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Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
The Aristotle or Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki was founded in
1925. Alexandros Papanastassiou, Prime Minister of Greece at that time decided
to found a university in Thessaloniki in order to boost the local economy and
culture. It is named after the philosopher Aristotle, who was born in Stageira,
about 55 km east of Thessaloniki. It was the second Greek university to be
founded after the University of Athens, which was established in 1837.
Its campus covers 33.4 hectares in the centre of Thessaloniki. The School
of Visual and Applied Arts and the School of Music Studies of the Faculty of
Fine Arts, as well as the School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences are
housed in facilities located in Thermi which cover about 21.3 hectares. It
comprises 11 Faculties, 36 schools, and numerous other units (such as
laboratories, study rooms, libraries, clinics, research centers etc.), which makes it
the largest university in Greece and southeastern Europe in terms of number of
staff, undergraduate and postgraduate students and the facilities offered. As of
2014, there is a student population of approximately 40.000 active students
enrolled at the university and 2.366 faculty members. The language of instruction
is Greek, although there are programs in foreign languages and courses for
international students, which are carried out in English, French, German, and
Italian.
The Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is one of the
largest in the Balkans. It was founded in 1927 and it has got more than 80,000
books! The Aristotle University Library is nowadays the second largest library in
Greece, after the National Library.
Sources: https://www.auth.gr/en , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle_University_of_Thessaloniki