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CAMPUS

The campus of the Agricultural University of Athens extends over an area of 250 acres on the outskirts of Ceramikos and within the historic Eleonas.
It includes 28 building blocks, 42 well-organised and equipped laboratories for education and research, 55 modern amphitheaters and several classrooms.
The studies at the Foundation are broadened thanks to the vineyard, the tree plantation, the valuable collections of plant material, the museum, the growth of plants, productive animals and aquatic organisms for experimental purposes, the dairy and winery, the greenhouses, the agricultural machinery, the silkworm rearing and beekeeping unit, the composting unit and the Library and Information Center. The restaurant, the canteen, the gymnasiums and the recreation areas create conditions conducive to the gathering and creative interaction of the members of the academic community within the University.

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COOPERATIVE DEPARTMENTS

The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development is the only Greek University Department with the objective of training agro-economists able to meet the demands of this new, promising but also challenging, period in Greek agriculture which was inaugurated with the entry of Greece into the European Union.

The primary aim of the Department is to promote knowledge and to educate scientists specialized in research and in tackling problems connected with the economic, social, political and environmental dimension of a viable rural development within the framework of European integration.

The special characteristic of the Department is that it combines areas of expertise derived from both the sciences and the humanities. The agro-technical knowledge is essential for the evaluation of management intervention at the level of agricultural enterprises and the economic value of general measures of agricultural policy. On the other hand, decision-making and the formation of policy of an agro-technical nature are not possible without the knowledge of the principles and mechanisms of economics.

The Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition offers to the students the scientific background for the rational copping with scientific and technological issues in the food area. Furthermore, it promotes the existing knowledge in the Food Science and Human Nutrition through research and development programs conducted in collaboration with other Greek and foreign Universities and Research institutes as well as with research and development departments of small and large Greek food industries

 

Key Objectives of the Department:

  • Educating scientists to have a solid background in science, technology and economics that will enable them to staff the food industry and stakeholders in the private and public sector, such as research laboratories, microbiological laboratories, quality control laboratories, supervisory/regulatory authorities, consultancy companies for food safety management systems
  • Contributing to the development of Food Science and Technology through scientific research and training of researchers
  • Sharing scientific knowledge with Food Industries by establishing collaboration projects between the University and the industries