University of West Attica

Egaleo, Greece

The University of West Attica (UNIWA) was founded in March 2018 by National Law 4521, resulting from the merger of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and the Piraeus University of Applied Sciences, with the National School of Public Health joining a year later.
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UNIWA's infrastructure includes teaching rooms equipped with modern teaching aids and computers, the Library, and the facilities of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Industrial Design and Production Engineering, as well as the University Laboratories that support its programs. The institution seeks to acquire modern and integrated IT infrastructure and expand its building infrastructure to meet the needs of the academic unit and new study programs. The university operates cloud infrastructure including two OpenStack clouds—a production infrastructure for deploying and offering services supporting research projects, and a sandbox infrastructure for development of solutions—with 14 servers serving the roles of controllers, compute nodes, and network routers. Laboratory facilities are generally of very good standards with impressively extensive electronic course resources. Modern distance learning makes use of the e-learning platforms and other online infrastructure of UNIWA, ensuring comprehensive digital support for students across all programs.
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UNIWA's infrastructure includes teaching rooms equipped with modern teaching aids and computers, the Library, and the facilities of the Departments of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and Industrial Design and Production Engineering, as well as the University Laboratories that support its programs. The institution seeks to acquire modern and integrated IT infrastructure and expand its building infrastructure to meet the needs of the academic unit and new study programs. The university operates cloud infrastructure including two OpenStack clouds—a production infrastructure for deploying and offering services supporting research projects, and a sandbox infrastructure for development of solutions—with 14 servers serving the roles of controllers, compute nodes, and network routers. Laboratory facilities are generally of very good standards with impressively extensive electronic course resources. Modern distance learning makes use of the e-learning platforms and other online infrastructure of UNIWA, ensuring comprehensive digital support for students across all programs.

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Student Support

UNIWA's mission is to offer high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate programs in its associated scientific fields, while endeavoring to provide its students with a range of quality services and benefits aimed at ensuring a satisfactory standard of student life and promoting the social, cultural, physical, and mental development of its students. The university provides academic advisors who advise and support first-year students to facilitate their transition from secondary to tertiary education, and provide support and guidance on issues related to the progress and successful completion of studies at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as career issues. For students with disabilities, UNIWA offers identification, counseling and psychological support, accessible digital learning materials, an accessible university website, volunteering opportunities, education and awareness raising, accessibility of university premises, financial support for disadvantaged students to combat dropout, and provision of appropriate equipment. Psychosocial support services are provided by the Department of Social Care, Counseling & Psychological Support of the University of West Attica, available by telephone for students in need. The university also operates an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility Office to support incoming international students.

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Student Life

Student life at the University of West Attica offers a multitude of unique experiences while offering students the opportunity to meet new people and feel that they belong to an organized community which focuses on intellectual, professional, and personal development. The campus is centrally located and just a short walk from both the city centre and where student life actually beats, with Athens being a world touristic destination with lots of attractions, affordable living, and a very loud student life. UNIWA offers a broad range of services and resources to support student life and academic success, including academic student associations that vary by department and may offer academic and networking opportunities, as well as volunteer and student advocacy groups for engagement in social causes and campus life. University gyms provide facilities for sports and fitness, while civilised environment, libraries, restaurants, gyms, workshops, canteens, and conference centres enhance the overall student experience. Mentoring and cultural support are offered through personal guidance by an academic mentor and a student buddy system to help students adjust to Greek student life.

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Housing facilities (Accommodation)

The University of West Attica does not provide accommodation to its students. Students are free to select any type of accommodation according to their preferences, and the university suggests that exchange students contact private dormitories in order to find the best possible solution. It is advisable that students also address the ESN (Erasmus Student Network) West Attica for help and support. Typical accommodation costs are approximately €300 per month, and students themselves should look after this in accordance with their personal preferences.

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Student Safety

The University of West Attica implements safety measures through its DESMOS project, a smart interconnected infrastructure for security and protection that has successfully developed a cutting-edge platform intelligently connecting smart infrastructures. The platform enables fast, accurate, and timely alerts during emergencies such as medical incidents or accidents, ensuring that all necessary contextual information is shared with authorities. This system has proven effective in enhancing safety by collecting actionable information while preserving user privacy. Additionally, the university has developed a spatiotemporal authentication system architecture for smart campus safety, based on individuals' spatiotemporal authentication fingerprint generated by fusing data from mobile GPS devices and CCTV cameras infrastructure to detect malicious user behavior and protect mission-critical areas on campus from unauthorized and malicious individuals.

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Career Support

The Career Services, Mediation & Innovation Department at the University of West Attica provides individual and group career counseling, psychological support, assistance in job placement, and promotion of entrepreneurship. The department's main objective is to strengthen the connection between the educational system and the labor market by monitoring graduates' career paths and recording labor market skill needs, thereby reducing the skills gap, supporting professional placement, decreasing unemployment, enhancing productivity, and aligning academic programs with labor market demands. The Career Services Department fosters university-business collaborations and disseminates outcomes through online platforms, social media, and meetings with company representatives, aiming to establish long-term partnerships and enhance the integration of students and graduates into the labor market. The Academic Advisor institution is utilized for the selection of professional careers for graduates, and career days are organized where a significant number of businesses participate. Individual and group counselling services are provided for drafting CVs, covering letters, preparation of selection interviews, and the possibility of administering psychometric tests, along with mentoring activities.

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  • Ag. Spyridonos Str., Egaleo Postal Code 12243, Athens, Greece
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