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National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

University in Athens, Greece

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About

instance of	university
inception	24 April 1837
date of official opening	3 May 1837
founder	Otto of Greece Ioannis Dompolis
named after	Ioannis Kapodistrias
official name	Οθώνειον Πανεπιστήμιον (el) · 1837–20 October 1862 Εθνικόν Πανεπιστήμιον (el) · 20 October 1862–1911 Αθήνησι Εθνικόν και Καποδιστριακόν Πανεπιστήμιον (el) · since 1911 Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (el)
native label	Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (el) Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (el)
short name	ΕΚΠΑ (el) Ε.Κ.Π.Α. (el) NKUA UoA
language used	Greek

Location and contact

country	Greece
located in the administrative territorial entity	Athens Municipality Zografou Municipality Dirfys-Messapia Municipality Dafni-Ymittos Municipality
headquarters location	University of Athens · country: Greece · located in the administrative territorial entity: Athens Municipality · location: Academy · postal code: 106 79 · coordinate location: 37.9808, 23.7339 · located on street: Panepistimiou Street · street address: Πανεπιστήμιου 30 (el)
coordinate location	37.9692, 23.7808 · Zografou 38.5701, 23.6482 · Euboea 37.9511, 23.7388 · Dafni 37.9844, 23.7652 · Goudi 37.9808, 23.7339 · Athens · has characteristic: seat
official website	https://www.uoa.gr · language of work or name: Greek · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	70,461 · 29 June 2017
rector	Athanasios Dimopoulos · 13 February 2015–31 August 2023 Konstantinos Schinas · 1837–1838 Georgios A. Rallis · 1838–1841 Nikolaos Kostis · 1841–1842 Misail Apostolidis · 1842–1843 131 more Konstantinos Asopios · 1843–1844 Neophytus Vamvas · 1844–1845 Theodoros Manousis · 1845–1846 Alexandros Venizelos · 1846–1847 I. A. Soutsos · 1847–1848 Philippos Ioannou · 1848–1849 Georgios Mavrokordatos · 1849–1850 Misail Apostolidis · 1850–1851 Spiridon Pilikas · 1851–1852 Periklis Argyropoulos · 1852–1853 Nikolaos Kostis · 1853–1854 Konstantinos Kontogonis · 1854–1855 Ioannis Olympios · 1855–1856 Konstantinos Asopios · 1856–1857 Philippos Ioannou · 1857–1858 Dimitrios Stroumpos · 1858–1859 Vasilios Oikonomidis · 1859–1860 Alexios Pallis · 1860–1861 Konstantinos Asopios · 1861–1862 Petros Paparrigopoulos · 1862–1863 Konstantinos Phrearitis · 1863–1864 Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos · 1864–1865 Miltiadis Venizelos · 1865–1866 Alexandros Rizos Rangavis · 1866–1867 Theodoros Georgios Orphanides · 1867–1868 Georgios A. Rallis · 1868–1869 Pavlos Kalligas · 1869–1870 Konstantinos Vousakis · 1870–1871 Euthymios Kastorchis · 1871–1872 Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos · 1872–1873 Georgios Makkas · 1873–1874 Panagiotis Rompotis · 1874–1875 Emmanuel Kokkinos · 1875–1876 Ioannis Papadakis · 1876–1877 Andreas Anagnostakis · 1877–1878 Nikolaos Damalas · 1878–1879 Theodoros Aretaios · 