University of Piraeus

The University of Piraeus was founded as a "School of Industrial Studies" in 1938 by the Association of Industrialists and Craftsmen, in accordance with the Law N.5197/1931 and the A.N. 28/1936, in association with the Federation of Public Limited Companies Greece intending to provide economic, legal and technical education to industrial executives. In 1945 it was renamed to "Higher School of Industrial Studies" and its purpose was that of the systematic theoretical and practical training of administrators. In 1949, the organization was complete (law 1245/49). In 1958, it was renamed to Graduate School of Industrial studies of Piraeus. From then on, courses last four years and degrees awarded are equal to those of other universities. Since 1966, the school operates as a public entity. From the academic year 1971-1972, studying at the School provided two paths to select from the second year: Economic Science and Business Administration. The Department of Statistics and Insurance Science was founded during the academic year 1977-1978. With law 1268/82 the University initially operated with one Department. In 1984 (law 43/1984) the school was organized to include three departments: Economic Science, Business Administration and Statistics and Insurance Science. In June 1989, law 377/89 prescribed the renaming of the School to "University of Piraeus", and the creation of three more academic departments, namely: Banking and Financial Management. Maritime Studies Technology and Production Systems In the academic year 1990-1991, two of the three departments started to operate: the Department of Banking and Financial Management and the Department of Maritime Studies.