Sc. in Organization and Management of Industrial Systems
  22. ↑ M.Sc. in Maritime Economics
  23. ↑ M.Sc. in Economic and Operational Strategy
  24. ↑ M.Sc. n International and European Studies
  25. ↑ M.Sc. in Informatics
  26. ↑ M.Sc. in Advanced Information Systems
  27. ↑ M.Sc. in Technology Education and Digital Systems
  28. ↑ M.Sc. in Techno-economic Management and Digital Systems Security
  29. ↑ M.Sc. in Health Management
  30. ↑ University of Piraeus Council and Senate members, 2013–2014

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Coordinates: 37°56′30.10″N 23°39′10.92″E / 37.9416944°N 23.6530333°E / 37.9416944; 23.6530333

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