University of Piraeus
| Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1938 |
| Rector | Nikolaos Georgopoulos |
| Undergraduates | 8000 |
| Postgraduates | 1300 |
| Location | Piraeus, Greece |
| Website | http://www.unipi.gr/ |
The University of Piraeus (UniPi; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς, ΠαΠει) is a Greek public university located in Piraeus, Greece with a total of nine academic departments focused mainly on Statistics, Economics, Finance, Business Management and Information Technology. Regarded as one of the most modern and reliable universities of Greece, with renowned professors. Also, UniPi is the one of the best business schools and the second established in Greece, while the department of Banking and Financial management is the oldest academic department in the area of finance in the country.
This institution is also home to the University of Piraeus Research Center (UPRC) which, since its founding in 1989, has participated in technological research on a national and international level, particularly in areas related to networking and internet technology. In addition, many cooperation agreements under the Erasmus +, as well as other bilateral cooperation agreements and interuniversity provided, exchange of students and staff, exchange of teaching and research material and conduct joint research projects and conferences . Moreover, the university is a member of international organizations such as European University Association, AACSB, International Association of Universities, etc.
The university was founded in 1938 by the Industrialists and Tradesmen Association under the name "School for Industrial Studies" and its original aim was the advanced training of managerial executives. In 1945 it was renamed to "Higher School for Industrial Studies" while latter in 1958 it was again renamed as "Graduate School for Industrial Studies" and its seat was established in the area of Piraeus. Since then the university has evolved from its original sole focus on business management and added additional academic fields such us statistics and informatics. In 1966, it became a public university, and in 1989 it received its present name.
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