According to the Presidential Decree No 118, "The Department of Economics has the mission a) to cultivate and promote knowledge in sectors related to economic theory and policy, b) to provide students with all the necessary qualifications for a successful professional future, c) to organise postgraduate programmes that educate and train, offering specialised knowledge in various fields of economic science, according to the area of research of the Department, d) to study economics in combination with new technologies and to promote the role of Greece in the Balkans, in Europe and at an international level".