Students:The University of Macedonia

The University of Macedonia (UOM)
The University of Macedonia, Economic and Social Sciences, is one of the newest higher education institutions in Greece. It was founded in 1957 as the Graduate Industrial School of Thessaloniki with only two departments: the Department of Economics and the Department of Business Administration. Today, the University of Macedonia offers courses on economics, business administration, economic and social sciences, European studies and diplomacy, accounting and finance, applied informatics, educational and social policy, Balkan, Slavic and oriental studies, music science and art, marketing and operations management and technology management to more than 13.000 graduate and post-graduate students in ten fields of undergraduate studies and seven fields of inter-departmental programs of post-graduate studies. Its main headquarters are located in Thessaloniki, while two new departments have been created since 2004 in the cities of Edessa and Naoussa.

Such an expansion has helped promote the university’s reputation as a high quality academic institution. The University of Macedonia aims at constant development in all its fields and the dawn of the third millennium has found it to be an equal partner among Greek and international universities and an active agent of knowledge. It keeps abreast of international trends, it promotes research and it evolves having as its main goal to create the next generation of scientists, researchers, businessmen, and business executives who will participate equally, dynamically and effectively in the new challenges of an international and increasingly globalized market.

Furthermore, the University of Macedonia is the first university, and as a matter of fact the first public authority in Greece, to have successfully implemented an Eco-Management and Audit Scheme according to the EMAS Regulation, since 2005. It is worth mentioning that it was awarded the “European EMAS Award for Greece, 2006” for its successful campaign in promoting EMAS. The University of Macedonia acts as a focal point for the dissemination of best practices and lessons learned regarding the implementation of environmental management systems in the service sector. The main goal is to widely spread the practice of sustainable management in the private and public sector in Greece.

E-learning and sustainable development know-how:

 * EMAS-EDIN/LIFE02: Development and Implementation of Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) in an Educational Institution (EMAS – EDIN) - LIFE 02 – Environment
 * VCC-Virtual Copernicus Campus - eLearning 2004
 * Interreg III/PHARE CARDS Greece-F.Y.R.O.M. Environmental education and development of educational material in all levels of national education.

Main contribution to the VCSE Network:
Project Coordinator and Coordinator of Working Group 5 (WP5): Best Practice Guidebook Workshop and Final Dissemination Conference

Links

 * http://www.uom.gr/
 * http://www.greenuniversity.gr/