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Industry Collaboration Index 2026 · University profile

National Technical University of Athens

Greece · Europe · Silver

#548World rank of 1,038
48.2ICI scoreout of 100
#3National rank, of 7 in Greece
#226Regional rank, of 388 in Europe
364Verified industry works, 2021 to 2025
239Company groups worked with (74 on two or more works)

National Technical University of Athens is ranked #548 of 1,038, with Silver standing. Its strongest pillar is scale (54): a network of 74 company groups on two or more joint works. It is held back most by durability (32): 17 of its company groups are sustained partners (five or more joint works in three or more of the five years).

Research Collaboration Index 2026: #839 of 1,195 · View the RCI profile →

Why this position

Four pillars, as percentiles

Co-creation30% of the score
51

How often it co-authors with companies, compared with what its own mix of research fields would predict; size makes no difference. 364 verified works against about 366 expected for its fields (0.99 times the expected rate).

Durability20% of the score
32

How much of its industry work sits in sustained partnerships with the same company group. 17 sustained partnerships: five or more joint works in three or more of the five years.

Scale30% of the score
54

The size of its industry network: company groups on two or more works, sustained partnerships, and its place in the worldwide network of universities and companies. 74 company groups on two or more joint works; 17 sustained partnerships.

Breadth20% of the score
52

How varied its partners are, judged by each company's main research field. Measured across the main research fields of all the company groups it worked with.

Each pillar is a percentile among the 1,038 ranked universities: a value of 80 means a higher value than about 80 in every 100 of them. The ICI score (48.2) is the weighted average of the four percentiles. Rank 548 of 1,038 overall; 3 of 7 in Greece; 226 of 388 in Europe. Standing bands: Platinum for ranks 1 to 100, Gold 101 to 300, Silver 301 to 600. How the index is built →

In numbers

The evidence behind the position

4.0%of its 9,075 research works in 2021 to 2025 were co-authored with a verified company
0.99Industry co-authorship rate: 0.99 times what its mix of research fields would predict (364 verified works; about 366 expected)
17sustained partnerships: the same company group on five or more joint works in three or more of the five years

In Greece

3 of 7 ranked universities in Greece

  1. #1 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens world #264, score 64.8
  2. #2 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki world #497, score 51.0
  3. #3 National Technical University of Athens world #548, score 48.2
  4. #4 University of Patras world #645, score 42.7
  5. #5 University of Ioannina world #830, score 32.0
  6. #6 University of Thessaly world #851, score 30.8
  7. #7 University of Crete world #857, score 30.3

All ranked universities →   Europe: 226 of 388 →

Where it works with industry

Sector strengths

Verified industry works by sector, with its position in each sector ranking. A university is ranked in a sector once it has at least 20 verified works there; sectors with fewer than 50 eligible universities are provisional.

Strongest sector positions

#82 of 215Built Environment and Infrastructure39.5 verified works in the sector
#72 of 188Next-Generation Communications29 verified works in the sector
#143 of 373Climate, Environment and Sustainability35.5 verified works in the sector
Built Environment and Infrastructure
39.5#82 of 215
Climate, Environment and Sustainability
35.5#143 of 373
Next-Generation Communications
29#72 of 188
Clean Energy Transition
20#285 of 295
Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology
18under 20 works
Automotive and Mobility
15.5under 20 works
Software, Cloud and Data
15under 20 works
Advanced Manufacturing and Industry 4.0
12under 20 works
Artificial Intelligence
11.5under 20 works
Chemicals, Process and Resources
9.5under 20 works
Medical Technology and Digital Health
6under 20 works
Agriculture and Food Technology
4under 20 works
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
4under 20 works
Pharmaceuticals and Therapeutics
2under 20 works
Aerospace and Aviation
1under 20 works
Batteries and Energy Storage
1under 20 works
Cybersecurity and Digital Trust
1under 20 works
Space and Satellite Technology
1under 20 works
Not in any of the 21 sectors
138.5counted in the overall index

225.5 of its 364 verified industry works fall within the 21 sectors. The rest have research topics that belong to no industry sector (basic science, for example) or are consortium papers with 100 or more authors, which the sector indices leave out; all of them count fully in the overall index.

Who it works with

Company partners, 2021 to 2025

National Technical University of Athens co-authored verified work with 239 company groups, consortium papers aside: 74 of them on two or more works, and 17 as sustained partners.

