University of Macedonia

The University of Macedonia (UoM; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας, ΠΑΜΑΚ, Panepistímio Makedonías, PAMAK) is a public university in Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece.

Founded as School of Higher Industrial Studies of Thessaloniki (in Greek: Ανώτατη Βιομηχανική Σχολή Θεσσαλονίκης, Anṓtatī Viomīchanikī́ Scholī́ Thessaloníkīs) in 1948 and started its first operation during the academic year 1957–1958, it is the second largest university in the city (following the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). It currently consists of eight departments which deal mainly with social, political, economic sciences and Information Technology.

The language of instruction is Greek, although there are programs in foreign languages, courses both for international and local students, carried out in English, French, German, Italian, Turkish, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Georgian, Albanian, Hebrew, Romanian and Arabic.