Emeritus Professor Clyde Williams, OBE, of Loughborough University (United Kingdom) has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the School of Physical Education and Sport Science of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The award ceremony was held on Thursday, 23 April 2026, in the University’s Great Hall.

Proceeding…

Professor of Surgery Nikos Arkadopoulos and Professor of Cardiology Kostas Tsioufis have been re-elected as Chair and Vice-Chair of the School of Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, securing over 95% of the vote in an election with a turnout of 94.1%, reflecting exceptionally high participation.

The vote, cast by…

Professor Maria Gavouneli, Professor of International Law at the Faculty of Law and Deputy Director of the Athens Center for Public International Law (Athens PIL), has been honoured by the French Republic.

The insignia of the Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur were bestowed upon Professor Maria Gavouneli and Mr Margaritis Schinas, Minister of…

The Archimedes Technology Transfer and Innovation Unit of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens invite you to the event titled “From Ancient Wisdom to Future Innovation: The Role of the University of Athens”, organized as part of the Panathenea 2026 festival.

The event will take place on Thursday, May 28 2026, from 17:00 to…

On 22 April 2026, as part of the module ‘Disaster Medicine and Humanitarian Aid in the 21^st Century and the EU’, first-year medical students at the Cyprus Branch of the University of Athens undertook the first phase of pre-hospital emergency management training, delivered in collaboration with the Ambulance Directorate of the State Health…

Speaking at the Delphi Economic Forum, the Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, drew attention to the cardiovascular component of the PROLAMVANO initiative—the largest prevention programme of its kind in Greece. Designed by the University of Athens and implemented by the State, the…

The Athina Ioanni Martinou Chair for Teaching and Research, based at the School of Medicine of the University of Athens, within the 3rd Department of Cardiology and its Cardiovascular Haemodynamic Laboratory, invites doctoral candidates to express their interest in undertaking research in cardiovascular medicine.

Doctoral candidates are…

For a second consecutive year, Professor Maria Gazouli of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens will serve as Chair of the RealTek Meetings on NanoScience and Nanotechnology.

The Conference will take place on 23-24 April 2027 in Madrid, Spain.

With her extensive expertise and leadership, Professor Gazouli is expected to bring…

In a deeply moving ceremony on Friday, 17 April 2026, at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchal Monastery of St George in Old Cairo, Theodore II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, invested Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, as an Archon of the Patriarchate of Alexandria.

The…