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9th Fintech Talks at the Archimedes Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship

9th Fintech Talks at the Archimedes Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
05.12.2022 - 17.05

The Archimedes Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of NKUA hosted the 9th Fintech Talks, a part of the Greek Fintech Hub initiative, where Amazon presented its concept store ‘Amazon Go.’ Amazon Go is a chain of physical stores that use Just Walk Out technology to eliminate queuing at the checkout. This is made possible through the application of computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning technologies.

Mr Lefteris Chaniotakis, Snr Enterprise Account Manager of Amazon Web Services in Greece and Cyprus, gave a brief overview of the changes and trends in payments that are driving the innovation of the ecosystem, especially cloud computing.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative launched by the National Bank of Greece in collaboration with Endeavor Greece, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Athens University of Economics and Business, the Onassis Foundation, and the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels; it is also supported by Crowd Dialog Europe.

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University of Athens Participates in Marie Curie Doctoral Network

University of Athens Participates in Marie Curie Doctoral Network

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens participates in the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network’s INTEGRATE project, funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe. The project offers 16 doctoral candidate positions, including one to be supervised by Professor of Pharmacology Christina Dalla at the 2nd Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, […]

University of Athens Rector, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Speaks at the 110th Hellenic Universities Rectors’ Conference – Key Outcomes

University of Athens Rector, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Speaks at the 110th Hellenic Universities Rectors’ Conference – Key Outcomes

Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, attended the 110th Hellenic Universities Rectors’ Conference held in late January in Volos, Thessaly. In his address, he thanked Ms Sofia Zacharaki, Greek Minister of Education, and the Ministry’s political leadership for their constructive collaboration, along with Ms Anna Rokofyllou, President of the Youth […]

University of Athens Newspaper: Read the Sixth Issue (Sunday, 1 February)

University of Athens Newspaper: Read the Sixth Issue (Sunday, 1 February)

On Sunday, 1 February, the University of Athens released the sixth issue of its newspaper in collaboration with To Vima tis Kyriakis, titled ‘The University of Athens: A Newspaper of Science, Education, and Culture’. The front page features an exclusive interview with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, under the headline: International […]

University of Athens Newspaper Comes Out with TO VIMA on Sunday, 1 February

University of Athens Newspaper Comes Out with TO VIMA on Sunday, 1 February

This Sunday, 1 February, the University of Athens will release the sixth issue of its newspaper in collaboration with To Vima tis Kyriakis, titled ‘The University of Athens: A Newspaper of Science, Education, and Culture’. The front page features an exclusive interview with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, under the headline: […]

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Call for Expressions of Interest for the Undergraduate Programme of the Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Cyprus Branch

Call for Expressions of Interest for the Undergraduate Programme of the Department of Psychology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Cyprus Branch

The Department of Psychology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) – Cyprus Branch invites prospective students to submit an expression of interest for entry to its Greek-taught Undergraduate Programme in Psychology. The programme has a standard duration of eight (8) semesters and leads to the award of a Bachelor’s degree, in accordance […]

“Resilience Economics and Sustainable Transitions” Centre at the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is designated as an Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) International Centre of Excellence

“Resilience Economics and Sustainable Transitions” Centre at the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is designated as an Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) International Centre of Excellence

The “Resilience Economics and Sustainable Transitions” Centre at the Department of Economics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has been officially designated as a new International Centre of Excellence (ICoE) of the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) Programme cosponsored by the International Science Council and the United Nations Office for Disaster […]

University of Athens Opens State-of-the-Art Laboratories in Cyprus

University of Athens Opens State-of-the-Art Laboratories in Cyprus

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has taken a major step in advancing its academic programmes at its Cyprus Branch with the official opening of new, state-of-the-art laboratories in Nicosia. These facilities, located in the heart of the city, significantly expand the University’s physical and educational presence on the island. The new laboratories include […]

For the Fifth Year in a Row, Postgraduate Students of the University of Athens’ MSc in Journalism and New Media Take on the Role of Political Correspondent in a Briefing Simulation with Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis

For the Fifth Year in a Row, Postgraduate Students of the University of Athens’ MSc in Journalism and New Media Take on the Role of Political Correspondent in a Briefing Simulation with Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis

It has become an established feature of the MSc in Journalism and New Media (Department of Communication and Media Studies, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) for postgraduate students to take on the role of political correspondent in a briefing simulation with Government Spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis, now for the fifth year in a row. We […]

International Academic Working Meeting of European and Asian Universities in Athens: ‘Transitioning Healthcare Education into the New Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for the Contemporary Needs of the Ageing Population’

International Academic Working Meeting of European and Asian Universities in Athens: ‘Transitioning Healthcare Education into the New Digital Era: Challenges and Opportunities of Artificial Intelligence for the Contemporary Needs of the Ageing Population’

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+, Agreement number 101179632) The LEAN […]

BBC Article on BIAS: International Recognition for the Innovative Project on Biodiversity Mapping in Archaeological Sites Led by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

BBC Article on BIAS: International Recognition for the Innovative Project on Biodiversity Mapping in Archaeological Sites Led by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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 preserved, making them hospitable to […]

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The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which was inaugurated on May 3, 1837, was initially housed in a renovated Ottoman building on the northeastern side of the Acropolis. This building has since been restored and now functions as the University Museum. Originally named the "Othonian University," after Otto, the first king of Greece, it consisted of four academic departments and 52 students. As the first university of the newly established Greek state, as well as of the broader Balkan and Mediterranean region, it assumed an important socio-historical role, which was pivotal in the development of specific forms of knowledge and culture within the country.

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