PRESS RELEASE

Minister of Education of FYROM visits the International Hellenic University

The International Hellenic University (IHU) in Thessaloniki was paid a formal visit on Friday, 11 June, by the Minister of Education of FYROM, the Honourable Nikola Todorov, accompanied by a number of ministerial officers.

He was welcomed to the University by the President of the Governing Board, Professor Costas Th. Grammenos, and the members of the Governing Board of Greece’s first state English-speaking university.

Following a briefing by the President and members of the Board on the University’s research and teaching work up to now and its strategic plan for the next few years, the discussion turned to consider the prospects for possible cooperation at both research and teaching level. Finally the Minister was shown around the University facilities.

The visit is part of a series of similar contacts made by the IHU with leading members of the educational community across the Southeast European region, with the purpose of briefing them on the work and contribution of the IHU and to investigate the potential for regional cooperation.