Student Welfare

 

Feeding

Both active undergraduate and graduate students can have access to the University Cafeteria for all meals. The documentation necessary for free of change feeding should be submitted to the office of Student Welfare in May of every academic year. Freshmen can submit the documents at the same time they register for the first time to the Department.

The requisites and the list of documents are made available on both the Department and University website at the beginning of every Academic Year.

• The right for free meals can be discontinued when students take leave of absence and for as long as their absence from the university lasts.
• The right for free meals is lost after graduation and when study duration exceeds the normal period increased by half.
• Students who have been placed in the department for the acquisition of a second Bachelor’s degree do not have the right for free meals.

 

Accommodation

Both active undergraduate and graduate students can stay in the student residence of the Institution free of charge. The documentation necessary for free of change feeding should be submitted to the office of Student Welfare in May of every academic year. Freshmen can submit the documents at the same time they register for the first time to the Department.

The requisites and the list of documents are made available on both the Department and University website at the beginning of every Academic Year.

 

Transport

Both active undergraduate and graduate students can have a reduced price ticket in short distance and long distance public mass means of transport on the condition that they are holders of an academic identity.

The academic identity is published electronically by the respective office of the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs, and more specifically, by the Service for the Acquisition of Academic Identity for all undergraduate and graduate students. Those students who study for the acquisition of a second Bachelor’s degree (BA) do not have the right to use their academic identity for a low-cost ticket.

 

Provision of Healthcare

All undergraduate and graduate students, natives, expatriates and foreigners have the right to receive healthcare for as long as the study duration doesn’t exceed the normal period increased by half. In case of student leave of absence, the right to healthcare can be extended accordingly.A booklet of student healthcare provision is granted by the Departmental Secretary upon receipt of a photograph and is renewed every Academic Year.

If his/her healthcare provision is covered fromanother insurance Agency (e.g. his parents), then the student can choose the insurance agency he/she wishes via a statutory declaration that is submitted to the Departmental Secretary.

The medical care provided is of second rate (B class), and its cost is calculatedby a statement of account that applies on occasions for all public servants.

The healthcare is exclusively provided within the limits of Greek sovereign state, and, more specifically: (a) in the area where the University is located, (b) in the area where traineeship takes place or the dissertation is being undertaken, as well as in the area where educational research is being conducted and an educational trip is in progress and (c) in an area away from the University, in case of an emergency incident that needs urgent medical report.

The medical healthcare provision covers the following points:

• medical examinations
• nursing healthcare treatment
• pharmaceutical healthcare treatment
• paramedical examinations
• home nursing
• dental healthcare

Free of charge medical and pharmaceutical provision is also granted to:

• foreign scholars of the Greek Government, who learn the Greek language and intend to pursue further studies in Greek Higher Education Institutions
• foreign scholars of the Greek Government, who conduct research in a Greek Higher Education Institution or are attending taught modules in these Institutions asfree listeners.

Healthcare expenditure in all these cases will be covered by the respective nursing homes.

 

Student Union

 

The Student Union of the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources was founded on April 13^th 2000.

All students of the department can register and become members of it. The superior body of the Union is the General Assembly of its members that decides on every critical issue of concern for its members.

The aim of the Union is the close collaboration and organization among the student-members of the department for the evaluation and solution of key problems and for the achievement of certain goals of the Union within a spirit of free democratic dialogue, liberal exchange of ideas and fertile confrontation.

The Board of Council of the Student Union consists of seven members, i.e.:

The President: VassileiosAdamantiou

Vice-President: IliasPagio

Secretary: AsimeniaChatzivasileiadou

Treasurer: ThanosMoraitis

Member A: Giannis Kollas

Member A: GiorgiosLaskaridis

Member C: Antonia Kostoglou