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University of Macedonia, a descendent of the historical School of Industrial Studies of Thessaloniki, is among Greece’s leading Universities; a modern medium sized public Institution, that consists of four Schools and eight departments focusing on Business, Economics & Regional Studies, IT, Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities.
As a public institution our mission is to contribute to society, through the advancement and dissemination of knowledge; to enhance our region’s and country’s opportunities for social and economic development. To this end we aim at the provision of high-quality teaching and learning at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and we aspire to constant promotion of cross disciplinary research and cross-sector cooperation.
University of Macedonia is open to all the citizens and have close ties with public, private and civil society organizations in the city of Thessaloniki; that is what makes us a truly civic institution.