A very fruitful series of meetings took place in May 2026 at the Campus of the Technical University of Crete (TUC) on finalizing the organizational and academic operation of the new Joint International Master’s Program on Responsible Consumption and Production under Sustainable Mining (RCP-SM). This is a new study program, jointly organized by the School of Mineral Resources Engineering (MRE), Technical University of Crete (TUC) in Greece and the Technical University of Leoben (TUL) in Austria.
This new program is supported with funding from the Greece 2.0 National Recovery and Resilience Plan (Universities Internationalization Program) and is implemented in collaboration with the European University on Responsible Consumption and Production (EURECA-PRO), in which the two organizing institutions participate as founding members since 2020. The new program will commence in the 2026 Winter Semester.
Work meetings and discussions took place between 27.05.2026 and 29.05.2026 and were attended by the visiting delegation from the Technical University of Leoben (TUL), representing the Admissions Office and the Legal Office of TUL:
- Bianca Sieberer (TUL Admissions Office, main spokesperson and contact person)
- Barbara Ott (TUL Admissions Office, implementation of admission process)
- Christina Waldauf (TUL Legal Office, consultant to the Rectorate for academic affairs)
- Erika Rossoll (TUL Legal Office, consultant for Research and Innovation contracts and agreements)
as well as members of the Postgraduate Studies Committee of the School of MRE:
- Assoc. Prof. Emmanouil Varouchakis (EURECA-PRO TUC Education Lead and RCP-SM Program Coordinator)
- Prof. Panagiotis Partsinevelos
- Prof. Konstantinos Komnitsas
- Prof. Michael Galetakis
and members of the EURECA-PRO TUC team:
- Prof. Konstantinos-Alketas Ouggrinis (TUC Vice Rector for Research and Innovation)
- Prof. Em. Evan Diamantopoulos (EURECA-PRO TUC Coordinator)
- Prof. Michail G. Lagoudakis (EURECA-PRO TUC Deputy Coordinator)
- Dr. Eleni Mylona (EURECA-PRO TUC Education and I&E Representative)
- Aliki Stergianni (EURECA-PRO TUC Joint Study Programs and Accreditation Representative)
- Ioulia Koroptsenko (EURECA-PRO TUC Joint Study Programs and Accreditation Representative)
- Stavroula Panagiotidou (School of MRE Doctoral Candidate and EURECA-PRO Doctoral Training School)
Overall, the meetings focused on key areas that directly affect the longevity and smooth implementation of the new Master’s program: student admissions, international student procedures, educational agreements, legal compliance, research contracts, and funding structures. Bringing together colleagues from the two institutions allows to address both the operational and strategic dimensions of the ongoing collaboration and create a stronger basis for future joint activities.
This project was funded by the European Union under the Grant Agreement No 101124439 "EURECA-PRO 2.0". Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.