Rector
Professor Ioannis Chatjigeorgiou
Vice Rector for Research, Innovation, Extroversion and International Relations
Professor Emmanouel (Manos) Varvarigos
Vice Rector of Finance, Infrastructure and Development
Professor Nikolaos Lagaros
Vice Rector for Administrative Affairs and Student Welfare
Professor Panayiotis Psarrakos
Vice Rector for Academic Affairs and Lifelong Learning
Associate Professor Athanasios Zisis
Founded in 1837, almost along with the modern Greek state, NTUA is the oldest Technical University in Greece. Initially established by a royal decree “on architectural education” it was a technical school operating on Sundays and holidays which offered instruction to those desiring to master in architecture. Though, at a remote location it soon attracted many students. Its popularity lead to the extension of courses and by spring 1840 to the operation of a regular day school along with the Sundays counterpart.
The urgent needs for infrastructure to support the ambitious plans of the school led to the 1871 transfer to new buildings on the Patission Street Complex. Their construction was first supported by Nikolaos Stournaris. In Greek, NTUA is called “Ethnicon M etsovion Polytechnion”. It was named “Metsovion” to honor the donors and benefactors Nikolaos Stournaris, Eleni Tositsa, Michail Tositsas and Georgios Averof, all from Metsovo, a small town in the region of Epirus.
The recent struggles against the military dictatorship of 1967-74 escalated with the student gathering at the NTUA Patission Campus on the 14th of February, 1973, followed by an unprecedented brutal attack by the police inside the campus and the arrest of several students. This was followed by demonstrations, the occupation of the Law School of the University of Athens on 23rd February, and again on 20th March. Each of these demonstrations was met by force. The protest culminated in the greatest blow against the Junta, the Polytechnion (NTUA) Uprising in November, 1973.
National Technical University of Athens comprises nine Schools:
Department: Civil Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.civil.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210-7723451
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.mech.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210-7721347
Department: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.ece.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 7723997
Department: Architecture
Location: Tositsa building, ground floor, Patission complex
Website: www.arch.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 7723333
Department: Chemical Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.chemeng.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 7721128
Department: Rural and Surveying Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.survey.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 772 2761-2
Department: Mining and Metallurgical Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.metal.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 772 2070-1
Department: Naval Architctute and Marine Engineering
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.naval.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 7721938
Department: Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Location: Zografou Campus
Website: www.semfe.ntua.gr
Telephone: +30 210 7722023
Postgraduate programs in foreign languages!
School of Civil Engineering | Department of Structural Engineering, Department of Geotechnical Engineering
Earthquake Engineering is a relatively new multidisciplinary and constantly evolving science encompassing structural analysis and design, computational methods and material science, both in a deterministic and stochastic context. This evolution of theoretical models, design procedures and construction technologies has evolved through and thanks to, the knowledge gained by observed structural performance in past devastating earthquakes worldwide. High quality training and education of professionals and researchers, in the field of analysis and design of earthquake resistant structures, is of paramount importance in reducing the seismic risk in earthquake vulnerable regions.
Greece, being situated in the region where the African plate is subducting under the Eurasian plate, has the largest seismic energy release per sq. km compared to all other European countries.
At the same time, Greece also has a long cultural recorded history of past damaging earthquakes in the region. As a consequence, seismic awareness and considerable experience are established among Greek structural engineers, who have adopted seismic design rules and advanced dynamic analysis practices since 1959.
This demand for high quality training and education in the field of Earthquake Engineering has a strong impact on the content of both undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the School of Civil Engineering, NTUA, as it is evident by the number of compulsory and elective courses given on the subject and is reflected in the theoretical and practical competence of its faculty members.
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering & School of Mechanical Engineering
The M.Sc. in Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine is designed to prepare students to pioneer the transformation of innovative technologies into commercial devices and services with a significant socioeconomic impact in the field of Health. The program builds on NTUA’s decades of foundational work in biomedical engineering and science and focuses on cultivating deep knowledge and catalyzing interdisciplinary efforts to address urgent healthcare challenges.
Students study and work on cutting-edge topics in biomedical data science and artificial intelligence, neuroengineering, multiscale modeling, digital health, intelligent reality, healthcare robotics, and biomedical microelectromechanical systems (BioMEMs) among others. The curriculum focuses on instilling entrepreneurial and leadership skills in students as well as exposing them to all of the steps involved in translating research discoveries into innovative medical products and services. The program fosters a multidisciplinary and multisectoral approach through student internships in research labs, clinical departments, and industry.
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This research is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020» in the context of the project “Study in Greece: Extroversion – Internationalization of Greek Universities (MIS 5071330).
