Athens University of Economics and Business

Athens University of Economics and Business

Infobox University
name = Athens University of Economics and Business
native_name = Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
established = 1920
type = Public
president =
students =
staff =
rector = Gregory P. Prastacos
city = Athens
country = Greece
website = http://www.aueb.gr/

Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB, ASOEE, or OPA) (Greek: Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (Ο.Π.Α.), "Oikonomiko Panepistimio Athinon" ("OPA")) was founded in 1920 in Athens, Greece. Its buildings are housed on Patision Street.

Before 1989, the university was known in Greek as Ανωτάτη Σχολή Οικονομικών και Εμπορικών Επιστημών (Α.Σ.Ο.Ε.Ε.), "Anotati Sholi Oikonomikon kai Eborikon Epistimon" ("A.S.O.E.E."), and in English as the Athens School of Economics and Business. Though the university's official name has changed, it is still known popularly in Greek by this former acronym.

AUEB is the third oldest higher educational institute and the oldest in the fields of Economics and Business in Greece.

History

The university's earliest predecessor was the Athens School of Commercial Studies, founded in 1920. In 1926 it was renamed as Athens School of Economics and Business, and its current name was given in 1989.

Prior to 1955, only one degree was offered at the school, in Economics and Business. In that year, the offerings were split into two separate degrees, in Economics and in Business Administration. In 1984, the school was divided into three departments: Department of Economics, the Department of Business Administration and the Department of Statistics and Informatics.

International recognition

In a research carried out by Der Spiegel magazine among 500 European Universities, AUEB ranked in the 15th place.In the field of Econometrics, AUEB comes internationally in the 48th place according to the Journal of Econometric Theory.The economics department ranks in the 181st place worldwide, according to its research (source: http://www.econphd.net/rank/).

The European Documentation Center of the AUEB is the coordinator of all the European Documentation Centers of Greek Universities.

The MBA International Program, has 9 specializations / majors and is offered in english. The Program is accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA), and ranked among the top 10 MBA programs in Europe and the top 30 in the world.

The Department of Informatics gets 8,000 citations per year and has 5 professors in the top 10,000 researchers by citations according to ACM.

Academic structure

* [http://www.de.aueb.gr/ Department of Economics] , 1955
* [http://www.aueb.gr/dba/ Department of Business Administration] , 1955
* [http://www.aueb.gr/deos/ Department of International and European Economic Studies] , 1989
* [http://www.mbc.aueb.gr/ Department of Marketing and Communication] , 1989
* [http://www.cs.aueb.gr/ Department of Informatics] , 1984
* [http://www.stat-athens.aueb.gr/ Department of Statistics] , 1989
* [http://www.aislab.aueb.gr/accfin/ Department of Accounting and Finance] , 1999
* [http://www.dmst.aueb.gr/ Department of Management Science and Technology] , 1999

Undergraduate programmes

* B.Sc. in Economics
* B.Sc. in International and European Economic Studies
* B.Sc. in Business Administration
* B.Sc. in Marketing and Communication
* B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance
* B.Sc. in Informatics
* B.Sc. in Statistics
* B.Sc. in Management Science and Technology

Postgraduate studies

Classical programmes (full-time)

*M.Sc. in Economics
*M.Sc. in International and European Economics
* [http://www.mba.aueb.gr/ M.B.A.]
*M.Sc. in Management of Services
*M.Sc. in Marketing and Communication with New Technologies
*M.Sc. in Human Resources Management
*M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance
* [http://www.imba.aueb.gr/ M.B.A. International]
*M.Sc. in Information Systems
*M.Sc. in Computer Science
*M.Sc. in Statistics

Executive programmes (part-time)

*M.Sc. in Applied Economics and Strategy
*M.Sc. in Finance and Banking
*M.Sc. in European Studies webserver
*M.Sc. in Management of Services
*M.Sc. in Marketing & Communication with New Technologies
*M.Sc. in Human Resources Management
*M.Sc. in Accounting and Finance
* [http://www.imba.aueb.gr/ M.B.A. International (part time)]
*M.B.A. Executive
*M.Sc. in Statistics

Programmes in collaboration with other universities

*Athens Ph.D. (with the National Kapodistrian University of Athens)
*Athens M.B.A. (with the National Technical University of Athens)
*M.Sc. in Business Mathematics (with the National Kapodistrian University of Athens)

Research Laboratories

Laboratories in AUEB:
* [http://www.aislab.aueb.gr/ Accounting Laboratory]
*Analysis of Markets and Consumer Behaviour Laboratory
*Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Laboratory
* [http://www.aueb.gr/imop/ Athens Laboratory of Economic Policy Studies (IMOP)]
*Business Administration Laboratory
*Business Applications and Evaluation Laboratory
* [http://www.mbc.aueb.gr/hrm/HRM-lab/ Business Communication and Human Resource Management Laboratory]
* [http://www.bilab.aueb.gr/ Business Informatics Laboratory]
*Laboratory for Business Strategy and Entrepreneurship
* [http://www.ccslab.aueb.gr/ Computer and Communication Systems Laboratory]
*Development and Promotion of Financial Products and Services Laboratory
*Digital Business and Strategy Laboratory
*Distance Learning, Virtual Reality and Multimedia Laboratory
*Econometrics Laboratory
*Educational Laboratory of Informatics (2)
* [http://www.eltrun.aueb.gr/ Electronic Commerce and e-Business Laboratory - ELTRUN]
*EUROLAB: Laboratory for the Documentation and Analysis of European Issues
* [http://www.cirn.aueb.gr/ Industrial Relations and Negotiations Laboratory]
* [http://pages.cs.aueb.gr/ipl/ir/eng/index.html Information Processing Laboratory]
*Information Systems and Databases Laboratory
* [http://istlab.dmst.aueb.gr/ Information Systems Technology Laboratory - ISTLab]
*International Economic Relations Laboratory
*Laboratory for Applied Finance
*Marketing Laboratory
* [http://www.msl.aueb.gr/ Management Science Laboratory]
* [http://www.mm.aueb.gr/ Mobile Multimedia Laboratory]
*Multimedia Laboratory for Communication and Marketing
*Sectoral Research and Studies Laboratory
*Department of Informatics (2)
*Statistics Laboratory Statistical Consulting Center
* [http://www.trans.aueb.gr/ Transportation Systems and Supply Chain Management Laboratory]
*Wireless Networks and Multimedia Telecommunications Laboratory

See also

* Education in Greece
* List of universities in Greece


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