Travelling
About LC Athens
Text: Maria Gontika, LC Athens
Photographs: LC Athens
LC Athens has always been very active on local and international level. Being the Congress
Organizing Committee for the second time in
four years is a great honor, combined with the
ten years anniversary since the foundation of
our LC. The long story of LC Athens began
one decade ago, when in 2004 a handful of
third-year students decided to enter the already big family of EESTEC. Their first trip was
to Ljubljana, where they were taught the pure
meaning of the EESTEC spirit, so going back,
they started making plans for the foundation
of the LC Athens. One year later, in Madrid,
their dream became reality, and Athens became an official member of EESTEC. During
these ten years, more than 900 members have
joined our local committee, and the number
is still increasing. Our university, the National
Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is not
only in the top 100 of the world ranking and
in the top 30 of Europe’s ranking, but it is also
a historical school. It was founded in 1836 by
four benefactors from northern Greece. During the dictatorship in Greece, back in 1973,
the students of NTUA occupied the building,
demanding their rights from the dictator. On
17th of November 1973, the army invaded the
university and the tank killed dozens of students who were guarding the gates. This was
the start of the ending for the dictatorship in
Greece. Since then, NTUA has built a great
reputation, not only in Greece, but also in
whole Europe, for its best qualified graduates.
As students of this historical and successful
technical university, the members of LC Athens are concerned about upgrading the academic level of all the students in our School
and the whole student’s community. Most of
LC Athens’ workshops and seminars address
to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate
students not only in engineering but also on
the technical field in general.
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