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The University of Thessaly, is one of Greece’s leading higher education institutions, renowned for its research, innovation, and academic excellence. With 8 Schools and campuses in Volos, Larissa, Trikala, Karditsa, and Lamia, the university offers a diverse range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in Greek and English in disciplines including engineering, health sciences, humanities, social sciences, and agriculture. Our mission is to foster knowledge and creativity, promote scientific advancement, and cultivate the next generation of professionals and leaders.

University of Piraeus (UniPi) (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, ΠαΠει) is a Greek public university located in Piraeus, Greece with a total of ten academic departments focused mainly on Business Management, Computer science, Economics, Finance and Maritime Studies. This university is the second-oldest business school established in Greece, while the Department of Banking and Financial Management is the country's oldest academic department in the area of finance. -History- 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 the "Higher School for Industrial Studies", while in 1958 it was renamed again as the "Graduate School for Industrial Studies" and its seat was established in Piraeus. Since then the university has evolved from its original sole focus on business management and added additional academic fields, such as economics, finance, maritime studies, informatics, and statistics. In 1966, it became a public university, and in 1989, it received its present name. -Postgraduate Studies- The university is one of the two public universities in Greece that offer an Executive M.B.A. programme. Additionally, there are numerous postgraduate programmes that offer an M.B.A. or a M.Sc. degree upon completion, such as in Actuarial Science and Risk Management, Accounting, Finance, Banking, Maritime Economics, Business Administration, Marketing, Applied Statistics, Economic and Business Strategy, ICT and so on. The University of Piraeus' Department of International and European Studies, offers two postgraduate programmes (Master of Science - MSc) taught in English language titled American Studies: Politics, Strategy and Economics and Energy: Strategy, Law and Economics. -Research and Openness- The institution is home to the University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) which was founded in 1989.

Established more than 100 years ago, AUEB has always been on the forefront of education and research. Our University has produced by far the largest number of industry leaders, entrepreneurs, civil servants, and managers, as well as faculty members and researchers in its fields, and has thus played a key role in the development of the country. Nowadays, it continues attracting the best pool of candidates in both its undergraduate and graduate programs, and thus achieves an exceptionally high potential of students. It is no wonder that our students have been repeatedly distinguished in international academic or entrepreneurship competitions, and are getting aggressively recruited upon graduation. At the same time, AUEB is privileged to have excellent faculty. Enjoying the best reputation in the country, and having developed a strong research orientation, AUEB attracts faculty who have previously been on the faculties of some of the best schools internationally, like Wharton, Columbia, London School of Economics, Cambridge, INSEAD, London Business School, Fuqua, and others. We are proud to have faculty who have received international academic achievement awards, are publishing in the best international journals, serve as heads of international associations, have served as, top policy makers or are advisors to private or public leaders.