Postgraduate Studies

Postgraduate Studies

For more than 25 years the Department has offered:
A graduate program. The program awards a graduate degree with the title: “Applied Economic and Regional Development” with the following fields of specialization:
1 Applied Economics and Management
2. Urban & Regional Development, with two sub-fields:
a. Regional & Local Development Planning
b. Real Estate
The program fully covers all the fields of regional development and applied economics and management. Ninety (90) credits (ECTS) are required to complete the Master’s Program. It is an interdisciplinary program to which graduates of other Universities and the National Technical Universities of Greece and abroad are accepted following an evaluation procedure.

The purpose of the program is to provide scientific, theoretical and applied education, as well as the specialized professional training of Economists, Regionalists, and personnel of companies and organizations on issues of applied economic analysis, economic policy, the administration of companies and organizations, as well as on issues of urban and regional development and real estate.

The Program includes a combination of selected theoretical and applied subject areas which
• support the research and academic interests of the candidates who wish to go on to doctoral studies,
• supplies the graduates with knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to go on to work in the private, public and social sectors,

Taking the Masters Program, students will acquire specialized knowledge and skills in applied Economics, the Administration of Businesses and Organizations, Regional Development and the formation and application of Economic and Regional Policy.

Graduates of the Department of Economic and Regional Development are able to work in both the private and the public sectors. They are entitled to membership in the Greek Chamber of Commerce, and they thereafter have all the professional rights of an economist and the right to compete for positions in the public sector in Economic and Administrative Services as well as in Regional and Local Government (Sector ΠΕ09 Economists). They also have the right to become members of The Association of Greek Regionalists and to be recognized as Regionalists. In the private sector, graduates of the department work in Greek and International Banks, in domestic and international consultant companies, as independent researchers, and as executives in firms which undertake regional development studies at the local, regional, and sectoral levels. In the public sector, graduates of the department are able to work as executives in the Central Administration (in Ministries) and in Public Corporations and Organizations as well as in Local Administration (Municipal and Regional) and in the Decentralized Regional Administration. Their work focuses on subjects related to the economy, loans, development, national and regional planning, the policies of the European Union, and so on. They are also qualified to teach political economy in secondary schools. Finally, the completion of undergraduate and graduate studies in the Department broadens our graduates’ horizons, as they are able to compete for positions in the European Union and in international organizations which are concerned with economic issues and with development on the international, national, regional, or sectoral level.

Courses Offered

Ninety (90) European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) credits required to acquire a Graduate Degree. The Graduate Program has two fields: Applied Economics and Management; and Urban and Regional Development. The second field has two areas of specialization: Regional and Local Development Planning; and Real Estate Economics. The courses offered are as follows:

Direction of Applied Economics and Management

800060 - Quantitative Methods in Applied Economics

800061 - Microeconomics for the Manager

800062 - The Macroeconomic Environment and Decision

800063 - Administration and Management of Enterprises and Organizations

800064 - Fiscal Interventionism and Economic Activity

800065 - Applied Econometrics for Economics, Finance, and Management

800067 - Methods of Applied Research for Executives

Teaching Assignment from the NSRF (National Stategic Reference Framework)

800069 - Corporate and Social Responsibility of Enterprises

This class will not be taught this year 2023-24

800071 - Labour Economics

Teaching Assignment from the NSRF (National Stategic Reference Framework)

800072 - Issues in Development

800090 - Issues in the Applied Administration and Management of Enterprises and Organizations

EU State Aid for a Sustainable Economy: Principles, Practices, Evaluation

Thesis

Direction of: Urban and Regional Developmen

Ι. Area of Specialization: "Regional and Local Development Planning"

800076 - Quantitative Regional Analysis

Anastasios Karaganis (coordinator), Angelos Mimis, Athanasios Papadaskalopoulos

800077 - Regional and Urban Economics

Ioannis Psycharis, Antonis Rovolis (coordinators), Vassilis Tselios

With the Participation of: Antigoni Liberaki

800078 - Regional Planning: European, National, Regional and Local Dimensions

Vassilios Avdikos (coordinator), Athanasios Papadaskalopoulos, Dimitris Kantianis

With the Participation of: Dimitris Ierapetritis

800079 - Environmental Economics

Konstantinos Bithas (coordinator)

800082 - Management and Evaluation of Regional Programs and Works

Ilias Plaskovitis (coordinator)

With the Participation of: Vassilios Avdikos, Dimitrios Kantianis

800083 - Geographical Information Systems

800084 - The Organization and Economics of Local Administration

Ioannis Pyscharis

With the participation of: Vassiliki Delitheou

800085 - Special Issues in Regional Policy (Laboratory)

Thesis

ΙΙ. Area of Specialization: “Real Estate Economics”

800076 - Quantitative Regional Analysis

Anastasios Karaganis (coordinator), Angelos Mimis, Athanasios Papadaskalopoulos

800077 - Regional and Urban Economics

Ioannis Psycharis, Antonis Rovolis (coordinators), Vassilis Tselios

With the Participation of: Antigoni Liberaki

800080 - Land and Space Planning – Project Finance

800081 - Principles of Construction and Technical Issues in the Construction Sector – Project Management

Anastasios Karaganis, Dimitris Kantianis

With the Participation of: Anastasios Tasopoulos

800086 - Principles of Appraisal

800087 - Real Estate Management

800088 - Financial Analysis and Taxation

Konstantinos Liapis (coordinator)

800089 - Capital and Real Estate Markets

Konstantinos Liapis (coordinator), Dimitrios Kantianis, Vassilios Douvlis

Thesis