1879–1880 Vassilios Lakon · 1880–1881 Panagiotis Kyriakos · 1882–1883 Miltiadis Venizelos · 1883–1884 Konstantinos Diligiannis · 1885–1886 Georgios Karamitsas · 1886–1887 Theodoros Afendoulis · 1887–1888 Petros Paparrigopoulos · 1888–1889 Michael Chatzimichalis · 1889–1890 Georgios Mistriotis · 1890–1891 Pavlos Ioannou · 1891–1892 Ioannis Pandazidis · 1892–1893 Panagiotis Paulides · 1893–1894 Ioannis Chatzidakis · 1894–1895 Anastasios Diomidis Kyriakos · 1895–1896 Anastasios Christomanos · 1896–1897 Spiridon Manginas · 1897–1898 Timoleon Argyropoulos · 1898–1899 Alcibiades Krassas · 1899–1900 Konstantinos Mitsopoulos · 1900–1901 Spiridon Sakellaropoulos · 1901–1902 Neoklis Kazazis · 1902–1903 Ioannis Eftaxias · 1903–1904 Spyridon Lambros · 1904–1905 Georgios Hatzidakis · 1905–1906 Nikólaos G. Politis · 1906–1907 Michael Katsaras · 1907–1908 Cyparissos Stephanos · 1908–1909 Nikolaos Apostolidis · 1909–1910 Emmanouel Zolotas · 1910–1911 Spyridon Lambros · 1911–1912 Theodoros Zaimis · 1912–1913 Georgios Dervos · 1913–1914 Gerasimos Fokas · 1914–1915 Ioannis Mesoloras · 1915–1916 Theodoros Skoufos · 1916–1917 Georgios Angelopoulos · 1917–1918 Georgios Gazepis · 1918–1919 Georgios Angelopoulos · 1919–1920 Konstantinos Polygenis · 1921–1922 Konstantinos Louros · 1922–1923 Constantine Zenghelis · 1924–1925 Simos Menardos · 1925–1926 Vasileios Aiginitis · 1926–1927 Nikolaos Alivizatos · 1927–1928 Georgios Matthaiopoulos · 1928–1929 Theofilos Voreas · 1929–1930 Konstantinos Melissinos · 1930–1931 Kōnstantinos Dyobouniōtēs · 1931–1932 Konstantinos Logothetopoulos · 1932–1933 Stilianos Seferiadis · 1933–1934 Nikolaos Exarchopoulos · 1934–1935 Panagiotis Zervos · 1935–1936 Grēgorios Papamichaēl · 1936–1937 Georgios Fotinos · 1937–1941 Georgios Balis · 1941–1942 Herrikos Antōniou Skassēs · 1942–1944 Ioannis Politis · 1944–1945 Dimitrios Mpalanos · 1945–1946 Spiridon Dontas · 1946–1947 Jean Spiropoulos · 1947–1948 Geōrgios P. Oikonomos · 1948–1949 Emmanouil I. Emmanouil · 1949–1950 Georgios Sotiriou · 1950–1951 Michael Dendias · 1952–1953 Apostolos Daskalakis · 1953–1954 Panagiotis Bratsiotis · 1955–1956 Konstantinos Horemis · 1956–1957 Georgios Maridakis · 1957–1958 Spiridon Marinatos · 1958–1959 Elias Mariolopoulos · 1959–1960 Vasilios Vellas · 1960–1961 Evgenios Fokas · 1961–1962 Georgios Kourmoulis · 1963–1964 Konstantinos Papaioannou · 1964–1965 Leonidas Filippidis · 1965–1966 Ioánnis Khrysikós · 1966–1967 Georgios Rammos · 1967–1968 Stilianos Korres · 1968–1969 Georgios Pantazis (academian) · 1969–1970 Kaisar Alexopoulos · 1970–1972 Konstantinos Tountas · 1972–1973 Athanasios Chastoupis · 1973–1974 Andreas Fytrakis · 1974–1975 Georgios Mitsopoulos · 1975–1976 Nikolaos Matsaniotes · 1976–1977 Fotis Mitsis · 1979–1980 Evangelos Theodorou · 1980–1981 Michael-Konstantinos Stathopoulos · 1983–1991 Konstantinos Dimopoulos · 1997–2000 Georgios Babiniotis · 2000–2006 Christos Kittas · 2006–2009 Theodosis Pelegrinis · 2010–2014 Theodoros Fortsakis · 2014–2015 Gerasimos Siasos · since 1 September 2023

