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39-484: (Redirected from UOA ) UOA or UoA may refer to: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece Unit of Application, a geographic area for Medical Training Application Service University of Aberdeen , Scotland University of Abertay , Scotland University of Adelaide , Australia University of Alberta , Canada University of Asmara , Eritrea University of Auckland , New Zealand UOA Group ,

78-522: A company in Malaysia Used Oil analysis , a laboratory analysis of a lubricant's properties, suspended contaminants, and wear debris, performed during routine predictive maintenance to provide meaningful and accurate information on lubricant and machine condition. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title UoA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

117-507: A department. A further change came about when the School of Dentistry was added to the faculty of medicine. Between 1895 and 1911, an average of 1,000 new students matriculated each year, a number which increased to 2,000 at the end of World War I . This resulted in the decision to introduce entrance examinations for all the faculties, beginning for the academic year 1927–28. Since 1954 the number of students admitted each year has been fixed by

156-535: A historic Byzantine dictionary; and the first publication of Homer 's epics and hymns. Some other manuscripts: Uncial 075 , Uncial 0161 , Minuscule 798 . The NLG also has over 4,000 works of art, approximately one million archival documents from public and private collections, 10,000 posters , maps , papyri , musical scores , and microfilms . The Vallianeion Megaron building has long been inconvenient due to limited space and technology demands. Although it will continue to house some of its current functions,

195-588: A human scale simplicity" and gave the building its H-shape. The building was decorated by painter Carl Rahl, forming the famous "architectural trilogy of Athens", together with the building of the National Library of Greece (left of the university) and the building of the Athens Academy (right of the university). Construction began in 1839 in a location to the north of the Acropolis. Its front wing, also known as

234-500: A large number of other politicians, such as Dora Bakoyannis , Kyriakos Mavronikolas , Georgios Alogoskoufis , Fofi Gennimata , and Dimitris Koutsoumpas . National Library of Greece The National Library of Greece ( Greek : Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος , romanized :  Ethnikí Vivliothíki tis Elládos ) is the main public library of Greece , located in Athens . Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission

273-414: A three or four-year term. The original idea for establishing a National Library was from the philhellene Johann Jakob Mayer , in an August 1824 article of his newspaper Ellinika Chronika , published at Missolonghi , where Mayer and Lord Byron had been promoting Greece's independence . Mayer's idea was implemented in 1829 by the new Greek government of Ioannis Kapodistrias , who grouped together

312-666: Is fully or partially regulated by the state and lead to officially recognised qualifications being considered non-formal education (NFE) . It offers short-term courses on-campus and by Distance e-Learning Mode off-campus mediated via real-time electronic means, certified by the EOPPEP - National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (Greek: Εθνικός Οργανισμός Πιστοποίησης Προσόντων και Επαγγελματικού Προσανατολισμού - Ε.Ο.Π.Π.Ε.Π. ). In Greece, adult education , continuing education or lifelong learning

351-574: Is nοt consistent in English for historical reasons, but in Greek the largest divisions are generally named "σχολές" (schools) and are divided in "τμήματα" (departments), furthermore subdivided in "τομείς" (faculties). The University of Athens also offers an English-taught 4-year undergraduate programme (with tuition) in Archaeology, History, and Literature of Ancient Greece. In 2015, the external evaluation of

390-478: Is offered to students of all adult ages . Throughout its history, a sizeable number of University of Athens alumni have become notable in many varied fields, both academic and otherwise. Moreover, two Nobel Prize-winners have studied or taught at Athens, with both their prizes being in Literature . Fifteen Greek prime ministers and three Greek presidents ( Konstantinos Karamanlis served as both) have studied at

429-517: Is one of the greatest collection of Greek scrips. There are also many chrysobulls and archives of the Greek Revolution . Among the library's holdings are a codex of the four Gospels attributed to the scribe Matthew; uncial codex with a fragment Gospel of Matthew from 6th century ( Uncial 094 ), Flora Graeca Sibthorpiana by English botanist John Sibthorp ; Charta of Greece by Rigas Velestinlis ; The Large Etymological Dictionary ,

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468-820: Is the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities of 2019 that listed it in the 219th place out of 12,000 universities worldwide (1st in Greece, 70th in Europe) with very high perspectives regarding the university's openness. It is ranked 401st–500th in The Times Higher Education ( THE ) annual list. Furthermore, according to the QS World University Rankings annual list it is listed 651st–700th with very high research output. The Shanghai Ranking ( Academic Ranking of World Universities ) ranked in 2018

