Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) is the largest University in Greece. It comprises 10 faculties, which consist of 40 schools and 1 single-School Faculty. About 88,283 students study at AUTH, 77,198 in undergraduate programmes and 6,588 in postgraduate programmes, along with 3,952 PhD students. There are 1,682 faculty members and 311 members of the Special Laboratory Teaching Personnel.  Faculty members are assisted by 144 members of the Special Technical Laboratory Personnel, while the administration office consists of 278 permanent employees and 256 employees under a private law contract of indefinite duration. The facilities of AUTH are on the main campus, which is in the centre of Thessaloniki and covers an area of about 33.4 hectares.

AUTH supports research projects in a wide variety of disciplines related to the environment (natural and built), computing, new technologies and nanotechnology, telecommunications, industrial technologies, transport, biotechnology, biomedicine and health, agriculture, forestry and fishery, education and language, history and archaeology, social studies and economics. The research policy focuses on promoting quality and encouraging excellence. AUTH is widely recognized as a vibrant centre of learning, which draws its inspiration from a long tradition of academic achievement.

AUTH participates in International Organizations, Unions and University Networks, coordinating and implementing Bilateral Agreements and implementing the European Policy of the University through the Erasmus+ programme and various other European Educational Programmes (Erasmus Mundus, Erasmus+ International etc.). The UNESCO Chair on Education for Human Rights, Democracy and Peace, the UNESCO Chair and International Network of Water-Environment Centres for the Balkans, the UNESCO C2c Center for Integrated Water Resources Management and the “Iason” Programme play an integral role in continually advancing the prestige of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. AUTH is also a member of the ALLIANCE of the European University “EPICUR”, which was established in November 2019 and belongs to the first generation of European Universities. Eight top European Universities from six countries joined their forces to respond to the innovative European Commission’s “European Universities” Initiative.