Strategic Planning and Objectives

There are two main priorities that govern the operations of the School and the Departments therein, namely the provision of up-to-date high-quality education and the creation of new knowledge with the undertaking of high-level research.

The educational process was challenged due to the covid-19 pandemic, but the School and its departmental units tackled effectively long distance (online) education. Nowadays, all necessary infrastructure and knowhow are in place to implement -if necessary- educational curricula, through-learning platforms. Amongst the student obligations, company placements and the undertaking and successful completion of a dissertation are essential requirements of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development and of the Department of Agricultural Business Administration and Supply Systems. Student mobility through Erasmus is essential of the educational experience offered in our School and familiarizes the student body with the international academic environment, thus opening up student horizons beyond the borders of our country.

A particularly important element of the educational process offered in the School in volves postgraduate studies. In the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development as well as in the Department of Agricultural Business Administration and Supply Systems, undergraduate studies last for five (5) years, awarding degree, which by law no.N.4485 / 2017, article 46 is recognized as a postgraduate title (Integrated Master).

At the same time, the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development already operates two Interdepartmental Postgraduate Programs:

a) the postgraduate program MBA in "Food and Agribusiness, is run in collaboration with the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition of the Agricultural University of Athens

b) the postgraduate program MSc in "Farm Business Management", is run in collaboration with the Department of Animal Science.

Finally, the Department of Agricultural Business Administration and Supply Systems is preparing a postgraduate program in the specific scientific field it serves.

In order to support university research output, the School encourages: the increase in research (doctoral) student intake in all departmental units; as well as the establishment of Centers of Excellence and Research Institutes on the discipline related curricula of the School. In these research formations faculty and teaching personnel could participate and disseminate their research output and experience in society at large. In addition, further fostering of research activity in the departmental units of the School is encouraged, through research collaborations (with other researchers in national and international Schools) and the participation of faculty members in the preparation of research proposals to be considered under the premises of international and national calls for research and through private funds.