The Hellenic American University was founded in 2004 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States, as a private degree-granting institution of higher education by an act of the New Hampshire State Legislature. The university rents office space in Nashua, New Hampshire, but its primary campus is located in Athens, Greece, in buildings it shares with the Hellenic American Union (HAU) and the Hellenic American College (HAEC), a Greek affiliate. Hellenic American University is a member of the New Hampshire College & University Council (NHCUC), a non-profit consortium of 17 public and private institutions of higher education in the state of New Hampshire.