National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA / EKPA)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA / EKPA) is a public institution in Athens, Greece, accredited by Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE / HAHE); Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999); Europaeum; UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe). Primary language: Greek. AlmiStudy lists 6 canonical subject areas, all verified against Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE / HAHE); Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999); Europaeum; UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe).
- Country
- Greece (GR)
- City
- Athens
- Control
- public
- Language
- Greek
- Accreditation
- Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (ETHAAE / HAHE); Hellenic Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports; European Higher Education Area (EHEA / Bologna Process since 1999); Europaeum; UNICA (Network of Universities from the Capitals of Europe). Verify on the public registry · last verified 2026-05-16.
- Source
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA / EKPA) Official Website · tier: tier_1_official
- Website
- https://en.uoa.gr/
Subjects offered
Show all 12 listed subjects (raw)
Theology · Law · Medicine · Dentistry · Pharmacy · Nursing · Philosophy · Education · Social Sciences · Economics and Political Sciences · Sciences · Physical Education and Sport
Founded on 3 May 1837 by royal decree of King Otto — just seven years after Greek independence — NKUA is the OLDEST university in the modern Greek state, the eastern Mediterranean, and the Balkans. Named for the nation (Ethniko = National) and for Ioannis Kapodistrias, Greece's first Governor (1828-1831) — making this 'the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens'. Approximately 65,000 students across 35 departments in 9 schools — Greece's largest research university and consistently QS top 300-500 globally. **Significant scientific and intellectual legacy across nearly two centuries**: founders and faculty include essentially every figure of modern Greek scholarship, literature, and science. Constantine P. Cavafy briefly attended; Eleftherios Venizelos (legendary modernising prime minister) was an honorary professor; Giorgos Seferis (Literature Nobel 1963) and Odysseas Elytis (Literature Nobel 1979) — Greece's two literature Nobel laureates — were both NKUA-affiliated. Beautiful neoclassical main building on Panepistimiou Street (Theophil Hansen, 1864) is a Athens landmark. ⚠️ NOTE: NKUA was MISSING from the AlmiStudy collector file — added as critical curator entry given its status as Greece's flagship and oldest university.
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