Agricultural University of Athens

The National Technical University of Athens is ranked 338th across the world, 116th within the European Union, and 3rd in Greece according to the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities website. NTUA was placed between 551 to 600 in the QS World University Rankings in 2012, with its rankings for the faculty area as 152nd in Engineering & Technology and 352nd for Natural Sciences respectively. The 2012 performance rankings of scientific papers from world universities, released through the National Taiwan University (NTU Ranking) has rated NTUA as an excellent. NTUA is the top cited Impact Score (0.88) in the Greek universities according to a ranking that was prepared by the Directorate-General for Science and Research of the European Commission in 2003 (updated in 2004) which was released in the Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators. NTUA is a well-known institution in the academic world as a prestigious state university that encourages the advancement of science and technologies. This is because of the postgraduate degrees that it awards. They are of an excellent standard and are renowned for their international prestige. The primary goals of postgraduate studies of the NTUA’s postgraduate studies is to sustain and improve the quality of its education, to improve international recognition of the degrees awarded and to promote the cohesion of education, research advancement, and scientific excellence.