UoM - University of Macedonia

The University of Macedonia, established by Government decree No 147 of April 10, 1990, has a long history as a Higher Education Institution (HEI). It was formed under the name of "The Graduate School of Industrial Studies of Thessaloniki" in 1948, but it first functioned during the academic year 1957-58. In 1958 it was renamed to "Graduate Industrial School of Thessaloniki" and from 1971/72 it was divided into two Departments and more specifically the Department of Economics and the Department of Business Administration. Today, University of Macedonia has eight Departments from graduate and post-graduate studies and the academic staff includes Faculty members, specialists, teaching and research assistants and foreign language teachers. The position of a Faculty member requires a Ph.D. degree (or an equivalent) and original published research.