| Harokopio University | |
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| Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο | |
| Established | 1990 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | Anagnostopoulos D. |
| Vice-Chancellor |
Yeorgitsoyanni E. Papadopoulos A. |
| Students | approx. 700 |
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Campus | Kallithea |
| Website | www.hua.gr |
Harokopio University (Greek: Χαροκόπειο Πανεπιστήμιο) is a public research university in Athens, Greece. It was founded in 1990 as the successor of the Harokopios Higher School of Home Economics that was established in 1929. The developent of the University was based on international standards and scientific research that was conducted by the Institute of Regional Development of the Panteion University after request of the Ministry of Education.
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The University is named after Panagis 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 of Kallithea, where between 1915 and 1920 the school was built. A new wing was added in 1959.
This complex of buildings housed the "Harokopios Higher School" until 1990, when the Harokopio University was founded.
There are about 700 active students today in Harokopio, a fact that makes the university the second smallest in Greece. On the other hand student numbers are increasing as the rate in this aspect is one of the highest compared to other universities in Greece. The infrastructure of the institute 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. A new building, outside the campus, is expected to expand the university's infrastructure in late 2011.
Harokopio, through its Department of Geography, takes part in the European Spatial Development Planning Network along with 16 other European Universities.[1]
The study programmes offered by Harokopio cover fields that are unique or relatively underdeveloped in Greece.
There are four departments offering undergraduate studies:
Respectively, there are four post-graduate programmes, each one having three directions.