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On 9 February 2026, the University of Athens School of Medicine reached a historic milestone with the launch of its Clinical Simulation Programme, held at the Physiology Laboratory’s Simulation Centre. Part of the Internal Medicine clinical practice curriculum, the programme brings together all eight Departments of Internal Medicine at the School—including the Department of Therapeutics, […]
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to public health and society, Greece’s Alternate Minister of Health, Eirini Agapidaki—a graduate of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens—was presented with an honorary award by the School of Health Sciences. The award highlights her achievements in healthcare and prevention, as well as the lasting social impact of […]
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens has, for the first time internationally, developed a scale for measuring individuals’ susceptibility to misinformation from fake news. Called the Online Misinformation Susceptibility Scale, it is the fruit of research by Associate Professor Petros Galanis, PhD candidate Aglaia Katsiroumpa, Assistant Professor Polyxeni Mangoulia, Laboratory Teaching Staff Olympia Konstantakopoulou, […]
A paper by postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education, Tryfon Sivenas, working under Professor Emeritus Constantine Skordoulis, was included in the AI Hub for Education Research Study Repository of Stanford’s SCALE Initiative (January 2026 update). It was one of three studies explicitly highlighted (the other two being from UCL and Carnegie […]
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, […]
On Thursday, 29 January 2026, Athens Law School welcomed a delegation of 15 students and two faculty members from the Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences in Brühl (Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung in Brühl). The visit was organised by Associate Professor of Public Law Ekaterini Iliadou, Head of the Department of Public Law, […]
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.
