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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

<p>The <b>National and Kapodistrian University of Athens</b> (<b>NKUA</b>; <a href="/en/Greek_language" title="Greek language" class="wl">Greek</a><span>: </span><span>Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών</span>, <i>Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón</i>), usually referred to simply as the <b>University of Athens</b> (<b>UoA</b>), is a <a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">public university</a> in <a href="/en/Athens" title="Athens" class="wl">Athens</a>, Greece.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-HQA_External_Evaluation_Report_NKUA_UoA_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-HQA_External_Evaluation_Report_NKUA_UoA-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-MODIP_Report_2015_–_NKUA_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-MODIP_Report_2015_–_NKUA-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span></p>

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<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles mw:Transclusion">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Type, Established, Rector, Academic staff, Ad...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><caption class="infobox-title fn org" style="font-size:125%;">National and Kapodistrian University of Athens</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="nickname" lang="el">Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg/100px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="240" data-file-type="drawing" height="157" width="100" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg/150px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ab/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg/200px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg.png 2x" alt="National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_logo.svg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname"><a href="/en/Latin_language" title="Latin language" class="mw-redirect wl">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Universitas Athenarum</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Public_university" title="Public university" class="wl">Public</a><br><a href="/en/Higher_education_institution" title="Higher education institution" class="mw-redirect wl">Higher education institution</a><br><a href="/en/List_of_universities_in_Greece" title="List of universities in Greece" class="wl">Greece university system</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">May<span>&nbsp;</span>3, 1837<span class="noprint"><span>;</span><span> </span>185 years ago</span><span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1837-05-03</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Rector_(academia)" title="Rector (academia)" class="wl">Rector</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Meletios–Athanassios Dimopoulos</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Academic staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">~2,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Administrative staff</div></th><td class="infobox-data">~1,300</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education" class="wl">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">40,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education" class="wl">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">14,200</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/en/Doctorate" title="Doctorate" class="wl">Doctoral students</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">8,800</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/en/Athens" title="Athens" class="wl">Athens</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name"><a href="/en/Greece" title="Greece" class="wl">Greece</a></div><br><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens&amp;params=37.968198_N_23.778684_E_" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec">37.968198°N 23.778684°E</span><span style="display:none"><span>﻿</span> / <span class="geo">37.968198; 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<div style="font-weight:bold; text-align:center;">Building details</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Universität_von_Athen.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Universität_von_Athen.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg/250px-Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="11746" data-file-height="6260" data-file-type="bitmap" height="133" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg/375px-Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg/500px-Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg 2x" alt="Universit%C3%A4t_von_Athen.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="text-align: center">The 19th-century University of Athens historic building designed by <a href="/en/Christian_Hansen_(architect)" title="Christian Hansen (architect)" class="wl">Christian Hansen</a>, as seen in 2014. It was once the only University building but now serves as a ceremony hall and rectory</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="[&quot;_9ca90d79b0ac3d299b054135152d131e52b94ea3&quot;]"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=National+and+Kapodistrian+University+of+Athens&amp;revid=1141547511&amp;groups=_9ca90d79b0ac3d299b054135152d131e52b94ea3" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=National+and+Kapodistrian+University+of+Athens&amp;revid=1141547511&amp;groups=_9ca90d79b0ac3d299b054135152d131e52b94ea3 2x"></a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Urban_area" title="Urban area" class="wl">Urban</a>, <a href="/en/Suburban" title="Suburban" class="mw-redirect wl">suburban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Newspaper</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>To Kapodistriako</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/en/School_colors" title="School colors" class="wl">Colours</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Blue and White <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:blue; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span><span class="legend-color" style="background-color:white; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"><span>&nbsp;</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://en.uoa.gr" class="external text" target="_blank">en<wbr>.uoa<wbr>.gr</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span><a href="/en/File:National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg/300px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="79" data-file-type="drawing" height="73" width="300" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg/450px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1a/National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg/600px-National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg.png 2x" alt="National_and_Kapodistrian_University_of_Athens_new_logo.svg"></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>

<p>It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the <a href="/en/History_of_Modern_Greece" title="History of Modern Greece" class="mw-redirect wl">modern Greek state</a> and the first contemporary university in both the <a href="/en/Balkan_Peninsula" title="Balkan Peninsula" class="mw-redirect wl">Balkan Peninsula</a> and the <a href="/en/Eastern_Mediterranean" title="Eastern Mediterranean" class="wl">Eastern Mediterranean</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-History_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-History-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-UoA_2019_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-UoA_2019-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>

<p>The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is an integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition.</p>



The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , usually referred to simply as the University of Athens , is a public university in Athens, Greece. It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is an integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition. 