Extroversion and international orientation are a strategic choice for the University of Piraeus. The promotion of inter-university collaborations, through International Cooperation Agreements with distinguished universities abroad, is always at the top of the priorities of the rector's authorities, with a firm aim at developing programs and research collaborations both for the benefit of the academic community and students, who are given the opportunity to become extroverted, innovative with the latest knowledge and tools available internationally, so that they can successfully respond to future challenges.
In this context, a delegation from our University traveled to the United States of America, making site visits to George Washington University, Washington, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia. The aim was to explore and launch agreements of mutual academic interest, which provide added value to the University of Piraeus and strengthen its international profile and build relationships of trust that will create opportunities and motives for cooperation in the immediate future.
Piraeus University has already signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. with a wide scope of cooperation and axes such as the establishment, of distance learning, English-language joint postgraduate programs, addressed to foreign students, active collaborations in research and the exchange of members of the academic community and students.
Similar agreements and collaborations with the above-mentioned Universities will follow, confirming the strong intention and constant pursuit of the Rectoral Authorities of the University of Piraeus in exploring and implementing extroverted actions, in the context of the internationalization of higher education and building the University of the Future.
The delegation included, in addition to the rector of the University of Piraeus, Professor Michael Sfakianakis, the President of the Department of Business Administration Dimitrios Georgakelos, Professors Christos Agiakloglou, Panagiotis Artikis, Nikolaos Georgopoulos, Assistant Professor Andreas Fousteris and Emeritus Professor Ioannis Sorros.