507-628: Is the oldest higher education institution of the modern Greek state and the first contemporary university in both the Balkan Peninsula and the Eastern Mediterranean . Today it is one of the largest universities by enrollment in Europe, with over 69,000 registered students. The University of Athens was founded on 3 May 1837 by King Otto of Greece (in Greek, Óthon ) and was named in his honour Othonian University (Οθώνειον Πανεπιστήμιον). It

546-412: Is to locate, collect, organize, describe and preserve the perpetual evidence of Greek culture and its uptake over time, as well as important representative evidence of human intellectual production. The NLG ensures equal non-access to these items based on the freedom of knowledge, information, and research. There is one general manager who serves a four-year term. A board of trustees has seven members with

585-978: The Hellenic Pasteur Institute , the Biomedical Sciences Research Center (BSRC) "Alexander Fleming" , the Athens High Performance Computing Laboratory, the National Centre for Marine Research (NCMR) and the Foundation for Biomedical Research of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) . Research conducted in the institutes of the metropolitan area of Athens accounted for more than 50% of the ISI -indexed scientific publications coming from Greece . The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications has been ranked continuously among

624-508: The Propylaea , was completed in 1842–1843. The rest of the wings' construction, that was supervised at first by Greek architect Lysandros Kaftantzoglou and later by his colleague Anastasios Theofilas, was completed in 1864. The building is nowadays part of what is called the "Athenian Neoclassical Trilogy". The Othonian University was renamed to National University (Εθνικόν Πανεπιστήμιον) in 1862, following events that forced King Otto to leave

663-560: The 100 most important research institutes in the field of computer science, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities ( ARWU ). The Centre of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning (KEDIVIM; Greek: Κ.Ε.ΔΙ.ΒΙ.Μ. - Κέντρο Επιμόρφωσης και Δια Βίου Μάθησης ) of the University of Athens (UoA) is a separate continuing and professional adult educational unit within University of Athens, at "non-typical education", although it

702-682: The Association of Greek Librarians and Information Scientists (AGLIS). AGLIS was founded in 1968 and represents Greek librarians to the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). AGLIS is also a member of The European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA). in Spring 2021, AGLIS partnered with the Heritage Management Organization (HMO) to enhance its ability to meet

741-803: The Ministry of Education and Religion, by proposal of the faculties. The University Club building was founded in 1930. Today the building houses the Health Services Office, the Meals Department, the University Club reading rooms, and the Students Cultural Association (POFPA). From 1911 until 1932 the university was separated into the Kapodistrian University (the humanities departments; named after Ioannis Kapodistrias ,

780-659: The National Library and the National Opera of Greece , and the project was funded by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation and donated to the Greek state. The twin buildings are integrated within a landscaped park with indigenous Mediterranean flora , and feature extensive renewable energy facilities and a central plaza around a 30-m wide seawater channel. Work on the project started in 2012 with completion due for 2016. Greece has one national library association,

819-592: The National Library with other intellectual institutions such as schools, national museums, and printing houses. These were all placed in a building (then being used as an orphanage) on the island Aegina and supervised by Andreas Moustoxydis , who thus became president of the committee of the Orphanage, director of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens , and director of the National School. At

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858-685: The University 301st–400th globally. In 2018 it was listed by the CWTS Leiden Ranking in the 232nd place globally with great publication output in the Biomedical and Health Sciences field. In 2019 the university was situated in the 73rd place worldwide in the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities by citations in Top Google Scholar Profiles. The U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking (USNWR) lists it 279th in

897-575: The University Senate made the decision to suspend all operations in the wake of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs cutting 1,655 administrative jobs from universities around the country. In a statement, the University Senate said that "any educational, research and administrative operation of the University of Athens is objectively impossible". The University of Athens is divided into schools, faculties and departments as follows. The naming

936-433: The University of Athens, including Charilaos Trikoupis , Eleftherios Venizelos , Georgios Papandreou , Andreas Papandreou , Konstantinos Karamanlis, Karolos Papoulias , and most recently interim prime minister Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou . Also, Constantine II , the last monarch of Greece, and Nicos Anastasiades , the former president of Cyprus, attended the university. The University of Athens has also been home to

975-681: The bulk of the library in 2018 was relocated to a new 22,000-square meter building at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center on the Phaleron Bay "Delta". The 20-hectare Delta is a seafront area that used to host the Athens horse race track, which was replaced by the Markopoulo Olympic Equestrian Centre for the Athens 2004 Olympics . Italian architect Renzo Piano proposed a radical new plan for

