The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (often called the Aristotelian University), named after the philosopher Aristotle, is the largest university of Greece. Its campus covers 429 metric acres close to the center of the city of Thessaloniki. Some educational and administrative facilities are located off campus for practical and operational reasons.
More than 95,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students study at the Aristotle University, 86,000 in undergraduate programmes and 9,000 in postgraduate programmes. Furthermore, the Teaching and Research Staff number 2,332 people (671 professors, 638 associate professors, 503 assistant professors, and 520 lecturers), the Scientific Teaching Staff number 103 and the Special Laboratory Teaching Staff 307 people. This is further supported by the 414 members of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff for teaching services and the 957 members of administrative staff .
