The University of Thessaly is a public university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The university includes the main campus in the city of Volos and regional campuses located in Karditsa, Larissa, Trikala, and the city of Lamia. The university’s central administrative and academic building, located on the seaport seafront, it is often referred to as the main campus, but actually the university does not have a single main site, as it has multi sites with buildings being geographically distributed within the wider region of Volos across the city districts. Enrollment for Fall 2014 consisted of 14,000 undergraduates students, 2,150 master’s degree-level students, 1,400 doctoral students, and 710 faculty members.
Academics
The language of instruction is Greek, although there are programs in foreign languages and courses for international students, which are carried out in English, French, German and Italian. The university includes eight Faculties (shown in the table below), further divided into departments. Each department includes undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes.
Faculties | Departments | Campuses |
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Faculty of Agriculture Sciences (5 years, Volos) | Science of Animal Production Science of Foods and Nutrition Agriculture and Agricultural Technology Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment | LarissaKarditsaLarissaVolosVolos |
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (Larissa) | EconomicsBusiness ManagementAccounting and Finance | VolosLarissaLarissa |
Faculty of Engineering (Polytechneio, 5 years) (Volos) | Architecture Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Planning and Regional Development Electrical and Computer Engineering | VolosVolosVolosVolosVolos |
Faculty of Technology (Larissa) | Environment Digital Systems Energy Technologies Forestry, Wood Sciences, and Design | LarissaLarissaLarissaKarditsa |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Volos) | Special Education Primary Education Early Childhood Education Language and Intercultural Studies Culture, Creative Media, and Industries History, Archaeology, and Social Anthropology | VolosVolosVolosVolosVolosVolos |
Faculty of Physical Education Sciences, Sports and Dietetics (Trikala) | Nutrition and Dietetics Physical Education and Sport Science | TrikalaTrikala |
Faculty of Health Sciences (Larissa) | Biochemistry and Biotechnology Public and Community Health Veterinary Science (5 years) Medicine (6 years) NursingPhysiotherapy | LarissaKarditsaKarditsaLarissaLarissaCity of Lamia |
Faculty of Science (City of Lamia) | Physics Mathematics Computer Science and Telecommunications Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics | City of LamiaCity of LamiaCity of LamiaCity of Lamia |
Separate Departments | General Department | City of LamiaLarissa |