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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...

92 Year Old Pensioner Donates $600,000 to University on Lesbos

92 year old Thanasis Paleologos, a pensioner from Napi, Lesbos who says he never had the opportunity to get education, donated the amount of $600,000 to the University of the Aegean. The elderly's donationis to go towards improving the...

Wave of Support for Greek Professor Standing Up for Freedom of Thought

Members of the Greek academic community, student organizations and politicians have expressed support for a professor at the University of Athens who has been bullied by leftist and anarchist groups. Associate Professor of History and Archaeology Maria Efthymiou has received...

Vandals Storm Athens University Office, Accuse Rector of Wrongdoing

A fresh incident of vandalism of a public place occurred in Athens on Wednesday afternoon. This time, a group of approximately ten individuals, who were wearing hoodies to cover their heads, stormed the office of the rector of ASOEE, the...

Vandals Create Unrest in Central Athens in Support of Convicted Terrorist Koufontinas

A group of vandals disrupted traffic on central Athens' Patission Avenue on Monday afternoon, setting trash bins on fire and scattering fliers in support of convicted terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas. The unrest took place outside the Athens University of Economics and...

Greek PhD Graduates on the Decline

According to data published by Greece’s National Documentation Center on Friday, the number of PhDs issued by Greek universities has slightly declined compared to previous years. In 2017, 1,647 people became holders of a Ph.D. in Greece, in 2016, 1,702...

Greece Among 'Smartest Countries on Earth' in Relation to STEM Graduates Numbers

According to the latest available data, published annually by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Greece has the sixth-highest number of "STEM" graduates in the world. The latest findings were gleaned from information gathered from the OECD...

The Platonic Academy of Athens: The World’s First University

Τhe Platonic Academy was founded by Plato himself in 428/427 BC in Athens, and is considered to be the world's first university.

Teaching Staff Stop Anarchist Group Opening Office at Greek University

Lecturers at Athens University on Wednesday blocked a group of anarchists belonging to the Rouvikonas group of setting up a meeting place at the Faculty of Philosophy. The teaching staff formed a human chain in front of the room that would...

Athens University Medical School Among Top 150 Worldwide

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has been given an overall ranking of 228 in the National Taiwan University Rankings of world universities for 2018, based on the performance ranking of the scientific papers they produced. It has also...