The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1985, welcoming the first students in the academic year 1990-1991. Since its foundation it has earned a distinguished reputation, nationally and internationally, for its quality of teaching and research. It has been the first faculty established since the opening of the School of Health Sciences at the University of Thessalia, it has been autonomous since 1995 and operating in the city of Larissa....

The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1985 in Larissa. At first, it was established in the refurbished building of the former “Katsigra Clinic” and later also in two hired buildings. In 2008, new buildings (the University campus) for the Faculty of Medicine were erected on 100,000 m2 in the area of Mezourlo, which was granted by the Municipality of Larissa during the Mayoralty of A. Lamproulis. The new facilities of the University campus include the following laboratories established in March 2008: the Laboratories of Anatomy, Biology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Immunology, and Pathology...

The Faculty of Medicine was launched 20 years ago with a very small number of faculty members and rudimentary infrastructure, welcoming the first students in September 1990. It is the newest in Greece and in comparison with other Faculties or Medical Schools it has the smallest number of faculty members (96 active and 37 under evaluation or nomination). Since 1999, the University Hospital of Larissa has been functioning as a tertiary unit, one of the most modern in the country, with 690 beds. This is where University Departments and Laboratories develop their activities and undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD students, as well as a great number of resident doctors practise...