Hellenic Mediterranean University

Hellenic Mediterranean University

Former name	Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Type	Public
Established	2019
Students	12000
Undergraduates	10000
Postgraduates	2000
Location	Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos (Crete), Sitia
Website	hmu.gr/en/home/

The Hellenic Mediterranean University (H.M.U., Greek: Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο. ΕΛ.ΜΕ.ΠΑ.) is a public tertiary education institution in Greece, with headquarters in Heraklion, Crete, and branches in Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, and Sitia.^[1]

The Hellenic Mediterranean University was founded on 25/04/2019.^[2] As of February 2024^[update] it consists of six Faculties, with more than 12,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and approximately 400 teaching staff and research staff.^[3][4]

The Hellenic Mediterranean University is a continuation of the dissolved Technological Educational Institute of Crete.

Schools and departments

The departments of this university are for the most part the same as those of the National Technical University of Athens and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.^[5]

Schools	Departments
School of Engineering (Heraklion) (Founding 2019) (https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-engineering/)	Department of electrical engineering (Founding 2019) (https://ece.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of mechanical engineering (Founding 2019) (https://mech.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of electronic engineering (Chania) (Founding 2019) (https://ee.hmu.gr/en/home/)
School of Management & Economics Sciences (Agios Nikolaos, Crete) (Founding 2019) (https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-management-and-economics-sciences/)	Department of business administration & Tourism (Heraklion) (Founding 2019) (https://bat.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of management science and Technology (Founding 2019) (https://mst.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of Accounting and Finance (Heraklion) (Founding 2019) (https://accfin.hmu.gr/en/home/)
School of Music and Optoacoustic Technologies (Rethymno) (Founding 2019) (https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-music-and-optoacoustic-technologies/)	Department of Music Technology and Acoustics (Founding 2019) (https://mta.hmu.gr/en/home/)
School of Health Sciences (Heraklion) (Founding 2019) (https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-health-sciences/)	Department of Nursing (Founding 2019) (https://nurs.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of social work (Founding 2019) (https://sw.hmu.gr/en/home/) Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Sciences (Sitia) (Founding 2019) (https://nds.hmu.gr/en/home/)
School of agricultural sciences (Heraklion) (Founding 2019) (https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-agricultural-sciences/)	Department of Agriculture (Founding 2019) (https://agro.hmu.gr/en/home/)

See also

• List of universities in Greece

References

1. "Summary Presentation".
2. (Law 4610/2019, Official Gazette 70, issue A', 07/05/2019)
3. "External Institutional Assessment Report" (PDF).
4. "Τα ΔΥΝΑΤΑ σημεία του ΕΛΜΕΠΑ".
5. "Faculties".

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