Collections
The Archive of the University of Athens is one of the most complete public archives in Greece. Its multifarious archival collection consists of more than 2.000.000 items. A lot of written evidence from the University's history has been classified. This material constitutes a broad research infrastructure for the study of the history of the University of Athens, but also of Greek history in general. The researcher can find documents on the history of the country’s largest and oldest university, on the educational system and the sciences and on the social, economic, scientific, institutional and cultural history of modern Greece. The Archive’s collection is an invaluable source for the composition of doctoral theses as well as research on the history of the Schools, the University, and the society in general. The core archival collections are organized as follows: a) the archives kept by the secretariats of the Faculties (Theology, Law, Medicine, Philosophy, Natural Sciences) and the archives kept by administrative centers (Senate, Protocol, Public Relations, etc.), b) Personal Archives of the teaching staff of the University of Athens, c) Photographic, audio and cinematographic material from cultural events organized by the University, d) Collection of portraits of University professors. Moreover, it contains archives from institutions founded by the university (hospitals, student club, secondary schools, etc.) The collections, fully organized, are kept in its largest part in the Archive building.
For the research purposes of the Historical Archive, there is a non-lending specialised library. The library’s collection includes publications of the University from its foundation until today, scientific works that have been submitted to the institution, bibliography on the History of Universities, the History and Sociology of Education, etc.