![]() The School of Education in Florina was founded in 1993 and is now part of the University of Western Macedonia. The Faculty of Education was founded in 1983, the Faculty of Fine Arts in 1984, the independent school of Physical Education and Sports Sciences in 1983 and the independent School of Journalism and Mass Media in 1991. 1268 providing for the structure and operation of Greek Higher Educational Institutes brought about a complete restructuring of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, since it promoted the school as the basic academic unit, a restructuring of faculties and the organization of schools into new faculties: the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Philosophy, the Faculty of Sciences, the Faculty of Law and Economics, the Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences, the Faculty of Health Sciences, and the Faculty of Engineering. The School of Veterinary Medicine was founded in 1950, the Institute of Foreign Languages in 1951, the Faculty of Engineering in 1955, and the School of Dentistry in 1959 as part of the Faculty of Medicine (it acquired its present status as an independent School in 1971). The Faculty of Law and Economics opened its doors in 1928, whereas the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Theology were founded later, in 1941. Much later, one of its schools, the School of Forestry, along with the School of Agriculture became part of the newly created Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry which opened its doors in 1937. The Faculty of Physics and Mathematics opened its doors in 1927. Today, it is the historic building of the university and houses part of the Faculty of Philosophy. The building was repaired and a third floor was added a little later. ![]() Soon, however, the location proved to be problematic and, in October 1927, the Faculty of Philosophy was transferred to a mansion in Ethnikis Amynis street, which previously housed the 2nd Military Hospital. At first, it was housed in the “Allatini” building, which now hosts the Prefecture of Thessaloniki services. Thus, the Faculty of Philosophy was the first to open its doors in 1926. In order to meet the needs and demands of the time, special emphasis was placed on the development of the humanities. Georgios Chatzidakis was the first Head of the university and the second one was Christos Tsountas. Thus, the Aristotle University first opened its doors a year later, in 1926. Problems continued to exist, however, after the enactment of the act, because of the political upheaval of the time. ![]() 3341/14-6-25) was signed on June 5th, 1925 by the constitutional assembly of the time, and was published in the Government Gazette on June 22nd, 1925. After considerable discussion, the founding act of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (no. It was due to the initiative taken by the government of Alexandros Papanastasiou that the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was founded in 1925. However, the Asia Minor disaster thwarted these plans. Plans provided also for founding a university in Smyrna. Eleftherios Venizelos was the first politician to start efforts to found a university in Thessaloniki at a time when Northern Greece had just been liberated and when reinforcing the “New Territories,” as the newly liberated areas were then called, emerged as a national need. ![]()
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