UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

ETHNIKO AND KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO OF ATHENS

IN 1837, A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED IN ATHENS. FIRSTLY, IT WAS CALLED OTHONION PANEPISTIMIO BUT AFTER OTHON'S DETHRONEMENT IT WAS CALLED ETHNIKON. ITS FINAL NAME WAS ETHNIKO AND KAPODISTRIAKO PANEPISTIMIO IN ORDER TO FULFILL THE CONDITION OF THE LEGACY OF JOHN DOBOLIS WHO HAD ALREADY LEGATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY IN HONOUR OF THE FIRST LEADER OF GREECE, IOANNIS KAPODISTRIAS. IN THE BEGINNING IT HAD ONLY FOUR FACULTIESIN WHICH ONLY 52 STUDENTS WERE ENROLLED THE FIRST YEAR. IN 1905, THE FACULTIES BECAME DIFFERENT PARTS AND FILOSOPHIKI WAS DIVISED FROM SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS, DENTIST SCHOOL, MEDICINE SCHOOL. EVERYONE WAS DIVISED IN SMALLER FACULTIES EXCEPT FOR THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL. AT THE BEGINNING, THE UNIVERSITY WAS PLACED IN PLAKA BUT A THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS WAS INCREASING, BETWEEN 1839 AND 1849 PANEPISTIMIOUPOLIS WAS BUILT IN ZOGRAFOU. LATER CHEMISTRY'S SCHOOL WAS BUILT(1889) AND LAW SCOOL TOO(1917)-SOLONOS STREET-.