Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήμιο της Θεσσαλονίκης
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Motto	MOYΣAIΣ XAPIΣI ΘYE (Sacrifice with the grace of the Muses)
Established	1925
Type	Public
Chancellor	Yiannis Antonopoulos
Vice-Chancellor	Aikaterina Douka-Kambitoglou Christogeorges Kaltsikes Aristides Kazis
Students	app. 70,000
Location	Thessaloniki, Greece
Affiliations	Coimbra Group
Website	http://www.auth.gr

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often referred to in English as Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. Its campus is located in the center of the city of Thessaloniki.

It includes 41 Departments (τμήματα) which are organized in nine Faculties (σχολές):

Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Forestry and the Natural environment
- Department of Veterinary Medicine
Faculty of Health Sciences: Associated with the AHEPA University Hospital
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Dentistry
- Department of Pharmacy
Faculty of Theology:
- Theology
- Pastoral and Social Theology
Faculty of Sciences:
Faculty of Fine Arts:
- Visual and Applied Arts
- Drama
- Music Studies

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Faculty of Law, Economic and Political Sciences:
- Law
- Economics
- Political Science
Faculty of Education:
- Primary education
- Pre-School education
The Polytechnic Faculty:
- Rural and Surveying Engineering
- Architecture
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Chemical Engineering
- General Department of the Polytechnic Faculty

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Faculty of Philosophy:
- English Language and Literature
- French Language and Literature
- German Language and Literature
- History and Archaeology
- Italian Language and Literature
- Philology
- Philosophy and Pedagogy
- Psychology

Independent Departments:

Journalism and Mass Media Studies
Physical Education and Athletics in Thessaloniki
Physical Education and Athletics in Serres

[edit] Honorary Doctorates

Harry Markowitz , - Nobel prize winner
Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas - eminent Greek economist, previous Prime Minister of Greece
Iakovos, Archbishop of America (1911 - 2005), Honorary Doctorate, School of Pastoral Theology

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki official page, in Greek, English, French, German and Russian
THMMY.gr Community of Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty (in Greek: Κοινότητα Ηλεκτρολόγων ΤΗΜΜΥ.gr)
Urban and Regional Innovation Research Unit

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