The University of Thessaly (UTH; Greek: ???????????? ?????????) is a university in Thessaly, Greece, founded in 1984. The administrative and academic centre of the university is based in Volos, but campuses operate also in Larissa, Trikala, Karditsa and Lamia. The university comprises six faculties: Humanities and Social Sciences, Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, Health Sciences, Physical Education and Sport Sciences and Sciences. As of 2014, there is a student population of approximately 14,000 undergraduate students enrolled at the university, more than 3,500 postgraduate students and 710 faculty members. Each department has its own associated student organization. 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.
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Emblem
The emblem of the University of Thessaly is Chiron, who used to live in Pelion Mountain and was famous for his special knowledge about medicine, music, archery, hunting, gymnastics and the art of prophecy.
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Faculties and departments
The University of Thessaly is divided into 6 faculties which contain 18 departments offering undergraduate and post-graduate degree programms.
The Faculty of Health Sciences is greatly associated with the General University Hospital of Larissa .
Staff
The university staff is divided into five main categories:
- Teaching and research staff: The staff in this category undertakes the majority of the teaching and research work done in the university. It comprises professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers.
- Scientific teaching staff: This category consists of former teaching and research assistants. Their main role is to cooperate with the Teaching and Research staff and assist them in their teaching responsibilities.
- Special laboratory teaching staff: The members of this category are administering the university laboratories and they undertake special applied and laboratory teaching work.
- Special technical laboratory staff: They are responsible of keeping the laboratory equipment in good condition and upgrade it whenever necessary in order to stay up to date. They also provide specific technical laboratory services and help with the laboratory teaching.
- Administrative staff: This category comprises all employees working in administrative positions.
The educational work is also exercised by people that do not belong to the university staff, such as guest professors and generally scientists who are invited to teach specific courses.
Academic evaluation
An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities had been conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) in the previous years.
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science (2010)
- Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment (2010)
- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment (2011)
- Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology (2010)
- Department of Primary Education (2013)
- Department of Early Childhood Education (2013)
- Department of Special Education (2013)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering (2010)
- Department of Biomedical Informatics (2010)
- Department of Civil Engineering (2011)
- Department of Architecture (2012)
- Department of Urban Planning & Regional Development (2014)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (2011)
- Department of Medicine (2011)
- Department of Veterinary Science (2012)
- Department of Economics (2014)
University Units
Library & Information Center
Library and Information Center of University of Thessaly was founded in 1995. Its central building is hosted in the renewed building of the old Athens Bank, which was built in 1903, and is located in the center of Volos. Moreover, there are branches of the Library that operate in every faculty in all cities of University of Thessaly. The Kitsos Makris Folklore Center is also part of the University of Thessaly Library & Information Center.
Residence hall
University of Thessaly owns a small Student Residence Hall in Volos with a capacity of 40 rooms. There is also an accommodation grant of 100 EUR per month for the undergraduate foreign students of countries outside EU. For the Greek students and also the students of countries members of EU there is an accommodation grant of 1000 EUR per year depending on academic and financial criteria. There are plans for the development of a new large scale residence hall in the near future.
Psychological Counseling and Support for Students
The Laboratory of Psychology and Educational Applications of the Department of Special Education offers psychological support and help to all students who need it, in order to deal with their personal difficulties and concerns, and it also helps in developing skills on how to manage potential problems, such as:
- Problems in student life / study
-Difficulties in adapting in the academic life -Lack of motivation -Reduced performance -Examination stress -Lack of concentration
- Problems in personal relations
-Difficulties in all kind of relations (family, professional, personal) -Low self-esteem -Loneliness -Stress, depression
- Other problems
-Dependences -Special needs -Psychosomatic problems -Sleeping disorders -Eating disorders The students make an appointment with the psychologist of the Laboratory, either individualy or in groups; they also may participate in seminars that are organised in regular time intervals. All services are provided free of charge and the meetings have confidential character.
Culture and Sports
University of Thessaly offers the possibility of many sports and cultural activities. There are many student groups consisting the team of Physical Education, Musical Ensembles, Theater Group, Photography Group etc. In the beginning of every semester the students have the opportunity to enter in every action that are interested in. Moreover, there is plenty of student groups that undertake cultural actions such as Cinema Group and University of Thessaly Student Radio.
See also
- Balkan Universities Network
- List of universities in Greece
- List of research institutes in Greece
References
External links
- University of Thessaly official website (in Greek) (in English)
- University of Thessaly Faculties and Departments (in Greek) (in English)
- University of Thessaly Research Laboratories (in Greek) (in English)
- University of Thessaly Research Committee
- University of Thessaly DASTA Office (Career Office & Innovation Unit) (in Greek)
- "ATHENA" Plan for Higher Education (in Greek)
- Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) (in Greek) (in English)
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, HQAA Final Report, 2010 (in English)
- Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment, HQAA Final Report, 2010 (in English)
- Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, HQAA Final Report, 2010 (in English)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, HQAA Final Report, 2010 (in English)
- Department of Ichthyology and Aquatic Environment, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- Department of Civil Engineering, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- Department of Veterinary Science, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- School of Medicine, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics, HQAA Final Report, 2011 (in English)
- Department of Architecture, HQAA Final Report, 2012 (in English)
- Department of Primary Education, HQAA Final Report, 2013 (in English)
- Department of Early Childhood Education, HQAA Final Report, 2013 (in English)
- Department of Special Education, HQAA Final Report, 2013 (in English)
- Department of Planning & Regional Development, HQAA Final Report, 2014 (in English)
- Department of Economics, HQAA Final Report, 2014 (in English)
- Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics
- Greek Research & Technology Network (GRNET) (in Greek) (in English)
- okeanos (GRNET's cloud service) (in Greek) (in English)
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