Mission, Vision and Charter

Mission

The University Statement of Mission serves as the defining declaration of institutional purpose and direction. It is the lens through which all University programs and initiatives are viewed, instituted, and measured.

Hellenic American University provides the highest quality American education which is interculturally-informed, interdisciplinary in nature, and career relevant. It educates its students to be global citizens who are solidly grounded in the liberal arts and equipped to contribute to the economic and social development of their communities. The University’s research initiatives advance the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the arts and humanities, social and natural sciences, business, and technology.

Purposes of our University
  • Prepare students for careers that enhance the quality of their professional lives by offering rigorous, competency-based academic programs that respond to economic and social needs;
  • Initiate, promote, and support faculty and student research, applied research, advanced scholarship, and creativity;
  • Develop well-rounded individuals who are conversant with both the conventions and basic knowledge of disciplines other than their own and with the interrelations between these disciplines;
  • Cultivate the values of diversity, sustainability, internationalism, and integrity;
  • Develop life-long learners by creating a stimulating academic culture and environment that fosters intellectual inquiry and promotes habits of critical thinking; and
  • Educate students to take leadership roles in their own communities and the larger global community by emphasizing social responsibility and public service.
Institutional Vision

Our Statement of Institutional Vision stands as an ideal to which the Hellenic American University community continuously aspires. Our objective is to purposefully and thoughtfully prioritize and undertake those actions which will bring our University ever closer to this ideal. This is a stimulating and worthy challenge, one that asks the best of all who embrace the University as their academic home.

Hellenic American University will be recognized as the premier publicly-regulated, independent, American institution of higher learning in the larger Mediterranean region.

The University’s Charter

The Charter of Hellenic American University provides the legal foundation and framework for the institution and grants the University the authority to operate and award degrees. The subsequent approval and recognition sought from State agencies and regional accreditors are intended to assure that the University’s programs and their delivery of instruction meet or exceed the rigorous standards of American higher education.

Hellenic American University was established as a United States institution of higher education on May 11, 2004, through passage of an Act of the General Court of the State of New Hampshire and the signature of the Governor. This legislation gave rise to an unprecedented initiative: the creation of a fully American university, chartered in the Granite State, but having its campus 6000 miles away in Athens, Greece – just footsteps from the first University founded 2500 years ago, Plato’s Academy.

Hellenic American University’s undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs are regulated, approved, and regularly monitored by the New Hampshire Postsecondary Education Commission (NHPEC). Effective as of March 2008, the University is approved by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges’ (NEASC’s) Commission of Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) as a Candidate for Accreditation; the University is committed to securing full regional accreditation at the earliest possible date, in accordance with the timelines established by NEASC.