Research & Internationalisation.
The School of Agriculture at AUTh is one of the most dynamic pillars of research and innovation in Greece, with a strong international orientation. Through participation in leading research networks and the continuous exchange of knowledge with universities outside Greece, the School sustains an academic environment of excellence that advances sustainable development and scientific leadership.
Three threads run through this work — the research projects that bring external funding into the School, the Erasmus+ partnerships that move students across Europe, and the publications that carry the School's science into the global record.
Research Projects.
The School's research activity covers a wide spectrum, ranging from food biotechnology and agricultural economics to environmental management. The breadth of competence across the two collaborating Schools means the research portfolio touches almost every dimension of the agri-food system — from soil and water to molecular food chemistry, from cooperative governance to digital and precision agriculture.
For the period 2016–2025, the School has demonstrated remarkable success in attracting external funding, managing a total of €41,377,826.71 in research grants from European, national, and industry sources. This level of activity sustains the laboratory infrastructure, the research training of doctoral candidates, and the year-on-year renewal of teaching with current scientific findings.
Student Mobility & Erasmus+.
Outward-looking education is an integral part of the School's identity. Students are encouraged to broaden their horizons through study periods and internships across Europe, with the School maintaining a steady network of partner institutions.
The School currently holds 36 active Erasmus+ agreements with partner universities across Europe.
Mobility figures from recent academic years confirm a sustained pattern of internationalisation — both in the number of students moving outward to study or undertake internships in partner universities, and in the number of incoming students hosted by the School:
- 2025–2026: 22 outgoing · 8 incoming
- 2024–2025: 26 outgoing · 13 incoming
- 2023–2024: 30 outgoing · 10 incoming
- 2022–2023: 27 outgoing · 2 incoming
- 2021–2022: 38 outgoing · 3 incoming
The trend across these five years reflects both the established outgoing pipeline — built up over more than two decades of Erasmus participation — and the steady rise of incoming mobility as the School's English-taught offerings expand. With the launch of the Joint Undergraduate Programme in English, incoming numbers are expected to grow further.
Publications.
The scientific work of the School's faculty is internationally recognised, with regular publications in the most prestigious peer-reviewed journals of their respective fields. The published research generates new knowledge that receives thousands of citations from the global scientific community each year, contributing directly to the international standing of the School and of AUTh as a whole.
Publications also feed the programme's teaching: lectures, laboratory protocols, and case studies are routinely refreshed with findings from the School's own active research lines — so students engage with science as it is being made, not only as it has been recorded.