23 Blended Intensive Programmes have been published online on the CIVIS website.
You’ll find them all on the CIVIS courses webpage (click here).
Apply by 28.02.2023
More BIPs will be added in the coming days.
23 Blended Intensive Programmes have been published online on the CIVIS website.
You’ll find them all on the CIVIS courses webpage (click here).
Apply by 28.02.2023
More BIPs will be added in the coming days.
CIVIS—Europe’s Civic University Alliance—has successfully concluded its blended intensive programme (BIP) titled ‘Interplay of Landscape, Tectonics, and Climate Change in the Mediterranean Context’. The course was hosted by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the University of Bucharest, Stockholm University, Aix-Marseille Université, the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg, and the Kefalonia […]
Open Science is a critical step towards modernizing how we produce, disseminate, and apply scientific knowledge. It addresses all major issues within the conventional research model, including limited access to outcomes, lack of transparency in the process, and difficulties validating the results. The transition to Open Science fights off these challenges by providing free and […]
The Collaborative Surveillance Network (CSN) project aims to address the urgent need for the development of robust, interconnected, and collaborative surveillance systems that enable timely detection, monitoring, and response to emerging global health threats. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) participates in the CSN project through the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications and […]
Over 100 women, mostly of Greek Australian background, attended a public talk by Professor Liza Tsaliki from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens on Thursday, 6 November, at RMIT University. Professor Tsaliki’s lecture, Still Seen, Still Desired: Women Over 45 in Western Society and the Role of Media and Culture, examined how women over […]
The Municipality of Nicosia officially opened its new, state-of-the-art student halls of residence on Monday, 3 November 2025. The halls, now home to students from the Cyprus Branch of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, were inaugurated in the presence of the Rector, Professor Gerasimos Siasos. Among those addressing the event were the Minister […]
The official opening of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Cyprus Branch (Nicosia) took place with great ceremony, marking a historic milestone for Higher Education in both Greece and Cyprus. In attendance were: Nikos Christodoulides, President of the Republic of Cyprus; Georgios, Archbishop of Cyprus; Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the University of […]
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Hellenic Centre for Defence Innovation (HCDI), aimed at advancing research, innovation, and entrepreneurship within the defence and security sectors. The agreement was formalized by Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of NKUA, and Pantelis Tzortzakis, Chief Executive Officer of HCDI and […]
Professor Emeritus George Stergiou of the NKUA’s School of Medicine contributed to the development of the 2025 World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on hypertension https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240115569). 2025 WHO facts on hypertension 1. The worldwide prevalence of hypertension is about 30%, whereas in Eastern Mediterranean Region and in Greece it is 40%. 2. In 2024, it […]
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.
