Department of Environment | University of the Aegean
Higher Education - Mitilini, , Greece
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The Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, is the first Environmental Sciences' University Department established in Greece. Over the past 35 years of its existence, it had followed a ground-breaking and pioneering path. By internationalizing the curriculum, by promoting academic excellence and by introducing innovative ideas, new activities and novel courses, we have set the beat of environmental sciences in Greece1. According to Thomson Reuters' most recent research (for the years 1999-2009) on the impact of scientific research by country and discipline, the University of the Aegean got an average score of 12.74 on ‘Environmental Sciences' -with the other Greek Universities' score at 7.58 and the global average at 10.7.2. We participate in one of the finest European M.Sc. courses in Environmental Sciences, MESPOM, an Erasmus+ consortium of four EU and two USA Universities, in co-operation with 17 institutes and agencies in 14 countries and 4 continents.3. We offer a distinctive and cutting-edge undergraduate curriculum which:• Emphasizes the interdisciplinary of the study of the Environment, by combining courses on environmental science and engineering, ecology and social environmental sciences• Encourages students to acquire professional experience through summer internships in a variety of industries, private and public agencies and NGOs.• Prompts students to enrich their learning experience by studying abroad through the Erasmus+ programme, in Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, UK and other EU countries
