Thessaloniki is one of the oldest cities in Europe and it is the second largest city in Greece with a population of 1,000,000. It stretches over twelve kilometers in a bowl formed by low hills facing a bay that opens into the Gulf Thermaikos. Founded about 315 B.C., on a site of old prehistoric settlements going back to 2300 B.C., by Cassander, King of Macedonia, it was named after his wife, Thessaloniki, sister of Alexander The Great. Since then, Thessaloniki has become the chief city of Macedonia and its most important commercial port. In addition to the Aristotle University, there are numerous institutions that contribute to the academic and cultural life of the city. Among them are the Macedonian University of Industrial Management, the Archaeological and the Byzantine museums, the Folklore museum, the State Conservatory, Theatre and Orchestra, the Society of Macedonian Studies and the Institute for Balkan Studies. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was founded in 1925 during the First Greek Republic by virtue of Decree No 33411461925, introduced into the Fourth National Convention in Athens by Alexander Papanastasiou. The University originally consisted of five Faculties: Theology, Philosophy, Law and Economics, Physics and Mathematics, and Medicine.

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