Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) is the largest Higher Education Institution in Greece and one of the largest in Southeastern Europe. It is known as the most interdisciplinary university of the country with a wide range of offered services in basic and applied research, as well as in research on humanities and social sciences. It comprises 10 faculties which consist of 40 schools and 1 single-School Faculty.  

Its strategic objectives, in the framework of its vision/mission, remain high and consistently oriented to the continuation of its tradition; namely, to be a pioneer institution, standing out among Greek and many foreign Universities on all levels: education, research, culture, connection with society. AUTh is committed to perform high-quality research in pioneering topics aiming at quality and excellence promotion.

In the UPRISE Project, AUTh shall contribute to the UPRISE birth cohort studies as well as to the atmospheric dispersion and exposure pathway modelling which will simulate atmospheric concentrations in the pilot areas.