International Hellenic University
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The International Hellenic University (IHU) was established in October 2005, in accordance to Law No. 3391. The University consists of three Schools: The School of Economics and Business Administration, the School of Humanities and the School of Science and Technology. All degrees in IHU are taught exclusively in English.
The IHU is financed by the European Union and the Greek state, and aims at providing higher education particularly to foreigners who are interested in studying in Greece.
Within the School of Economics and Business Administration, the first group of 35 students started studying in the Executive MBA Program at IHU on March 28th, 2008. The students come to IHU's Thessaloniki campus one weekend per month, for intensive class time, and continue studying at home, and communicate online, until the next intensive weekend. The faculty in the EMBA program are currently visiting professors from well-respected academic institutions in the UK and Greece.
The School of Economics and Business Administration has started two new Master Programs in January 2009: MSc in Management and MSc in Banking and Finance.
In January 2010 IHU announced the first student intakes for the new postagraduate programs of the School of Humanities Master of Arts in Black Sea Cultural Studies and the School of Science and Technology Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems and the Master of Science in Energy Systems. The new Masters were launched successfully in October 2010.
Overall, the proportion of international students accepted on a postgraduate course for the 2010 intake exceeds 17%. In the School of Economics and Business Administration, where the MSc in Management and the MSc in Banking & Finance programmes are on their third intake, the proportion of students from abroad is over 21%. The three new programmes in the School of Humanities (MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies) and the School of Science and Technology (MSc in Energy Systems, MSc in Information and Communication Technology Systems) have achieved a proportion of 13% in their first intakes. In total 134 students were admitted in October 2010. The majority were from Greece and the Greek Diaspora (Albania, Germany and South Africa), with the others coming from Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, FYROM, Romania, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
For the October 2011 intake students from seventeen (17) different countries were accepted (Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, the USA, Cameroon, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, FYROM, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sudan, Turkey) with the proportion of international students reaching 20%, despite the difficult economic times. The MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies programme deserves special mention with a proportion of foreign students of 50%.
The next intake of students for all Master programmes is in October 2012 and the Executive MBA programme in January 2012.
In October 2011 four new postgraduate programmes were approved by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Life Long Learning to be offered from the next academic year.
Postgraduate studies
School of Economics and Business Administration:
Executive MBA - Next intake January 2012
MSc in Management - Next intake October 2012
MSc in Banking and Finance - Next intake October 2012
School of Humanities
MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies - Next intake October 2012
School of Science and Technology
MSc in Information & Communication Technology Systems - Next intake October 2012
MSc in Energy Systems - Next intake October 2012
The IHU is financed by the European Union and the Greek state, and aims at providing higher education particularly to foreigners who are interested in studying in Greece.
Within the School of Economics and Business Administration, the first group of 35 students started studying in the Executive MBA Program at IHU on March 28th, 2008. The students come to IHU's Thessaloniki campus one weekend per month, for intensive class time, and continue studying at home, and communicate online, until the next intensive weekend. The faculty in the EMBA program are currently visiting professors from well-respected academic institutions in the UK and Greece.
The School of Economics and Business Administration has started two new Master Programs in January 2009: MSc in Management and MSc in Banking and Finance.
In January 2010 IHU announced the first student intakes for the new postagraduate programs of the School of Humanities Master of Arts in Black Sea Cultural Studies and the School of Science and Technology Master of Science in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Systems and the Master of Science in Energy Systems. The new Masters were launched successfully in October 2010.
Overall, the proportion of international students accepted on a postgraduate course for the 2010 intake exceeds 17%. In the School of Economics and Business Administration, where the MSc in Management and the MSc in Banking & Finance programmes are on their third intake, the proportion of students from abroad is over 21%. The three new programmes in the School of Humanities (MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies) and the School of Science and Technology (MSc in Energy Systems, MSc in Information and Communication Technology Systems) have achieved a proportion of 13% in their first intakes. In total 134 students were admitted in October 2010. The majority were from Greece and the Greek Diaspora (Albania, Germany and South Africa), with the others coming from Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, FYROM, Romania, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.
For the October 2011 intake students from seventeen (17) different countries were accepted (Azerbaijan, Albania, Armenia, Belgium, Georgia, Greece, the USA, Cameroon, Lithuania, Mexico, Moldova, FYROM, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Sudan, Turkey) with the proportion of international students reaching 20%, despite the difficult economic times. The MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies programme deserves special mention with a proportion of foreign students of 50%.
The next intake of students for all Master programmes is in October 2012 and the Executive MBA programme in January 2012.
In October 2011 four new postgraduate programmes were approved by the Hellenic Ministry of Education and Life Long Learning to be offered from the next academic year.
Postgraduate studies
School of Economics and Business Administration:
Executive MBA - Next intake January 2012
MSc in Management - Next intake October 2012
MSc in Banking and Finance - Next intake October 2012
School of Humanities
MA in Black Sea Cultural Studies - Next intake October 2012
School of Science and Technology
MSc in Information & Communication Technology Systems - Next intake October 2012
MSc in Energy Systems - Next intake October 2012