Hellenic Mediterranean University
Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο | |
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Former name | Technological Educational Institute of Crete |
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| Type | Public higher education ducation institution |
| Established | 1983 as Technological Educational Institute of Crete 2019 as Hellenic Mediterranean University |
| Accreditation | Hellenic Authority for Higher Education, European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education |
| Students | 9,560 |
| Postgraduates | 850 |
| 145 | |
Other students | Erasmus students per year: 150 |
| Location | Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos (Crete), Sitia , Greece |
| Website | hmu |
The Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU; Greek: Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο, ΕΛΜΕΠΑ) is a public tertiary education institution in Greece, with headquarters in Heraklion, Crete, and branches in Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, and Sitia.[1]
The Hellenic Mediterranean University was founded on 25 April 2019.[2] As of February 2024 it consists of six Faculties, with more than 12,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and approximately 400 teaching staff and research staff.[3][4]
The Hellenic Mediterranean University is a continuation of the dissolved Technological Educational Institute of Crete.
Schools and departments
The departments of this university are for the most part the same as those of the National Technical University of Athens and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[5]
| Schools | Departments |
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| School of Engineering (Heraklion) (founded 2019) [6] |
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| School of Management & Economics Sciences (Agios Nikolaos, Crete) (founded 2019) [7] |
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| School of Music and Optoacoustic Technologies (Rethymno) (founded 2019) [8] |
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| School of Health Sciences (Heraklion) (founded 2019) |
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| School of Agricultural sciences (Heraklion) (founded 2019) [9] |
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Research
The Hellenic Mediterranean University conducts applied research with a strong regional focus on agriculture, renewable energy, engineering, and emerging technologies. It operates 28 accredited laboratories and participates in national and EU-funded programmes, including Horizon Europe, Interreg and NextGenerationEU.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ "Summary Presentation".
- ↑ (Law 4610/2019, Official Gazette 70, issue A', 07/05/2019)
- ↑ "External Institutional Assessment Report" (PDF).
- ↑ "Τα ΔΥΝΑΤΑ σημεία του ΕΛΜΕΠΑ".
- ↑ "Faculties".
- ↑ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-engineering/
- ↑ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-management-and-economics-sciences/
- ↑ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-music-and-optoacoustic-technologies/
- ↑ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-agricultural-sciences/
- ↑ "ΕΛΙΔΕΚ, Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Έρευνας & Καινοτομίας". www.elidek.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-12-02.