Participants in this year’s THYESPA programme received their Certificates of Attendance at a closing ceremony held in the University’s Great Hall on Thursday, 9 July 2026.

The event opened with welcoming remarks from Professor Sophia Papaioannou, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, International Relations and Extroversion.

Professor of Government and holder of the Lloyd M Bentsen Jr Chair in Government/Business Relations at the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, USA, James K Galbraith, has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Political Science, National and…

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens launched ‘NKUA in the City’, a programme of educational, cultural, and artistic activities conceived by the author, on 21 March 2024. Since February 2025, the initiative has been jointly organised with the Municipality of Athens under a Memorandum of Understanding between the University and…

Professor Gerasimos Siasos, Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, has been elected President of the Rectors’ Conference of Greek Public Universities, following a decision of the Conference’s Plenary Assembly at its meeting held on the island of Samos on 2–3 July 2026.

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens launched uoa.ac.cy on 25 June 2026, the new website for its Cyprus Branch, marking another step in the University’s growing presence in Cyprus.

The new platform serves as the central online gateway for the University of Athens – Cyprus Branch, offering prospective students, parents,…

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens participated in the 112^th Rectors’ Conference of Greek Universities, hosted by the University of the Aegean on the island of Samos.

During the meeting, the Rector, Professor Gerasimos Siasos, together with the Vice-Rectors and the Executive Director, stressed the urgent need for increased…

Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Business Criminal Law, and Legal Philosophy at the Faculty of Law of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Dr Frank Saliger, has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the School of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The award ceremony was held on Friday,…

Emeritus Professor of the University of Leeds, Roger Slee, has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the Department of Early Childhood Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The award ceremony was held on Monday, 29 June 2026, in the University’s Great Hall.

Professor of Medical Oncology at Yale University (USA), Barbara Burtness, has been awarded the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the School of Medicine of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

The award ceremony was held on Thursday, 25 June 2026, in the University’s Great Hall.

A successful co-creation workshop was held as part of the “Combating Health Misinformation” project, implemented within the framework of the CIVIS Open Lab. The project aims to develop innovative digital tools that help citizens identify and respond to health misinformation. It brings together researchers from the National and Kapodistrian…