Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences
| Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών | |
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Panteios School of Political Sciences |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1927 |
| Rector | Ismini Kriari-Katrani |
| Undergraduates | 18,500 |
| Postgraduates | 1500 |
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| Location | Kallithea, Athens, Greece |
| Website | www.panteion.gr |
The Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences (Greek: Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο Κοινωνικών και Πολιτικών Επιστημών), usually referred to simply as the Panteion University, is a university located in Athens, Greece. Founded in 1927, it is among the three oldest universities of political sciences in Europe.
The university consists of four faculties (schools) and nine academic departments:
Faculty of Economics and Public Administration:
Faculty of Political Sciences
Faculty of Social Sciences and Psychology
Faculty of International Studies, Communication and Culture
An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities will be conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) in the following years.
The Panteion University has a long history of a creative development linked not only to the course of higher education and the development of social sciences in Greece, but also to the wider social transformation of the country. It was founded in 1927 under the name School of Political Sciences, due to the envisagement of two persons who had studied at the Free School of Political Sciences in Paris (Sciences Po), Georgios Fragoudis and Alexandros Pantos.
Pavlos Kountouriotis, the President of Greece at the time, inaugurated the central building of the University, which functioned for the first time on 18 November 1930, attended by 200 students. Alexandros Pantos demised his fortune to the School, which was republished by the Prime Minister of Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos, making the institute stable in the academical scene of the country. It was in 1931 when the School was renamed to Panteios School of Political Sciences (Πάντειος Σχολή Πολιτικών Επιστημών).
At the beginning, the contribution of the Minister for National Education, George Papandreou, was very important for the School, which consisted of two departments, the Political-Historical and the Social-Economical, while the studies were planned for six semesters.
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