University of the Aegean
| Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου | |
Seal of the University of the Aegean
(The Ancient Sphinx) |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1984 (as University of the Aegean) |
| Affiliation | European University Association (EUA) |
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Academic staff
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466 |
| Students | 11,959 (2010) |
| Undergraduates | 9,688 |
| Postgraduates | 1,615 |
| 656 | |
| Location | Mytilene (Main campus), Greece |
| Campus | Mytilene, Chios, Karlovasi, Rhodes, Ermoupoli, Myrina |
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| Website | www.aegean.gr |
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The University of the Aegean (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Αιγαίου) is a state, multi-campus university located in Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, Syros and Lemnos, Greece. The university was officially founded in 1984, although its historical roots date back to the early 1920s, to the Ionian University of Smyrna (Ex Oriente Lux, Light from the East) which while established never operated.
The University of the Aegean is a medium-sized university, one of the 24 state supervised and funded universities in Greece. It is an institution mandated to provide innovative and socially committed studies. The only higher education institution in the Greek state region of Northern Aegean Sea, it was founded on March 20, 1984, by the Presidential Act 83/1984 and its administrative headquarters are located in the town of Mytilene, on the island of Lesvos. As of 2014, there is a student population of approximately 10,000 active students enrolled at the university, 8,200 in undergraduate programmes and 2,000 in postgraduate programmes with a faculty of over 380. Furthermore, in 2011, the Teaching and Research Staff numbered 292 people (55 professors, 70 associate professors, 128 assistant professors, and 39 lecturers), the Scientific Teaching Staff numbered 99 and the Special Laboratory Teaching Staff 23 people. This is further supported by the 30 members of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff for teaching services and the 304 members of administrative staff.
The first Department to operate, in the academic year 1984-85, was the department of Business Administration, in the island of Chios. In the following year, the Department of Primary School Education, in Rhodes, and the Postgraduate Course on Environmental Studies began operating. At the end of the first five years of operation, the University comprises 7 departments and 1 postgraduate course, "however, in 1997 a remarkable development was initiated by exploiting available [european] funding opportunities".
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