The International Hellenic University (IHU) was established in October 2005 by Law No. 3391 and is based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The IHU is Greece’s first public university where programmes are taught exclusively in English and offers a total of 20 postgraduate programmes, for which candidates apply and are admitted to all year round.
The University specializes in offering postgraduate programmes aimed at international students who are interested in studying in Greece but also at Greek students seeking an international outlook. The language of both instruction and administration for all of its programmes is English. The IHU’s target is to develop as one of Europe’s leading research and academic institutions. As a state university, all degrees awarded are accredited by the Government and are recognized in the European Union and internationally.
With backing from the Greek State, educationalists and businesses around the region, the IHU aims to develop as one of Europe’s foremost research institutions and is focused on attracting leading academics and outstanding students from South East Europe (SEE) and across the world.
The University already attracts a strong international academic faculty and outstanding students from countries as diverse as Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cameroon, FYROM, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sudan, Turkey, Ukraine and the USA.
The University is situated on a 16,000m² campus outside Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece with the highest numbers of University students
The University comprises three Schools: School of Economics, Business Administration & Legal Studies, School of Humanities and School of Science and Technology
The School of Economics, Business Administration & Legal Studies offers the following postgraduate programmes:
- Executive MBA – Intake January 2017
- MSc in Management – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Banking & Finance – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Environmental Management and Sustainability – Next intake October 2017
Specialisation Streams:- Environmental Management
- Sustainable Tourism Management
- MSc in Strategic Product Design – Next intake October 2017
Specialisation Streams:- Product Management
- Product Creativity & Design
- Industrial Design & Innovation
- MSc in International Accounting, Auditing, and Financial Management – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Hospitality and Tourism Management – Next intake 3 November 2017
- MSc in Sustainable Agriculture and Business – Next intake October 2017
- LLM in Transnational and European Commercial Law, Mediation, Arbitration and Energy Law – Next intake October 2017
- MA in Art, Law and Economy – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Energy Law, Business, Regulation and Policy – Next intake October 2017
The School of Humanities offers the following postgraduate programmes:
- MA in Black Sea & Eastern Mediterranean Studies – Next intake October 2017
- MA in the Classical Archaeology and the Ancient History of Macedonia – Next intake October 2017
The School of Science and Technology offers the following postgraduate programmes:
- MSc in Information & Communication Technology Systems – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in e-Business and Digital Marketing – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Mobile and Web Computing – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Communications and Cybersecurity – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Energy Systems – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Energy Management – Next intake October 2017
- MSc in Energy Building Design – Next intake October 2017
Read also: Quick facts about IHU; Study in Greece: Executive MBA @ International Hellenic University; Study in Greece: Summer Schools of the University of the Aegean; Study in Greece: Politics and Economics of South-Eastern Europe; Study in Greece: A Cutting Edge MA in Media & Communications
