Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
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| Motto | MOYΣAIΣ XAPIΣI ΘYE (Sacrifice with the grace of the Muses) |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Yiannis Antonopoulos |
| Vice-Chancellor | Aikaterina Douka-Kambitoglou Christogeorges Kaltsikes Aristides Kazis |
| Students | app. 70,000 |
| Location | Thessaloniki, Greece |
| Affiliations | Coimbra Group |
| Website | http://www.auth.gr |
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often referred to in English as Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. Its campus is located in the center of the city of Thessaloniki.
It includes 41 Departments (τμήματα) which are organized in nine Faculties (σχολές):
- Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Forestry and the Natural environment
- Department of Veterinary Medicine
- Faculty of Health Sciences: Associated with the AHEPA University Hospital
- Faculty of Theology:
- Theology
- Pastoral and Social Theology
- Faculty of Sciences:
- Faculty of Fine Arts:
- Visual and Applied Arts
- Drama
- Music Studies
- Faculty of Law, Economic and Political Sciences:
- Law
- Economics
- Political Science
- Faculty of Education:
- The Polytechnic Faculty:
- Rural and Surveying Engineering
- Architecture
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- General Department of the Polytechnic Faculty
- Faculty of Philosophy:
- English Language and Literature
- French Language and Literature
- German Language and Literature
- History and Archaeology
- Italian Language and Literature
- Philology
- Philosophy and Pedagogy
- Psychology
Independent Departments:
- Journalism and Mass Media Studies
- Physical Education and Athletics in Thessaloniki
- Physical Education and Athletics in Serres
[edit] Honorary Doctorates
- Harry Markowitz , - Nobel prize winner
- Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas - eminent Greek economist, previous Prime Minister of Greece
- Iakovos, Archbishop of America (1911 - 2005), Honorary Doctorate, School of Pastoral Theology
[edit] See also
- University of Macedonia
- List of universities in Greece
- Athanasios Angelopoulos
- AHEPA University Hospital
- Κοινότητα Ηλεκτρολόγων Μηχανικών THMMY.gr στην wikipedia
- Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit
[edit] External links
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki official page, in Greek, English, French, German and Russian
- THMMY.gr Community of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty (in Greek: Κοινότητα Ηλεκτρολόγων ΤΗΜΜΥ.gr)
- Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit
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