Support Structures and Services

• Practicum Office

The School has collaborated with at least 250 institutions and companies of the public and private sector. The opinions of the students as recorded by the reports – evaluations of their internship are very positive. The main benefits that all interns without exception report that they obtained are the acquisition of experience and their first contact and connection with the labor market. In several cases, gyms and sports clubs have kept students as regular paid employees after their internships, while businesses have promoted students to work in camps, etc. The experience is equally positive from the business side. who accepted the students for internships. After all, this is shown both by the very positive evaluation of the performance of all the students during their internship by the companies, and by the very large increase in the number of companies currently cooperating with the School. The strengthening of the Department’s relations with the wider society of the Trikala region, through its cooperation with sports bodies of the public and private sector, is the main benefit of the School.

• Career Office

Education is much more than obtaining a degree. It is also about preparing for a successful career, and the Career Office aims to help University of Thessaly students make that a reality by informing them of their options.

Students have the opportunity to attend workshops and training seminars and resume writing.

The University of Thessaly Career Office connects students with schools, alumni associations and businesses to achieve a successful career.

Online Services and Tools

• Electronic Secretariat

The “eSecretariat” application manages students’ data during their studies. It concerns all the Secretariats of undergraduate and postgraduate study programs as well as the Secretariats of doctoral candidates.

User access is through their Institutional account, while access from networks outside UTH, is possible ONLY through connection to the University’s Virtual Private Network (VPN).

Through the Information System, users have the possibility to see information about their courses, timetables, scores they have achieved in examined courses, as well as to make their declaration about the courses they wish to be examined in the next exam period etc.

Also, any announcements regarding study matters from the School Secretariat are posted there.

• E-Class Learning Platform

The UTH e-Class platform is a complete Electronic Course Management System.

It follows the philosophy of open source software and supports the asynchronous remote-learning service without limitations and restrictions.

http://eclass.uth.gr

Access to the service is done using a simple web browser without requiring specialized technical knowledge.

• Microsoft Office 365

The Telematics Network of UTH offers to its users a multitude of free Microsoft applications in the categories of Operating Systems, Databases, Developer Tools, etc.

Access to Microsoft’s Office365 services is also provided through the DELOS Federation of the National Research and Technology Network. There is thus the possibility to access a collection of useful online applications and services anywhere, as long as there is access to the internet and a web browser on any compatible PC, mobile phone and tablet. The result is enhanced productivity and efficiency.

• Wi-Fi/Eduroam

The University of Thessaly offers to all its members as well as visitors from other interconnected institutions wireless access to its network and the Internet. Wireless is available in most buildings, common areas and auditoriums, and many classrooms.

Eduroam is an international roaming network of wireless internet access, which interconnects academic institutions around the world, and offers free wireless (WiFi) access to the international academic and research community.

Student Welfare

• Academic ID

The Electronic Service for Acquiring Academic Identity started in the academic year 2011-2012 and supports multiple benefits – privileges for all members of Greek institutions of higher education (students of the three cycles of studies, permanent, visiting and contracted lecturers, administrative and technical staff), as well and the members of research institutions (research, administrative and technical staff).

For the development of the service, the computing infrastructure of EDYTE S.A. was utilized, which in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs developed the central information system for the implementation of the single academic identity in the form of a plastic or smart card.

The service helps to modernize the way academic and student welfare services are delivered, by saving public money by eliminating abusive benefits, by removing the need for annual re-issuance of student IDs and other cards.

• “PROSVASI” Support Structure for Persons with Disabilities

PROSVASI is the support structure for students with disabilities and/or special educational needs of the University of Thessaly. The aim of PROSVASI is to strengthen the learning and social access of students with disabilities and/or special educational needs of the University of Thessaly as well as their access to the premises of the University of Thessaly.

PROSVASI provides multidimensional services aimed in principle at students with disabilities and/or special educational needs, at volunteer students as well as at the teaching and administrative staff of all departments of the University of Thessaly in the cities of Volos, Larissa, Trikala , Karditsa and Lamia. Also, PROSVASI cooperates with various agencies and participates in various actions regarding accessibility issues.

The services of PROSVASI are designed and provided by a group of people made up of the scientific manager, the staff and the scientific collaborators of PROSVASI and the volunteer students of the University. In addition, in each Department there is a faculty member who acts as a link with PROSVASI and a responsible member in the Secretariat. Finally, the PROSVASI Committee consists of faculty members from different Departments of the University of Thessaly who discuss important issues and make decisions regarding the operation of PROSVASI.