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The ''Aristotle University of Thessaloniki'' (the '''Aristotelian University,''' Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, AUTH) supports both traditional and distance/online education. It is the largest university in [[Greece]], located near the centre of the city of Thessaloniki. More than 95,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University: 86,000 in undergraduate programmes and 9,000 in postgraduate programmes.
The ''University of Name'' ('''Other name''', ABBREV)


The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often called the Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. Its campus covers 230,000 square metres close to the center of the city of Thessaloniki. Some educational and administrative facilities are located off campus for practical and operational reasons.
Aristotle University in Thessaloniki has been innovative since 1995 where it hosted the first pilot applications for the exploitation of new technologies in education within the 1st EE-funded project. Since 1997, there has been an important effort to transform this large Greek university into a dual-mode university that can provide a great part of graduate and postgraduate programs with both traditional methods and distance learning, with the creation of 6 virtual tele-classes and one tele-conference room. Academic community members can participate in distance learning activities, educational seminars and conferences with experts.  


More than 95,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University, 86,000 in undergraduate programmes and 9,000 in postgraduate programmes. Furthermore, the Teaching and Research Staff number 2,332 people (671 professors, 638 associate professors, 503 assistant professors, and 520 lecturers), the Scientific Teaching Staff number 103 and the Special Laboratory Teaching Staff 307 people. This is further supported by the 414 members of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff for teaching services and the 957 members of administrative staff [1].
A great number of teleconferences sessions took place from 200-2008 years between Aristotle University and other academic units all over the world, where students and faculty from many participating universities had the opportunity to attend lectures, to participate in international conferences and to effectively train - through seminars - professionals such as teachers in all levels of education in new technology aspect.  
 
AUTH is the co-ordinator of the US [[Systematization, Valorisation and Dissemination of e-Learning]] project.


The AUTH web site is at http://www.auth.gr
The AUTH web site is at http://www.auth.gr
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Latest revision as of 08:43, 5 October 2009

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (the Aristotelian University, Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessalonikis, AUTH) supports both traditional and distance/online education. It is the largest university in Greece, located near the centre of the city of Thessaloniki. More than 95,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University: 86,000 in undergraduate programmes and 9,000 in postgraduate programmes.

Aristotle University in Thessaloniki has been innovative since 1995 where it hosted the first pilot applications for the exploitation of new technologies in education within the 1st EE-funded project. Since 1997, there has been an important effort to transform this large Greek university into a dual-mode university that can provide a great part of graduate and postgraduate programs with both traditional methods and distance learning, with the creation of 6 virtual tele-classes and one tele-conference room. Academic community members can participate in distance learning activities, educational seminars and conferences with experts.

A great number of teleconferences sessions took place from 200-2008 years between Aristotle University and other academic units all over the world, where students and faculty from many participating universities had the opportunity to attend lectures, to participate in international conferences and to effectively train - through seminars - professionals such as teachers in all levels of education in new technology aspect.

AUTH is the co-ordinator of the US Systematization, Valorisation and Dissemination of e-Learning project.

The AUTH web site is at http://www.auth.gr

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