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International Hellenic University
Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο της Ελλάδος
Main campus in the outskirts of Thermi
TypePublic
Higher Education
Educational Institution
Greece University System
Established2005 / 2019
Budget€ 5.39 million (2021)
RectorStamatis Angelopoulos
Academic staff
468
Total staff
1560 FTE
Undergraduates53,000
Postgraduates3,000
300 (estimate)
Location
Thessaloniki
,
Greece
Campus
  • Thermi (main and administrative site) - 16,000 square metres (170,000 sq ft)
  • Sindos - 64.75 square kilometres (25.00 sq mi)
  • Serres - 233,650 square metres (2,515,000 sq ft)
  • Kilkis - 28,000 square metres (300,000 sq ft)
LanguageGreek, English
Websitehttps://www.ihu.gr/en/enhome

The International Hellenic University (IHU) (Greek: Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο της Ελλάδος) is a university in Greece. It was initially established in October 2005 and was based in Thessaloniki, Greece.[1]

History

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The International Hellenic University (Greek: Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο της Ελλάδος) was initially established in October 2005 and was exclusively based in Thessaloniki, Greece. It was Greece's first public university where programmes were taught exclusively in English and it was composed of three schools, offering twenty-four master programmes.

The university's structure was reformed in 2019, now incorporating the three TEIs from Northern Greece (the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, the TEI of Central Macedonia and the TEI of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace). The final university structure resulted into nine schools and thirty-three departments, with campuses scattered across nine Greek cities (Thermi, Sindos, Serres, Katerini, Edessa, Kilkis).[2] The main funds for the university operations come from the Greek state and the European Union.

Organization

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The university is composed of 6 schools:

Schools Departments
School of Geosciences (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-geotexnikon-epistimon) (in Greek) (Thessaloniki)
School of Design Sciences (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-epistimon-sxediasmou-2) (in Greek) (Kilkis) (Serres)
School of Health Sciences (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-epistimon-ygeias) (in Greek) (Thessaloniki)
School of Social Sciences (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-koinonikon-epistimon) (in Greek) (Thessaloniki)
School of Engineering (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-michanikon) (in Greek) (Thessaloniki) (Serres)
School of Economics and Business Administration (Founding 2019) (https://www.ihu.gr/sxoles/sxoli-oikonomias-dioikisis) (in Greek) (Katerini) (Thessaloniki) (Serres)

Campuses

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Since the 2019 merge with the TEIs in Northern Greece, the International Hellenic University has become one of the largest Greek universities. The total extension of its campuses is roughly 65.20 square kilometres (25.17 sq mi).

Thermi campus

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Library of the main campus

The Thermi campus is the original International Hellenic University site, where the institution operated exclusively from 2005 until 2019. It is located in the outskirts of Thermi and is composed of two main buildings. After the 2019 merge, the campus was established as the administrative site for the entire university.

Alexander campus (former Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki)

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Main article: Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki

Located in the municipality of Sindos, 15 km west of Thessaloniki, the Alexander campus (Αλεξάνδρεια Πανεπιστημιούπολη) is built in an area of about 65 square kilometers, which makes it the biggest site among the university's ones. About 1000 acres are occupied by a farm.[3]

Sindos campus view from the staff cafeteria. On the foreground, the School of Economics and Business Administration building.
Alexander campus view from the staff cafeteria. On the foreground, the School of Economics and Business Administration building.

The campus is equipped with two restaurants (one reserved to teaching and general staff and one for students), two basketball courts, a soccer field and an indoor gym.




Informatics and Automation Departments building at the Alexander campus.
Library at the Alexander campus.


Serres campus (former TEI of Central Macedonia)

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Main article: Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia

Kavala campus (former TEI of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace)

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Main article: Technological Educational Institute of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
Panoramic of the Kavala campus.


Honorary doctorates

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Zouni, Georgia; Digkas, Dimitrios (2019-11-30). "Marketing suggestions for multi-religious tourism development: The case of Thessaloniki". Journal of Tourism, Heritage & Services Marketing. 5 (2): 36–42. doi:10.5281/zenodo.3601675.
  2. ^ "University Center of International Programmes of Studies".
  3. ^ "Εγκαταστάσεις". Archived from the original on 2019-04-27. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
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