The 15th annual i-MBA Career Fair was successfully concluded on Wednesday, 25th April 2018. 40 companies, representing more than 10 industry sectors, including Consumer Services, Consulting, Energy, Fast Moving Consumer Goods, Professional staffing and HR services, Retail, Industrials, Telecommunications, Health, Pharmaceuticals, etc., were there to meet and interview approximately 100 students and alumni of the program who participated in the event. It’s worth noting that 5% of the companies hired directly from the career fair and 43% of the companies have already proceeded to a second round of interviews with the program’s students and alumni.

The event brought together experienced professionals and entry level talented individuals with some of the biggest multinational and Greek companies. With strong and diverse academic and professional background and skills that are instilled at the program’s curriculum (leadership skills, strategic thinking, international exposure, ability to leverage technology and achieve high level results, etc.), our students and alumni fulfill the diverse needs of companies of all sectors, and have proven to be a strong asset for them.

By increasing employment opportunities for the students and alumni of the program and by offering a wide choice for selection to recruiters, this event has been established as one of the most successful and effective Career Events for both participating companies, and students and alumni of the Program.

The Career Fair is one of the services offered by the Career Office of the program, aiming at students’ career development and advancement. It’s worth noting that 87% of the students have jobs within 6 months of graduation (Career statistics 2017).

The following companies were the Gold Supporters of the event: Plaisio Computers S.A., Robert Bosch S.A., The Nielsen Company (Greece) and was kindly communicated by epixeiro.gr, Global Sustain, kariera.gr, skywalker.gr & ΣΤΕΝΤΟΡΑΣ.

On Friday, 8th of June 2018, at 18:00 (room 802) participants of the course Energy Economics and Management, conducted by Prof. Tsani and Prof. Koundouri, will have the opportunity to gain greater insight on the exploration of oil and gas potential in Greece. Dr. Yiannis Bassias ()  with an extensive, academic and professional experience over the last 25 years, is invited to share his knowledge on issues related to:

-Local content, technological capacity and need for experienced technical staff and service companies in Greece for the coming years

-Experience and lessons for Greece drawn from other countries in Central America, North Africa, East Africa in terms of "how many years it will take to start having revenues"

-Environmental concerns and taxation

-HHRM role and interactions with the businesses that have been granted exploration rights so far

-Economic policies relevant to oil and gas

The lecture is open to current students and alumni of the Program.

*In case you are interested, please register to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The upcoming ‘Back-to-school’ is now on! Deadline date: 9.5.2018

Back-to-School is an incredible opportunity to join the MBA International current students in an elective course of your interest from those that are being announced by the program.

For the 5^th period of 2018, the courses that the alumni can attend through the Back to School Program are the following:

• Business to Business Marketing – 10 slots
• Energy Economics & Management – 10 slots
• International Marketing – 5 slots
• Managing Organizational Knowledge -  10 slots
• Mergers & Acquisitions – 5 slots
• Social Network Analytics – 10 slots

Be aware that as the iMBA Alumni Association constantly aims at creating value for its members, we  offer FREE participation in the Back-to-School program to all iMBA Alumni Association members that have an active subscription, or that register and pay their annual membership fee before the Back-to-School elective of your interest starts. The cost of each Back-to-School course is else 200 Euros.

In case that you are interested in attending any of the available courses please contact the program officer, Metaxenia Konstantinidou by sending an e-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., the latest till Wednesday, 9/5/2018 so she can inform you for the exact dates and classrooms.

Follow the simple steps below to claim your free participation in any Back-to-school course:

1. Make sure that you have an active subscription at the iMBA Alumni Association (to register and pay the annual membership fee please visit: http://www.i-mbalumni.com/component/rsform/form/3-aueb-mba-international-alumni-association-registration-form)

2. To claim a free participation please send an e-mail at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., stating your full name as well as the year that you graduated from the iMBA the latest till Wednesday, 9/5/2018 (cc: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

To read more about 'Back-to-school' program, please click here.

In the frame of the course “Strategic Restructuring in the Healthcare and Life Sciences Sector” , conducted by Dr. Emmanuel Alexandrakis, two leading experts will give  presentations with an open discussion on the developments, critical issues and challenges of the Healthcare sector, at the premises of the MBA International.

More specifically on the 11^th of April 2018, Dr. Agis Tsouros, Former Director of Policy and Governance for Health and Wellbeing at the World Health Organization (WHO) and current Secretary General in World Institute for Cities Diplomacy and International Adviser in Global Healthy Cities, will focus his presentation on the following key questions:

-Why has our understanding of health changed dramatically in the past 40 years?

-What are the critical issues, values and concepts that should underpin the framing of 21st century health development policies and strategies?

-What are the imperatives of global health and sustainable development?

-What are the key features of modern health systems according to the WHO European Strategy for Health and Wellbeing-Health 2020?

Following Dr. Tsouros’ insightful presentation, on the 16th of April 2018, Dr. Platon Peristeris, Consultant in Pharmaceuticals and ex Medical Director, MSD Greece, Cyprus and Malta, will introduce attendees to Biologics & Biosimilars. Biologic therapies and the Biosimilars markets will be presented as one of the current major areas of interest of the pharma industry but also of other key stakeholders of the Health sector such as payors and patients. The topics of pricing, Greek biosimilar policy, patient registries, therapeutic protocols and patient access to biologic medicine will be explored and an interactive discussion session will follow.

Please register at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to secure your slot!