1014-408: The country. A major change in the structure of the university came about in 1904, when the faculty of Arts was divided into two separate faculties: that of Arts (Σχολή Τεχνών) and that of Sciences (Σχολή Επιστημών), the latter consisting of the departments of Physics and Mathematics and the School of Pharmacy. In 1919, a department of chemistry was added, and in 1922 the School of Pharmacy was renamed

1053-534: The end of 1830, the library, which Moustoxydis named the National Library, had 1,018 volumes of printed books, which had been collected from Greeks and philhellenes. In 1834, the library was relocated to Athens, the new capital, and was at first housed temporarily in the public bath in the Roman Agora of Athens and then later in the Panagia Gorgoepikoos church. The collection increased rapidly. In addition to

1092-415: The faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science is located at Dafni . The faculties of Media, Education, Economics, Law and Public Administration are housed in various buildings near the centre of Athens, along with various administration facilities. University administration was housed initially in a historical neoclassical building near the center of Athens on Panepistimiou Street , but was relocated at

1131-573: The first head of state of the independent modern Greek state) and the National University (the science departments). In 1932, the two separate legal entities were merged into the "National and Kapodistrian University of Athens." During the 1960s construction work began on the University Campus in the suburb of Ilissia , which houses the Schools of Philosophy, Theology and Sciences. In 2013,

1170-543: The institution cited University of Athens as Worthy of merit . An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA) in 2010–14. The University of Athens is considered one of the leading universities of Greece, a leading European regional university and is present in the top universities annual lists. The most recent

1209-462: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UoA&oldid=932338819 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National and Kapodistrian University of Athens It has been in continuous operation since its establishment in 1837 and

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1248-618: The main university campus later. Research in the University of Athens includes almost all research interests. Such research in the university is associated with that conducted by the hospitals and research institutes of the metropolitan area, including the National Research Center for Physical Sciences "Demokritos" , the National Hellenic Research Foundation (EIE) , the National Observatory of Athens ,

1287-460: The new building of Otto 's University. The first director (then-called "president") was Georgios Kozakis-Typaldos of the newly enlarged institution, retaining the job until 1863. At this time, the library was enriched with significant donations and with rare foreign language books from all over Europe. With the royal charter of 1866, the two libraries merged, and were administered as the "National Library of Greece" . From 1877 to 1910, its director

1326-475: The purchase of books from private libraries, supervised by Dimitris Postolakas (1,995 volumes), the library accepted many large donations of books, like one from Christoforos and Konstantinos Sakellarios (5,400 volumes) and one from Markos Renieris (3,401 volumes). In 1842, the Public Library merged with Athens University 's library (15,000 volumes), and was housed together with the currency collection at

1365-513: The world and 1st in Greece. In the field of Pharmacy and Pharmacology it is listed 101st–150th in the world by QS and 94th by USNWR. The last situates the University 114th in Immunology and 166th in Clinical Medicine. The main campus is at Ano Ilisia , Zografou . There the faculties of Science, Theology and Philosophy are situated. The faculty of Life Sciences is located at Goudi and

1404-458: Was Michael Deffner . On 16 March 1888, the foundation stone for a new neoclassical marble building was laid. The building was financed by three Kefallonian -born brothers of the Diaspora , Panagis, Marinos and Andreas Vallianos . It was designed by Baron Theophil von Hansen and its construction supervised by Ernst Ziller . The library remained in the older University building until 1903, when it

1443-587: Was first housed in the residence of architects Stamatios Kleanthis and Eduard Schaubert , on the north slope of the Acropolis , in Plaka, which now houses the museum of the university. In November 1841 the university relocated on the Central Building of the University of Athens, a building designed by Danish architect Christian Hansen . He followed a neoclassical approach , "combining the monument's magnificence with

1482-729: Was relocated to the new Vallianeion Megaron , which still partly houses the library in addition to two other buildings, at Agia Paraskevi and Nea Halkidona . The Vallianeion Megaron forms part of the Trilogy of neo-classical buildings at Panepistimiou Street in central Athens, including the Academy of Athens and the original building of the Athens University . The National Library of Greece houses over 1 million items, 300 million electronic resources, and over 15,000 newspaper and magazine titles. The library has 5,500 Greek manuscripts which

1521-546: Was the first university in the liberated Greek state and in the surrounding area of Southeast Europe as well. It was also the second academic institution after the Ionian Academy . This fledgling university consisted of four faculties; Theology, Law, Medicine and Arts (which included applied sciences and mathematics). During its first year of operation, the institution was staffed by 33 professors, while courses were attended by 52 students and 75 non-matriculated "auditors". It

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