Popularly known as Athens Polytechnic, the National Technical University of Athens has its history as entwined with Greece’s political history as its academic heritage. NTUA graduates have been pivotal to Greece’s pre-war development and to post-war reconstruction. The graduate engineers who staffed public and private technical services and companies were and remain by general consent, equal to their European counterparts. Many have been elected to distinguished teaching and research positions in well known universities all over the world.
Set up in 1837 as the Royal School of Arts, the National
Technical University of Athens later took up the polytechnic title in 1862 and in the early 1870s it moved to the Patision complex in the centre of Athens. From the 1960's, the NTUA is continuously expanding at the Zografou Campus where eight of the nine Schools are located. The School of Architecture still remains at Patission complex. The valuable work of NTUA and its international reputation are due to its well-organised educational and research system, the quality of its staff and students, and the adequacy of its technical infrastructure.
The high specification infrastructure projects completed at NTUA include buildings of
300000 m2 with fully equipped lecture theatres, laboratories and libraries, surrounded by a pleasant natural environment of 100 hectares. Choosing ‘Prometheus bringing the fire from the gods to the mankind’ as its symbol, NTUA never loses sight of the real human needs and dimensions. Today, the institute integrates its mission by adopting the timeless valuable social role of the traditional Universities. Consequently, NTUA develops the broader personal and social qualities of its academic and research staff and its students by cultivating their skills for self-reliant access to knowledge, strengthening their general background while developing well integrated personalities.
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