Professor Emmanouil Pikoulis of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens’ School of Medicine and the MSc in Global Health – Disaster Medicine coordinated an academic working meeting earlier this month in Athens. The event brought together seven Universities from Europe and Asia as part of the EU-funded LEAN project (Erasmus+,…

Film director Fotos Lambrinos was awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Department of Digital Arts and Cinema of the School of Economics and Political Sciences at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The award ceremony was held on Friday, 19 December 2025, in the University’s Great Hall.

On Thursday, January 8, 2026, a feature article was published on the BBC website about the project ‘Biodiversity and Archaeological Sites’ (BIAS). The extensive text highlights the unique role of archaeological sites as ‘harbours’ of biodiversity. These sites have remained unchanged for many decades, and their natural environment has been…

The volume *Victorians and Modern Greece: Literary and Cultural Encounters*, eds Efterpi Mitsi and Anna Despotopoulou, professors in
Department of English Language and Literature, NKUA, will be presented at the British School at Athens on 19/1/26, 6:00 pm -7:00 pm EET.

The book has been recently published by Routledge in the British School…

The Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs, and Sports and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, launching a strategic partnership aimed at strengthening lifelong learning and opening up new opportunities for adults. The initiative promotes the application of scientific knowledge in…

Nearly two centuries have passed since the founding of theNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece’soldest and largest higher education institution. From its inception, the University has evolved in tandem with the early modern Greek State, shaping and witnessing every defining moment of the nation’s history. Since 1837,…

In 2025, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens once again stood at the forefront, both nationally and internationally.

Over the course of the year, the University of Athens gained widespread international recognition as the most improved University in Europe (QS World University Rankings), climbing further in global rankings to…

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