The Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) of Harokopio University of Athens is an operational independent administrative structure, supervised by the Rector or the relevant Vice-Rector, to whom the relevant authority has been assigned. The mission of Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) is the continuous improvement of the quality of the educational and research work of the Foundation, as well as the effective operation and performance of its services.
Quality Assurance Unit (QAU) structured internally by the Quality Assurance Committee and the Quality Assurance Department.
The Quality Assurance Committee of Harokopio University of Athens is the central coordinating body for all quality assurance and evaluation procedures of the Institution (ΦΕΚ Β΄ 1436/24.03.2022), it is established by the decision of the Senate and it consists of:
a) the Rector or one of the Vice Rectors, as President,
b) five (5) Professors
c) a representative of each category of the University’s personnel (articles 28 and 29 of Law 4009/2011, as they were amended and being in effect) with the right to vote, when issues of the corresponding category of personnel are discussed.
d) a representative of the undergraduate students and a representative of the postgraduate students and doctoral candidates, if any, as members.
Τhe members of Quality Assurance Committee are appointed for four years, while that of the representatives of undergraduate students and postgraduate students is annual.
The composition of the Quality Assurance Committee of the Harokopio University of Athens based on the decision no.103037/31.10.22 of the Senate is as follows:
Chairman
- Georgios Dedoussis, Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance, Professor of the Department of Dietetics – Nutrition Science
Members
- Christos Chalkias, Vice Chancellor for Research, Development and Lifelong Education, Professor of the Department of Geography
- Dimitrios Zmpainos, Assistant Professor of the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, with Ioannis Kostakis as deputy, Assistant Professor of the Department
- Antonia – Leda Matala, Professor of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition Science, with Antonia Chiou, Deputy Professor of the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition Science
- Malvina Vamvakari, Professor of the Department of Informatics and Telematics, with Iraklis Varlamis as deputy, Associate Professor of the Department of Informatics and Telematics
- Panagiotis Artelaris, Assistant Professor of the Department of Geography, with Georgios Petropoulos as deputy, Assistant Professor of the Department of Geography
- Athanasia Zisimopoulou, member of Special Educational Staff of the University, with deputy Eleftheria Manailoglou, member of Special Educational Staff of the University
- Evanthia Andrikopoulou, member of Laboratory Teaching Staff of the University, with Evelyn Giselle Constance Christine Durie as deputy, member of Laboratory Teaching Staff of the Department of Geography
- Constantia Barda, member of Special Technical Laboratory Staff of the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development, with deputy Maria Mallidou, member of Special Technical Laboratory Staff of the Department of Economics and Sustainable Development
- Loretta Syngerki, member of the administrative staff of the University,(ΙΔΑΧ) employee, with deputy Zoe Foulidis, (ΙΔΑΧ) employee
- Representative of Undergraduate Students Evgenia – Maria Kontogeorgi, as a member, with deputy Undergraduate Student Stefani Ioannou
- Representative of Postgraduate Students and Doctoral Candidates Alexandros – Pantelis Tsigkas, as a member, with deputy Doctoral Candidate Christos Chroni
Previous decisions establishing Quality Assurance Unit (QAU)
Senate decision no. 447/26.01.2022 (prot. no. 98433/08.02.2022)
Senate decision no. 407/14.10.2020 (prot. no. 89411/22.10.2020)
prot. no. 103037/31.10.22 Senate decision
