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The National Technical University of Athens (. HISTORY It was founded in 1836 as a part-time vocational school named Royal School of Arts which, as its role in the technical development of the fledgling state grew, developed into Greece's sole institution providing engineering degrees up until the 1950s, when polytechnics were established outside of Athens. Its traditional Campus is located in the center of the city of Athens on Patision Avenue , while a suburban campus, the Zografou Campus, was built in the 1980s. It was named ''Metsovion'' in honor of its benefactors ''Nikolaos Stournaris'', ''Eleni Tositsa'', ''Michail Tositsas'' and ''Georgios Averof'', whose origin is from the town of Metsovo in Epirus . FACULTIES The National Technical University of Athens is divided into nine academic faculties (Greek: σχολές), which are furthermore divided into 33 departments (Greek: τμήματα):
The university comprises about 700 of academic staff and a total of 10,000 students, 15% of them are post-graduates. Undergraduate studies have a duration of 5 years. CONTRIBUTION IN GREEK POLITICAL LIFE The National Technical University of Athens has always been a place of vibrant political life, being closely associated to the Greek student movement and the struggles for Peace and Democracy in Greece . The most obvious example of this was the Athens Polytechnic Uprising on November 17 , 1973 , which was the first step to overthrow Greece's Military Dictatorship . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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