At a Glance
- Greece's first public university where programmes are exclusively taught in English. All student administration is also conducted in English.
- Located in Thessaloniki, a vibrant metropolis and second largest city of Greece.
- Financed by the European Union and the Greek State.
- Established by Law No. 3391 October 2005 (in Greek - in English).
- As a public University, all degrees awarded are accredited by the Hellenic Government and are recognized in the European Union and internationally.
- Offers an international environment that facilitates the exchange of ideas and interaction among students with different cultural backgrounds.
Education
- 3 schools: Economics, Business Administration and Legal Studies, Humanities and Science & Technology.
- 19 postgraduate degrees.
- All teaching and student administration is in English.
- Starting dates: January 2017 for the EMBA; November 2017 for the MSc in Hospitality and Tourism Management; October 2017 for all the other Master programmes.
- Duration of programmes: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time.
- A number of programmes are in Executive mode (lessons from Friday midday – Sunday)
- International visiting faculty: Instructors from a number of countries, such as the UK, Germany, Israel, the USA and others.
- International student body: Students from over 39 countries
- Strong links with the business community.
- International Career Office.
State-of-the-Art Facilities
- IHU Library and Information Centre
- Over 14.000 books (titles) relating to the modules taught on the courses.
- Subscription to a wide variety of online databases and electronic journals.
- IHU Campus
- Campus spanning 16,000m2 outside Thessaloniki.
- Modern classrooms equipped with digital teaching aides.
- Wi-Fi covering the whole campus.
Tuition fees
- School of Economics, Business Administration & Legal Studies
- Executive MBA (two year - executive mode): € 9.000
- MSc in Management: € 5.000
- MSc in Banking & Finance: € 5.000
- MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability (executive mode): € 4.000
- Specialisation Streams:
- Environmental Management
- Sustainable Tourism Management
- Specialisation Streams:
- MSc in Strategic Product Design (executive mode): € 4.000
- Specialisation Streams:
- Product Management
- Product Creativity & Design
- Industrial Design & Innovation
- Specialisation Streams:
- MSc in International Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Management: € 5.000
- MSc in Hospitality and Tourism Management: € 5.000
- MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Business: € 4.000
- LLM in Transnational and European Commercial Law, Mediation, Arbitration and Energy Law (executive mode): € 4.000
- MA in Art, Law and Economy (executive mode): € 4.000
- MSc in Energy Law, Business, Regulation and Policy (executive mode): € 4.000
- School of Humanities
- School of Science & Technology
- Msc in Data Science: € 4.000
- MSc in Information & Communication Technology Systems: € 4.000
- MSc in e-Business and Digital Marketing: € 4.000
- MSc in Mobile and Web Computing: € 4.000
- MSc in Communications and Cybersecurity: € 4.000
- MSc in Energy Systems: € 4.000
- MSc in Energy Management: € 4.000
- MSc in Energy Building Design: € 4.000
- Financial Assistance
- Students can apply for financial assistance.
- Support is available in the form of reductions in tuition fees and the IHU Academic Excellence Scholarships
- Award criteria include amongst others prior academic performance as well as documented need.
- Upon receiving an offer are eligible to apply for external national and international scholarships