History of Panteion
1911
Eleftherios Venizelos submits a bill "On the establishment of a School of Political Sciences".
1915
Alexandros Pantos leaves a bequest in his will for the establishment of a School of Political Sciences. The condition is that the School bear his name.
1924
Georgios Fragoudis founded the "Educational Revival" Association with the aim of transforming it into a School of Political Sciences. He began a campaign to raise money.
1927
The President of the Republic, Admiral Kountouriotis, lays the foundation stone of the building.
1930
On November 18, Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos inaugurates the School of Political Sciences. Georgios Fragoudis is appointed director and 205 full-time students enroll.
1937
The School is called "Panteios Higher School of Sciences".
1939
The School is renamed "Panteios Higher School of Political Sciences & Public Servants", with the aim of educating and training civil servants.
1941
The School is recognized as equal to Universities and other Higher Education Institutions.
1951
A doctoral degree in Political Science begins to be awarded. The School acquires a university organization with a Rectorate and Senate.
1963
The course of study lasts four years. There are two departments: Political Science and Public Administration.
1967
The new wing of the School is completed. The garden is being landscaped, as well as the monument to A. Pantos.
1973
Busts of Pantos and Frangoudis are placed in the garden (today they are at the entrance to the Museum).
1983
The School is divided into departments:
1. Political Science and International Studies
2. Department of Public Administration
3. Department of Sociology
4. General Department of Law
1985
The Department of Psychology is founded.
1989
The School is renamed "Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences". The Department of Economic & Regional Development is made autonomous.
1990
The Department of Communication, Media & Culture is created.
1997
The Department of International & European Studies is autonomous.
2004
The Department of Social Policy & Social Anthropology is divided into two separate departments.
2013
Four Schools are established:
1. Economics & Management Sciences
2. Political Science
3. Social Sciences & Psychology
4. International Studies, Communication & Cultural Studies
Museum and Historical Archive
The Foundation includes the "George Frangoudis" Museum.
The Museum's collection consists of documents that illuminate the course of Panteion from its foundation in 1930 to the present day and constitute a valuable archive: documents concerning the foundation and inauguration of the School in 1930, the first curricula, student files from 1930 onwards, rich photographic material, administrative and other documents, books, paintings, lithographs, sculptures, medals, models, etc. Of particular interest are certain personal items of Alexandros Pantos, which have been granted on loan by the Historical and Folklore Society of Acharnes (I.L.E.A.).
The Panteion University Museum also includes its Historical Archive. The Museum is managed by a Board of Directors (BoD) which consists of five faculty members:
Professor Andromachi Gazi, Department of Media Communication and Culture, Director
Professor Lina Ventura, Department of Political Science & History
Professor Niki Maronitis, Department of Social Anthropology
Assoc. Professor Lambros Baltsiotis, Department of Political Science & History
Professor Yannis Skarpelos, Department of Media Communication and Culture
