Innovations

The postgraduate program "Human Performance" aims to advance knowledge, develop research and train high-level scientists capable of contributing to theoretical and applied fields in maximizing sports performance and exercise for prevention and rehabilitation.
The postgraduate program “Human performance” presents the following innovations:

• It emphasizes on research and cooperation between the University Departments of Greece through academic activities of common interest (e.g. interdepartmental research programs, joint curriculums, etc).
• Promotes research and cooperation between the University Departments of the country and corresponding Departments abroad (e.g. trans-European research programs, research, postgraduate student exchanges, teacher exchanges, etc).
• It emphasizes the connection of academic knowledge and theory with practice and labor market.
• It promotes research through collaboration with the laboratories of the Department of Physical Education at Thessaloniki.
• Students are given the opportunity to participate in research activities and programs.
• The teaching staff includes renowned scientists of recognized scientific prestige and experience.
• Financial support is provided to students with exceptional performance by granting scholarships and employing them in research projects.
• Mechanisms have been established to evaluate the course of the program, thus ensuring its quality and effectiveness.
• Lecturers, administrative staff and students are given the opportunity to enrich their knowledge in a series of subjects of mainly academic interest, through planned seminars held in its context (staff training programs).

The following facts prove the feasibility and practical value of the postgraduate program “Human Performance”:

• Creation of an infrastructure for the continuous renewal and promotion of specialized scientific knowledge.
• Production of qualified executives in cognitive directions that are not offered in any other Greek Department of Physical Education.
• Cooperation with productive, social, and research institutions, both in Greece and abroad.
• Provision of high-quality knowledge and skills for the effective training of scientific and research staff.