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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering – Overview

 

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (DEEE, https://eee.uniwa.gr/en/ ) is the biggest within the Faculty of Engineering and within the whole of UNIWA as well. It is also the best staffed Department in UNIWA and one of the better staffed Departments of Engineering in the whole country.

The mission of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering is

  • to offer academic engineering studies in the discipline of Electrical and Electronics through undergraduate and graduate curricula and a PhD Programme;
  • to generate novel knowledge and to advance science and technology in the relevant fields, both independently and within national and international/European research collaborations;
  • to contribute to the development of regional and national production, economy and society through initiatives and outreach activities towards public and private institutions.

Today, DEEE boasts a body of sixty (60) professors of all grades who cover the lecture needs of all taught courses in the curriculum. They are aided by eleven (11) members of teaching staff (EDIP), nine (9) members of technical staff (ETEP) and a varying number of qualified adjunct personnel hired yearly to offer mainly laboratory assistance.

The undergraduate curriculum offered by DEEE corresponds to a well-established, recognized and broad engineering discipline, that of Electrical and Electronics – a field where research and innovation keep producing novel and impressive results that directly affect production, economy and our daily life. Thanks to the high academic standards of the faculty and staff members, DEEE maintains a state-of-the-art level in this discipline. The undergraduate curriculum offered today covers 5 years (10 academic semesters) in full-time study mode and gives to the graduate the knowledge, skills and competence necessary to meet current job or graduate study requirements as well as future challenges. In 2020, the diploma conferred has been recognized as an Integrated Master’s Degree according to national legislation. Visit the DEEE undergraduate curriculum webpage in https://eee.uniwa.gr/en/studies/undergraduate/curriculum .

DEEE also offers 2nd cycle (Master Degree) and 3rd cycle (PhD) studies. Five intra-departmental and two inter-departmental MSc Programmes (https://eee.uniwa.gr/en/studies/postgraduate-msc-m ) cover a broad spectrum of specializations within Electrical and Electronics Engineering and cross-disciplinary fields. Eighty (80) PhD students are currently enrolled and carry out research under the supervision of DEEE faculty. Our PhD studies Programme is the breeding ground expected to yield a new generation of scientists and researchers; as such, they are encouraged to get actively involved in all education and research activities of DEEE. More details on our PhD Studies Programme and Regulation can be found in https://eee.uniwa.gr/en/studies/postgraduate-phd .

DEEE is intensively active in research and innovation and is strongly involved in collaborations at the national (NCSR “Demokritos”, Hellenic Emerging Technologies Industry Association (HETiA), Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving (CRES), Hellas Public Power Corporation, etc.) and at the international level (Horizon-2020, CERN, Columbia University, Carnegie-Mellon University, etc.) DEEE is the first Greek University Department to be accepted as an Associated Technical Institute by the international ATLAS Collaboration at CERN. Today research and development activities are hosted in the eleven (11) departmental Research Laboratories (https://eee.uniwa.gr/en/research/research-labs ); our undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to early participate in all relevant activities.

DEEE works to warrantee the European/international scientific and/or professional perspective of the graduates, through the adoption of the ECTS, the participation in ERASMUS+ exchanges, the participation in academic and research exchanges through bilateral agreements with countries that excel in engineering studies (Germany – DAAD, Japan, Korea, etc.). DEEE encourages students, faculty and staff to take active part in ERASMUS+ exchanges, with excellent results: this is the top Department in UNIWA as to the number of completed exchanges, under both learning and training agreements.

 

[1] Law. 4521/2018 Law 4521/2018 “Establishment of the University of Western Attica and other provisions”, (Government Gazette Α 38/2-3-2018)