The largest 12 of its 239 company groups, by joint works

Company groupBased inCompany's main research fieldJoint worksYears with a joint work
NovaMechanicsCyprusComputer Science225 of 5
EYDAPGreeceEnvironmental Science125 of 5
Public Power CorporationGreeceEngineering125 of 5
CosmoteGreeceEngineering105 of 5
INTRASOFT InternationalLuxembourgComputer Science104 of 5
WINGS ICT SolutionsGreeceEngineering93 of 5
Hellenic Telecommunications OrganizationGreeceEngineering83 of 5
Hellenic Aerospace IndustryGreeceEngineering85 of 5
UbitechGreeceComputer Science84 of 5
Titan CementGreeceEngineering73 of 5
LioniXNetherlandsEngineering74 of 5
Intracom TelecomGreeceComputer Science6.54 of 5

A company group brings together a company's subsidiaries and research labs under one name. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at this university. Consortium papers with 100 or more authors are left out of this table.

Examples of its work with industry

Most-cited verified joint works

Its most-cited verified works with 30 or fewer authors, leaving out guidelines and consensus statements. Citation counts are those of the open scholarly record at harvest. Each title links to the work.

Over time

Verified industry works by year

78.52021
632022
80.52023
56.52024
85.52025

2025 is not yet complete: papers published late in the year are still being added to the open record, and coverage may not be equally complete for every university, so compare years with care. A work counts half when its only company author also holds a post at the university, so some totals end in .5.

Funded partnerships (reported, not scored)

Publicly funded research projects with companies

European Union: 210 Horizon projects with company partners

Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects starting 2021-2025 in which this university and at least one company take part (1,340 distinct companies). Most frequent: Innovation In Research & Engineering Solutions, Engineering - Ingegneria Informatica SpA, American Mpiro of Siping Hellenic Monoprosopi Etaireia Periorismenis E, Comsensus, Komunikacije In Senzorika, d.o.o., Hydrus Anotati Synektiki Michaniki Etaireia Symvoulon Anonymi Etaireia, Rina Services SpA.

  • EUROfusion Implementation of activities described in the Roadmap to Fusion during Horizon Europe through a joint programme of the members of the... 2021, 12 companies
  • metaCCAZE Flexibly adapted MetaInnovations, use cases, collaborative business and governance models to accelerate deployment of smart and shared Zero... 2024, 21 companies
  • EBRT2030 European Bus Rapid Transit of 2030: electrified, automated, connected 2023, 32 companies

Shown for context from the public grant registries; they do not enter the score in Edition 1. Comparable open registries of company partners exist for the European Union and the United Kingdom but not yet for most other research systems, and in some countries national research organisations take part on behalf of university laboratories, so these counts are not comparable between countries.

Funded and co-publishing. Of the funded company partners that match an ICI company group, 46 also appear in this university's verified co-authorship record (Engineering Ingegneria Informatica, Rina Services, RISA Sicherheitsanalysen, NovaMechanics, BASF [group I4210107087], Iridra Srl) and 176 are funded partners not yet visible in it. About 18% of funded company names could be matched to a company group; the rest are counted, not guessed. Sources: UKRI Gateway to Research harvested 4 Oct 2026; CORDIS bulk files of 2026-10-12 (latest record update 2026-06-10). Funded partnerships cover UK (UKRI Gateway to Research) and EU (Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, CORDIS) projects starting 2021 to 2025 only. They are reported, never scored, and a funder record outside these two sources is not visible here.

Evidence checked

494 verified company links

Each counted link (one work, this university and one company) was confirmed against the affiliation text its author wrote; 351 of 845 candidate links were set aside.

Why links were set aside
  • 209 company name not written in the author's affiliation
  • 38 ordinary-word name without a company suffix
  • 17 part of a university or public institute's own unit
  • 15 a place or common word that failed its stricter rule
  • 9 excluded after hand audit: Virtual Vehicle is a publicly funded research centre
  • 7 excluded after hand audit: Matched from the Kirchhoff Institute and street names
  • 56 for other reasons: smaller hand-audit findings, and links the current open record no longer supports

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In the Research Collaboration Index 2026, National Technical University of Athens ranks #839 of 1,195. It measures the whole research network, not only industry.

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