University of Piraeus

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University of Piraeus
Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς


Established:	1938
Type:	Public
Rector:	Sotiris Karvounis
Undergraduates:	8000
Postgraduates:	1300
Location:	Piraeus, Greece
Website:	http://www.unipi.gr/

1 History
2 Departments
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

Front entrance of campus

The University of Piraeus (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς) was founded in 1938 under the title of the “School for Industrial Studies”, by the Industrialists and Tradesmen Association. In 1945 was renamed in "Superior School for Industrial Studies" and the objective of studies focused on systematic, theoritical and practical training of administrative executives. In 1945 it was renamed to “Higher School for Industrial Studies” and its aim was defined to be the systematic, theoretical and practical training of managerial executives. In 1958, the “Higher School for Industrial Studies” was again renamed to “Graduate School of Industrial Studies”, with its headquarters in Piraeus. Starting from 1966, the University operated in the form of a public legal entity. From the academic year 1971-1972 the studies separated in Economic Science and Business Administration. In 1977-1978 the department of Statistics and Insurance Science begun its operation. In June 1989, the “Graduate School of Industrial Studies” was renamed to University of Piraeus in which were added three more departments (Financial Management and Banking, Maritime Studies and Industrial Management). The departments of Informatics and Technology Education and Digital Systems begun their operations in the academic years 1992-1993 and 1999-2000 correspondingly.