Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο | |
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| Type | Publichigher education institution |
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| Established | 1990; 36 years ago (1990) |
| Rector | Georgios Dedoussis |
Total staff | 300 |
| Students | 3,214 (2021) |
| Location | , Greece 37°57′40″N23°42′30″E / 37.96111°N 23.70833°E /37.96111; 23.70833 |
| Nickname | HUA |
| Website | www |
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Harokopio University of Athens,HUA (Greek:Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο) is a public research university based inKallithea, Athens, Greece.
Founded in 1990, the 18th state University established in Greece, as the successor of the Harokopios Higher School of Home Economics (Greek:Χαροκόπειος Ανωτάτη Σχολή) that was established in 1929. The university has ever since expanded to further scientific areas awarding bachelor's, master's, as well as doctoral degrees. Its small size, with about 120 academic and research staff, 80 administration personnel and 1000 undergraduate students, makes it a flexible academic institution.
The university is named afterPanagis Harokopos (1835–1911), who took care of the founding and funding of a school oriented towards the production of scientific potential in Home Economics. To achieve his vision he bought a plot of 20,000 m2 in the borough ofKallithea, where between 1915 and 1920 the school was built. A new wing was added in 1959.[1]
This complex of buildings housed the "Harokopios Higher School" until 1990, when the Harokopio University was founded. The development of the university was based on international standards and scientific research that was conducted by the Institute of Regional Development of thePanteion University after request of the Ministry of Education.
The infrastructure of the university is of high level, in fact it was fully restored in 1993-1994 while a new building was erected in 1999–2000 to house the newly established Geography Department and the library. In 2011 a new building was completed in the area of Tavros, for the newly established Department of Informatics and Telematics and the university's Refrectory.[2]
Harokopio University is active in academic research and teaching in the wider fields of Home Economics and Ecology, Geography, Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, as well as Informatics and Telematics, all including – to a larger or smaller extent – the study of the different aspects of theenvironment. Through research programmes, as well as its extensive ERASMUS educational exchange program, the university has built an extensive network of co-operation with other academic and research institutes and the private sector in Greece, Europe and worldwide.
According to statistics on publications as reported by the National Documentation Center, Harokopio University contributes to the scientific output of Greece.
Today Harokopio University comprises 3 Schools and 4 academic Departments.
| Schools | Departments |
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| Environment,Geography andApplied Economics (founded 2013) | Economics andSustainable Development (founded 1993) |
Geography (founded 2000) | |
| Health Science andEducation (founded 2013) | Nutrition and Dietetics (founded 1994) |
| Digital Technology (founded 2013) | Informatics andTelematics (founded 2006) |
In 2016 the external evaluation committee gave Harokopio University aPositive evaluation.[3]
An external evaluation of all academic departments inGreek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA).[4][5]
Harokopio is currently ranked 351–400th inThe Times Higher Education (THE) world university rankings.[6]
Harokopio University maintains aWorld Meteorological Organization station in cooperation with theNational Observatory of Athens. According to the station the University area has ahot semi-arid climate (BSh) bordering ahot-summer Mediterranean climate. During the summer of 2024 the station reached a stunning summer mean maximum temperature of 36.8 °C (98.2 °F).[7]
| Climate data for Harokopio University | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 22.8 (73.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 26.1 (79.0) | 31.6 (88.9) | 36.9 (98.4) | 41.4 (106.5) | 43.4 (110.1) | 43.3 (109.9) | 37.3 (99.1) | 32.1 (89.8) | 28.0 (82.4) | 22.1 (71.8) | 43.4 (110.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 14.4 (57.9) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.4 (65.1) | 22.3 (72.1) | 26.9 (80.4) | 32.4 (90.3) | 35.9 (96.6) | 35.1 (95.2) | 30.4 (86.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 20.3 (68.5) | 16.0 (60.8) | 24.4 (75.9) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 10.6 (51.1) | 11.6 (52.9) | 13.9 (57.0) | 17.4 (63.3) | 21.9 (71.4) | 27.1 (80.8) | 30.5 (86.9) | 30.1 (86.2) | 25.6 (78.1) | 20.7 (69.3) | 16.2 (61.2) | 12.4 (54.3) | 19.8 (67.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 6.7 (44.1) | 7.6 (45.7) | 9.5 (49.1) | 12.5 (54.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 21.8 (71.2) | 25.1 (77.2) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.8 (69.4) | 16.1 (61.0) | 12.2 (54.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 15.2 (59.4) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −1.6 (29.1) | −0.4 (31.3) | −0.2 (31.6) | 5.5 (41.9) | 11.7 (53.1) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.3 (64.9) | 19.2 (66.6) | 12.8 (55.0) | 9.1 (48.4) | 4.4 (39.9) | 0.8 (33.4) | −1.6 (29.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 52.2 (2.06) | 34.4 (1.35) | 28.1 (1.11) | 19.6 (0.77) | 19.2 (0.76) | 26.7 (1.05) | 8.9 (0.35) | 13.1 (0.52) | 23.1 (0.91) | 27.4 (1.08) | 62.0 (2.44) | 63.2 (2.49) | 377.9 (14.89) |
| Source 1:National Observatory of Athens Monthly Bulletins (Nov 2016 - Aug 2025)[8] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: Harokopio Athens N.O.A station[9] andWorld Meteorological Organization[10] | |||||||||||||
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