Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Greece

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece. The main campus is located in the centre of the city of Thessaloniki. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (which consists of 12 Faculties, 42 Schools and 289 Laboratories) conducts research projects, participates in European research programmes and projects, cooperates with international institutions and organizations, and attracts outstanding researchers from within Greece and abroad.

The Aristotle University supports research projects in a wide variety of disciplines related to the environment (natural and built), computing, new technologies and nanotechnology, telecommunications, industrial technologies, transport, biotechnology, biomedicine and health, agriculture, forestry and fishery, education and language, history and archaeology, social studies and economics. The research policy of the Aristotle University focuses on promoting quality, and encouraging excellence. The principle objective of the quality policy implemented by the Research Committee of the Aristotle University is to ensure that optimal control procedures are applied and specific accreditation systems are used that guarantee high-quality research outputs. The Committee began implementing a quality policy within the framework of its operational programme, when the “Special Account for Research Grants” (S.A.R.G.) was accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 9001:2000) in November 2002. An excellence policy is also implemented with the aim to encourage the research personnel of the Aristotle University to conduct high-quality research projects in all fields of study. Recognizing the importance of the research carried out at the Aristotle University and rewarding the personnel for their hard work, setting up new research teams, as well as fostering a supportive environment for innovation are the fundamental principles behind the excellence policy of the Aristotle University. Thus, implementing a quality policy helps improve the internal organization of the research units of the Aristotle University, while implementing an excellence policy provides the research personnel of the University with incentives.

Every Faculty/School offers an undergraduate degree, postgraduate degrees (2nd cycle and PhD). A.U.Th. also offers Lifelong Learning courses covering a wide variety of fields of study , as well as summer schools and other short cycle study programmes. The School of Economics is the largest School in Aristotle University. Our graduates have gone on to work in the Public, Private and Higher Education sectors and some of them also got involved in politics.

The School of Economics and Political Science (as it was originally named) was established in 1928 and was part of the Faculty of Law and Economics. The faculty of Economics and Political Science was established in 2013 and consisted of the School of Economics, the School of Journalism and Mass Media, and the School of Political Science.