count of students

70,461 · 29 June 2017

rector

Athanasios Dimopoulos · 13 February 2015–31 August 2023
Konstantinos Schinas · 1837–1838
Georgios A. Rallis · 1838–1841
Nikolaos Kostis · 1841–1842
Misail Apostolidis · 1842–1843

131 more

Konstantinos Asopios · 1843–1844
Neophytus Vamvas · 1844–1845
Theodoros Manousis · 1845–1846
Alexandros Venizelos · 1846–1847
I. A. Soutsos · 1847–1848
Philippos Ioannou · 1848–1849
Georgios Mavrokordatos · 1849–1850
Misail Apostolidis · 1850–1851
Spiridon Pilikas · 1851–1852
Periklis Argyropoulos · 1852–1853
Nikolaos Kostis · 1853–1854
Konstantinos Kontogonis · 1854–1855
Ioannis Olympios · 1855–1856
Konstantinos Asopios · 1856–1857
Philippos Ioannou · 1857–1858
Dimitrios Stroumpos · 1858–1859
Vasilios Oikonomidis · 1859–1860
Alexios Pallis · 1860–1861
Konstantinos Asopios · 1861–1862
Petros Paparrigopoulos · 1862–1863
Konstantinos Phrearitis · 1863–1864
Hercules Anastasios Mitsopoulos · 1864–1865
Miltiadis Venizelos · 1865–1866
Alexandros Rizos Rangavis · 1866–1867
Theodoros Georgios Orphanides · 1867–1868
Georgios A. Rallis · 1868–1869
Pavlos Kalligas · 1869–1870
Konstantinos Vousakis · 1870–1871
Euthymios Kastorchis · 1871–1872
Konstantinos Paparrigopoulos · 1872–1873
Georgios Makkas · 1873–1874
Panagiotis Rompotis · 1874–1875
Emmanuel Kokkinos · 1875–1876
Ioannis Papadakis · 1876–1877
Andreas Anagnostakis · 1877–1878
Nikolaos Damalas · 1878–1879
Theodoros Aretaios · 1879–1880
Vassilios Lakon · 1880–1881
Panagiotis Kyriakos · 1882–1883
Miltiadis Venizelos · 1883–1884
Konstantinos Diligiannis · 1885–1886
Georgios Karamitsas · 1886–1887
Theodoros Afendoulis · 1887–1888
Petros Paparrigopoulos · 1888–1889
Michael Chatzimichalis · 1889–1890
Georgios Mistriotis · 1890–1891
Pavlos Ioannou · 1891–1892
Ioannis Pandazidis · 1892–1893
Panagiotis Paulides · 1893–1894
Ioannis Chatzidakis · 1894–1895
Anastasios Diomidis Kyriakos · 1895–1896
Anastasios Christomanos · 1896–1897
Spiridon Manginas · 1897–1898
Timoleon Argyropoulos · 1898–1899
Alcibiades Krassas · 1899–1900
Konstantinos Mitsopoulos · 1900–1901
Spiridon Sakellaropoulos · 1901–1902
Neoklis Kazazis · 1902–1903
Ioannis Eftaxias · 1903–1904
Spyridon Lambros · 1904–1905
Georgios Hatzidakis · 1905–1906
Nikólaos G. Politis · 1906–1907
Michael Katsaras · 1907–1908
Cyparissos Stephanos · 1908–1909
Nikolaos Apostolidis · 1909–1910
Emmanouel Zolotas · 1910–1911
Spyridon Lambros · 1911–1912
Theodoros Zaimis · 1912–1913
Georgios Dervos · 1913–1914
Gerasimos Fokas · 1914–1915
Ioannis Mesoloras · 1915–1916
Theodoros Skoufos · 1916–1917
Georgios Angelopoulos · 1917–1918
Georgios Gazepis · 1918–1919
Georgios Angelopoulos · 1919–1920
Konstantinos Polygenis · 1921–1922
Konstantinos Louros · 1922–1923
Constantine Zenghelis · 1924–1925
Simos Menardos · 1925–1926
Vasileios Aiginitis · 1926–1927
Nikolaos Alivizatos · 1927–1928
Georgios Matthaiopoulos · 1928–1929
Theofilos Voreas · 1929–1930
Konstantinos Melissinos · 1930–1931
Kōnstantinos Dyobouniōtēs · 1931–1932
Konstantinos Logothetopoulos · 1932–1933
Stilianos Seferiadis · 1933–1934
Nikolaos Exarchopoulos · 1934–1935
Panagiotis Zervos · 1935–1936
Grēgorios Papamichaēl · 1936–1937
Georgios Fotinos · 1937–1941
Georgios Balis · 1941–1942
Herrikos Antōniou Skassēs · 1942–1944
Ioannis Politis · 1944–1945
Dimitrios Mpalanos · 1945–1946
Spiridon Dontas · 1946–1947
Jean Spiropoulos · 1947–1948
Geōrgios P. Oikonomos · 1948–1949
Emmanouil I. Emmanouil · 1949–1950
Georgios Sotiriou · 1950–1951
Michael Dendias · 1952–1953
Apostolos Daskalakis · 1953–1954
Panagiotis Bratsiotis · 1955–1956
Konstantinos Horemis · 1956–1957
Georgios Maridakis · 1957–1958
Spiridon Marinatos · 1958–1959
Elias Mariolopoulos · 1959–1960
Vasilios Vellas · 1960–1961
Evgenios Fokas · 1961–1962
Georgios Kourmoulis · 1963–1964
Konstantinos Papaioannou · 1964–1965
Leonidas Filippidis · 1965–1966
Ioánnis Khrysikós · 1966–1967
Georgios Rammos · 1967–1968
Stilianos Korres · 1968–1969
Georgios Pantazis (academian) · 1969–1970
Kaisar Alexopoulos · 1970–1972
Konstantinos Tountas · 1972–1973
Athanasios Chastoupis · 1973–1974
Andreas Fytrakis · 1974–1975
Georgios Mitsopoulos · 1975–1976
Nikolaos Matsaniotes · 1976–1977
Fotis Mitsis · 1979–1980
Evangelos Theodorou · 1980–1981
Michael-Konstantinos Stathopoulos · 1983–1991
Konstantinos Dimopoulos · 1997–2000
Georgios Babiniotis · 2000–2006
Christos Kittas · 2006–2009
Theodosis Pelegrinis · 2010–2014
Theodoros Fortsakis · 2014–2015
Gerasimos Siasos · since 1 September 2023

