Hellenic Mediterranean University

Hellenic Mediterranean University
Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο
Former name
Technological Educational Institute of Crete
TypePublic Higher Education Institution European Higher Education Area
Established1983; 43 years ago (1983) as Technological Educational Institute of Crete
2019; 7 years ago (2019) as Hellenic Mediterranean University
AccreditationHellenic Authority for Higher Education | European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
Students9,560
Postgraduates850
145
Other students
Erasmus students per year: 150
Location
Heraklion, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos (Crete), Sitia
,
Greece
CampusMultiple Sites
Websitehmu.gr/en/home/

The Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU; Greek: Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο; ΕΛΜΕΠΑ) 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 April 2019.[2] As of February 2024 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) (founded 2019) [6]
School of Management & Economics Sciences (Agios Nikolaos, Crete) (founded 2019) [7]
School of Music and Optoacoustic Technologies (Rethymno) (founded 2019) [8]
School of Health Sciences (Heraklion) (founded 2019)
School of Agricultural sciences (Heraklion) (founded 2019) [9]

Research

The Hellenic Mediterranean University conducts applied research with a strong regional focus on agriculture, renewable energy, engineering, and emerging technologies. It operates 28 accredited laboratories and participates in national and EU-funded programmes, including Horizon Europe, Interreg and NextGenerationEU[10].

Notable projects include:

  • ''Sludge2Energy[11]'' (Interreg NEXT MED), conducted in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture, which develops technologies to convert agricultural and urban sludge into bioenergy and soil improvers, in partnership with institutions in Italy, Egypt, and Cyprus.
  • The Institute of Emerging Technologies (i-EMERGE) hosts the Nanotechnology & Printed Electronics Division (Nano@HMU), which conducts research on graphene-based materials, printable electronics, and advanced energy devices. The group has produced the first autonomous graphene–perovskite photovoltaic system featured in Nature Energy[12], and works on low-cost perovskite solar cells, smart implants, and next-generation fuel cells. HMU also co-runs an inter-institutional MSc in Nanotechnology for Energy Applications[13] with the University of Crete and FORTH and is a core partner of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master EMINENT[14], hosting the programme’s first semester on functional nanomaterials and emerging technologies.

Main Library and Information Center - Heraklion

The Library and Information Center of the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU: Ελληνικό Μεσογειακό Πανεπιστήμιο) actively participates in national collaborative networks, most notably HEAL-Link (Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών / Hellenic Academic Libraries Link), the consortium of Greek academic libraries. Through HEAL-Link, the library provides access to extensive electronic journals, databases, e-books, and open access publishing options via agreements with publishers such as Springer Nature and IOP Publishing while contributing to resource sharing.

The library also takes part in related HEAL-Link initiatives, such as the Collaborative Network for Accessible Bibliography for Persons with Disabilities. In September 2025, it co-organized the 1st International Week for Academic Libraries of HMU[15], held 22–26 September 2025 in Heraklion, Crete, bringing together 40 librarians from 20 countries to discuss open science, AI in libraries, digital transformation, and scholarly communication.

It builds on collections and services inherited from predecessor institutions since 1977, with its structure formalized under Law 4610/2019[16] .

See also

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".
  6. ^ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-engineering/
  7. ^ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-management-and-economics-sciences/
  8. ^ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-music-and-optoacoustic-technologies/
  9. ^ https://hmu.gr/en/school-of-agricultural-sciences/
  10. ^ "ΕΛΙΔΕΚ, Ελληνικό Ίδρυμα Έρευνας & Καινοτομίας". www.elidek.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2025-04-04. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  11. ^ "Sludge2Eenergy | Τμήμα Γεωπονίας". agro.hmu.gr. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  12. ^ Vlachaki, Aikaterini (2022-07-29). "The Nano@HMU team coverpage of the scientific journal Nature Energy". HMU. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  13. ^ "Δι-ιδρυματικό Μεταπτυχιακό Πρόγραμμα "Νανοτεχνολογία για Ενεργειακές Εφαρμογές" | Νανοτεχνολογία για Ενεργειακές Εφαρμογές | ΕΛ.ΜΕ.ΠΑ". www.hmu.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  14. ^ "Home - EMINENT". eminent-master.eu. 2023-10-07. Retrieved 2025-12-02.
  15. ^ "1η Διεθνής Εβδομάδα ΕΛΜΕΠΑ για Ακαδημαϊκές Βιβλιοθήκες | Βιβλιοθήκη ΕΛΜΕΠΑ" (in Greek). 2025-12-08. Retrieved 2026-02-09.
  16. ^ "ΝΟΜΟΣ 4610/2019". elib.aade.gr. Retrieved 2026-02-09.

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