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Our Business Students from Thessaloniki and Bulgaria Connect at Annual Corporate Sustainability Week

On November 26th 2025 business students in Greece and Bulgaria came together for the annual Thessaloniki Corporate Sustainability Week inside the framework of the module Corporate Sustainability, led by Dr Alexandra Prodromidou and Ms Agnes Brunet. During the 2-day event, students attended speeches by industry experts on key topics such as ESG reporting, sustainable finance, and sustainability practices, gaining insight into how sustainability is applied in the business sector. Guest speakers included Dr. Triantafyllos Papafloratos, Founder and Managing Partner, Sustainability Business Case; Mr. Dimitris Lakasas CEO (Chief Executive Officer) of Olympia Electronics S.A; and Mr Sotiris Milonas, Sustainability and ESG Strategist, Founder of MSolutions Consulting. Working in mixed teams, students also collaborated on the creation of digital posters highlighting the main social and environmental challenges facing various industries. The purpose of this annual event is to strengthen collaboration between students from Thessaloniki and Sofia, while exposing undergraduates to real-world sustainability practices in modern business.  

28/01/2026

Season's Greetings from CITY College!

19/12/2025

Company visit at Transcombi by our Business Students

4 December 2025

01/12/2025

Neuroscience meets Marketing: Guest lecture by Dr Elina Ketikidi in Kosovo

Dr. Elina Ketikidi Gerakis, Lecturer at our Business Administration & Economics Department delivered a guest lecture organised in collaboration with the Faculty of Psychology at AAB College, the largest private higher education institution in Kosovo recognized for its dynamic academic environment and strong commitment to international cooperation. Themed “Neuroscience meets marketing: Understanding how the brain drives decisions.” the lecture was delivered in hybrid format. Dr Ketikidi Gerakis shared insights from contemporary research on how attention, emotion and neural processes influence decision-making in digital environments.  

27/11/2025

Christmas Tree Decoration

Join us as we kick off the holiday season by decorating our Christmas Trees! Bring your festive spirit, creativity, and good cheer as we turn our campus into a warm holiday home. ✨ Date:1st December at Galini Campus and 3rd December at Sofou Campus ✨ Time: 12:00 Let’s celebrate together and make this year’s tree truly special!  

26/11/2025

Blood Donation Day: 11 December 2025

Your contribution can save lives. Join us. Join us in supporting CITY’s Blood Bank, which supplies vital blood units to hospitals and patients in need throughout our community. Your donation can help accident victims, patients undergoing surgery, individuals with chronic illnesses, and many others who rely on life-saving transfusions. Basic donor guidelines: • Be 18–65 years old • Be in good general health • Have had a light meal and plenty of water • Bring an ID/passport Contact: Ms Theofano Kyriakou tkyriakou@york.citycollege.eu View photos from previous blood donations here: Blood donations Heroes at CITY College  

25/11/2025

Company visit at ALUMIL by our Business Students

Unveiling the Culture and Values Driving Global Success of a Global Leader: A day at Alumil Plant in Kilkis 3 December 2025  

24/11/2025

Guest Lecture: More Than a Port: Presentation on ThPA S.A.’s Multi-Gateway Intermodal Network

27 November, 3 December 2025  

24/11/2025

Study with the best in Thessaloniki

The University of York, UK ranks: Top 20 in the UK - The Times Good University Guide 2026 154th in the world - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026 The University’s outstanding performance for excellent teaching and research, is consistently confirmed by international independent assessment. The University of York is one of the world’s premier institutions for inspirational teaching and life-changing research. It is a member of the prestigious Russell Group, representing 24 leading UK universities maintaining the highest research and academic standards. In the Times Higher Education's most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021), the University of York was ranked in the top 10 in the UK for the quality of its research. In 2023 the University of York achieved its second consecutive Gold Teaching Excellence Framework award. The University aims - research with relevance and reach, ethical and empowering education, positive and productive partnerships, lasting legacies - enable it to realise its vision of creating social benefit and public good through everything it does. The University of York works across disciplines to find better ways to research and address the global challenges of our time; provide students with the opportunity to encounter different ways of understanding the world around us and new ways of shaping it; magnify its impact through local and global partnerships with boldness, ambition and innovation in the ways it creates, shares and applies knowledge; and opens up opportunity for all to join a diverse and inclusive community of shared purpose. Gold Award for outstanding learning and teaching (TEF 2023) The University of York has received the prestigious Gold Award in the latest Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF 2023) for its outstanding learning and teaching and student experience.       Excellence in research The University of York is ranked in the top 10 in the UK for the quality of its research in the Times Higher Education's ranking of the Research Excellence Framework 2021. Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 No 10 overall - Times Higher Education York is a six-times winner of the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for research. Member of Worldwide Universities Network - group of 19 research universities from around the globe.   The University of York in the UK universities rankings No 20 - The Times Good University Guide 2026   No 20 - Complete University Guide 2027   No 20 - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026   No 25 - Guardian University Guide 2025   The University of York in the world universities rankings No 154 in the world - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2026   No 12 in the Golden Age Universities (universities established between 50-80 years ago) - Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020    

24/11/2025

Developing ESG Leadership | Together for Good Action Series

26-27 November 2025  

20/11/2025

Turning Sustainability into Strategy: VIPA Guest Lecture Inspires Business Students

Our business students had the opportunity to engage with Theodoros Panagiotopoulos, People Operations Manager, and Dimitra Karathanasi, HR Business Partner at VIPA Greece, in two inspiring sessions held on 4 and 6 November 2025 across our Thessaloniki Campus. Through “From Waste to Worth: How VIPA Turns Sustainability into Strategy”, students explored how strategic management, leadership, and ethical governance can transform sustainability into long-term business success. The discussions illustrated how VIPA applies the core management functions, showcasing innovation, diversity, and ethics as engines of competitiveness. These events exemplified the bridge between classroom learning and real-world management practice, under the Principles of Management module led by Dr Giovanni Oscar Serafini. A warm thank you to our speakers and to our students for their engagement and thoughtful questions throughout both sessions!  

07/11/2025

Presentation: People, performance, and purpose: leadership lessons from M. Arabatzis S.A. - Hellenic Dough

6 November 2025  

03/11/2025