Rankings and recognition

ranking	390 · QS World University Rankings · 2026 Earlier figures (2) 393 · QS World University Rankings · 2025 444 · QS World University Rankings · 2024

Structure and memberships

has part(s)	University of Athens General Department University of Athens School of Agricultural Development, Nutrition and Sustainability School of Health Sciences of the NKUA School of Education of the NKUA School of Theology of the NKUA 5 more School of Science of the NKUA Athens University Law School School of Economics and Political Sciences of the NKUA University of Athens School of Philosophy School of Physical Education and Sport Science of the NKUA
member of	Confederation of Open Access Repositories European University Association Association of Language Testers in Europe Greek Universities Network International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 4 more Open Technologies Alliance International Association of Universities Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe CIVIS
owner of	Athens University Museum Aretaieio Hospital

Other facts

languages spoken, written or signed	Greek
location of formation	Athens
WordLift URL	http://data.wordlift.io/wl01714/entity/national-and-kapodistrian-university-of-athens.html

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	Universität von Athen.jpg
nighttime view	ΕΚΠΑ 1189-HDR.jpg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

Commons category	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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category for employees of the organization	Category:Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
IPv6 routing prefix	2001:648:2010::/48
API endpoint URL	https://idp.uoa.gr/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
web feed URL	https://www.uoa.gr/?type=9821
social media followers	7,520 · YouTube channel ID: UCz9D6aUKkfItjR6cPrn1OVw · 1 February 2025 4,182 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 2902000887 · 7 April 2021 Earlier figures (2) 6,010 · YouTube channel ID: UCz9D6aUKkfItjR6cPrn1OVw · 16 January 2024 5,020 · YouTube channel ID: UCz9D6aUKkfItjR6cPrn1OVw · 26 October 2022

Identifiers in other databases (68)

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BiblioNet publisher ID	6740
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID	12132596z
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National Library of Greece ID	55725
National Library of Ireland ID	vtls000068865
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Open Funder Registry funder ID	501100005187
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Ringgold ID	68993
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UK Parliament thesaurus ID	2718 · subject named as: University of Athens
UniRank ID	1884
University of Barcelona authority ID	981058509180006706
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)	ADV10048006
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World Higher Education Database ID	IAU-004835
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X (Twitter) username	uoaofficial · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 2902000887 · 20 March 2020
YouTube channel ID	UCz9D6aUKkfItjR6cPrn1OVw · subject named as: ΕΚΠΑ ΝΚUA · number of works: 54 · number of subscribers: 2,550 · number of viewers/listeners: 77,467 · 9 May 2021
‎Scilit organization ID	207
‎Yale LUX ID	group/53d70e56-176f-4c0d-9e6b-809d93ae9674

Campuses and colleges

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