Patros universitetas (UPATRAS)

University of Patras is one of the leading higher education institutions and the third largest in Greece. Its success is built on a strong partnership with its students and academic staff and a clear focus on high performance, enhancing University of Patras’s position as a world-class university with a strong academic reputation and a commitment to excellence. It comprises of 7 Schools with 35 Departments and 180 labs in total. It currently employs 693 Faculty members, 232 Scientific staff members, 368 Administrative staff members, and 2,742 Researchers. Moreover, it currently has 30,185 Undergraduate students, 1,704 Postgraduate students, and 2,051 Ph.D. students.

Besides its distinguished path in education, the University of Patras has excelled in the fields of Basic and Applied Research. UPATRAS has acquired international prominence for pioneering wide ranging Research in areas such as Environment, Health, Biotechnology, Mechanics, Electronics, Informatics and Basic Science. A number of the Departments, Laboratories and Clinics have been designated as Centres of Excellence, on the basis of International Assessment. The University of Patras has a reputation for quality and innovative research and presents an effective participation in a plethora of Research Projects, Scientific Organizations, and Research Groups.

UPATRAS is ranked well inside the world’s 601-650 Top Universities, it has the 259th position worldwide regarding citations per faculty according to the QS World Ranking system, and the 570th in general and 558th for excellence, according to Webometrics. The University’s Special Account for Research Grants has received an accreditation for Managerial Competence since 2009, issued by the Ministry of Education, certifying the administrative efficiency and capacity for the implementation of co-funded projects and programmes. Moreover, the University’s Special Account for Research Grants has a quality management system certified according to the EN ISO 9001:2015.

UPATRAS staff includes experienced and qualified project managers, researchers, professors and trainers as well as technicians and developers who have already participated in plenty Erasmus+ projects. There is a specific unit for the administration and financial management of national and European projects. Furthermore, UPATRAS operates a Lifelong Learning centre providing VET trainings covering various disciplines (and a Career Center supporting students for their professional and personal development).

The faculty of the Department of Management Science and Technology that represents UPATRAS in the GenAISA project has participated in many Erasmus+ and other R&D projects at the area of school education, adult education, VET and HE. The UPATRAS team in GenAISA has successfully coordinated the SEnDIng Erasmus+ Sector Skills Alliance project consisting of 12 partners, while currently it coordinates the SMACITE Erasmus+ Innovation Alliances project consisting of 12 partners. Moreover, the UPATRAS team has a comprehensive set of skills and competences, at the domains of project management, quality assurance, risk management, as well as digital skills development, competences frameworks, curriculum design, eLearning and learning resources developments. The expertise of the team spans diverse technologies such as AI, machine learning, deep learning, big data ana data analysis.

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