Studies in the Department of Regional and Cross-Border Studies of the University of Western Macedonia are focused on the scientific subject of regional development, focusing on issues of innovation, entrepreneurship, competitiveness, regional policies and spatial economics. At the same time, it is the only Department in Greece that focuses on the study of the border through the perspective of a dynamic economic and social phenomenon.

The curriculum of the Department leads to a degree in “Science of Regional and Cross-Border Development” and focuses on the study of Socio-Economic and Sustainable Development of Regions and their Cross-Border Development Policies, aiming at the integrated education of students to take up positions of qualified personnel and responsibility as well as rendering them experts in the relevant fields.