National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Local businesspeople on Zakynthos are putting pressure on mayor Pavlos Kolokotsas to allow full access to the famous Navagio (shipwreck) beach on the island's northwestern coast, where a landslide in September last year injured one tourist.

In the latest incident in a Greek university campus, unknown persons caused extensive damage at the Athens University campus at the eastern suburb of Zografou on Saturday and hit with a knife a guard who tried to stop them. The guard was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries

A guard was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries on Saturday after being stabbed by an unidentified assailant outside the accommodation complex for Athens University students in the neighborhood of Zografou in the early hours.

Higher education in Greece is entering a new era with the introduction of the country's first English-taught four-year undergraduate program at a state university, which will be organized by the University of Athens and the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.

The Athens University of Economics senate has reiterated its call to the Greek state to ensure the necessary conditions that will enable the institution's unhindered operation after members of anti-establishment groups stormed its lecture halls and workshops on Friday, forcing out teaching staff and students.

As emergency services recovered the bodies of another three victims of last week's flash floods in western Attica over the weekend, environmental experts have warned of the perils of unchecked construction and inadequate infrastructure.

The department of Russian Language and Culture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is scheduled to officially open on October 5 at the University’s Hall of Ceremonies. The “Ivan Savvidis Charity Foundation” was a major financial benefactor in the creation of the chair a few months ago with the department being included in the Philosophy division. opening of the chair.

Three Greek universities are among the top 500 according to the annual Academic Rankings of World Universities for 2017. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens was ranked between 301-400, while the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was placed between 401st and 500th spot. The National Technical University of Athens was also placed between 401 and 500.

The Athens Concert Hall is hosting a lecture by Jean Weissenbach, emeritus professor at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and senior member of the French Academy of Sciences, titled "40 Years of Genomics" on Tuesday, October 11.

Greek universities have slipped in global rankings this year, according to Quacquarelli Symonds, which publishes an annual overview of higher education institutions around the world.

Six Greek universities are included in the list of the world's 600 top universities but five of the six have fallen in rankings and the University of Crete has slipped off the chart.