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National Technical University of Athens among the Top Universities Worldwide

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is on the list of the top universities worldwide, according to the Shanghai Rankings for 2019. According to NTUA's announcement, the School of Civil Engineering ranked 7th in the world and 3rd in...

National Technical University of Athens among Europe's Top 30 in Engineering

The National Technical University of Athens is among the 30 leading European universities and the top 150 in the world in the Engineering / Technology field, according to the latest Shanghai Rankings list. The National Technical University of Athens School...

National Technical University to Honour Le Corbusier in Series of Events

The National Technical University and the school of architecture are organising a series of events on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of Le Corbusier, one of the most emblematic personalities of modernism in architecture. The events...

University of Athens and National Technical University Closed

The University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens remain closed for the 10th consecutive week. On Friday, the First Instance Court of Athens upheld the action of the Minister of Education, declaring the strike of the administrators...

Greek Law School Students Win Gold in International Mediation Competition

A team of law students from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki won gold and bronze medals at the 2020 International Mediation Singapore Competition, according to the final results released on Saturday. A total of 400 competitors in 48 teams from...

Greek University Team Creates Platform that Detects Coronavirus in Real Time

A National Technical University of Athens team was awarded in a European Commission competition for creating a platform that uses sewer surveillance for early COVID-19 detection. The Greek team collaborated with students from the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom...

University of Crete Ranked Best Academic Institution in Greece, According to New Study

According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which was published on Wednesday, the University of Crete takes first place among all of Greece's higher education institutions for the academic year 2019-2020. This specific ranking uses a total...

The New Greek Government Will Put an End to University Asylum

One of the first pre-election pledges of New Democracy leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, was the abolition of the academic asylum in Greek universities, a controversial issue that plagues several campuses across Greece. The university asylum as a concept was established after...

Greek Island Triplets Excel in University Entrance Exams

The Lazaris triplets have made their family and the whole of Kalymnos island proud by excelling in June's Greek university entrance examinations. Michalis, Eleni and Stelios Lazaris secured places in the university and school of their choice after scoring high...

Ten Greek University Professors Among Most Cited

Ten Greek university professors have been among the most cited for their writing and research work by the academic and scientific community over time, according to Webometrics' Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) ranking chart. The h-index is an author-level metric that...

Greek Student Excels in University Entrance Exams; Secures MIT Placement

Τhe results of the nationwide university entrance exams were released by the country’s Education Ministry on Friday. Results were put up at schools across the country. More than 104,000 pupils competed for 70,726 places at one of the country’s state-run...

Greece Can Support 4-6 National Private TV Channels at Present, Says NCRTV

The majority of participants in a meeting of Greece's broadcasting regulator, the National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV), have suggested that Greece can only support between four and six private television channels broadcasting nationwide, sources said on Monday. The...

New Graffiti in Athens University Campus "Goes Viral"

A new graffiti project that adorns the National Technical University of Athens campus in Zografou has gone viral in the past few days. The impressive mural is a work of street artist WD (Wild Drawing) who is a Bali native who lives in...

University Rectors Ask Ministry to Reduce Admissions in 2018, Citing Budget Cuts

The rectors of the country's main universities on Wednesday asked Greece's education ministry to drastically reduce the number of students admitted in the next academic year, saying their underfunded institutions were unable to ensure the quality of courses. Patras...