Throughout the long history of the NTUA, high-level mathematical education has been an integral part of the proper training of engineers. Thus, mathematics at NTUA has always provided not only an essential knowledge base, but also, more generally, shaped the scientific training of its graduates as a form of education. Already, from the founding decree (December 31, 1836), the important role of mathematics as a basic tool of technological development is apparent, both in terms of the dynamics of its theory and the wealth of its applications. The combination of these two objectives, i.e., the education of skilled engineers and the provision of high-level mathematical education, formed the framework, based on the model of the French Polytechnic School, within which the NTUA began to operate alongside other European polytechnics.

Since the time of A. Damaskinos (1877-84), teaching has not been limited to the necessary mathematical knowledge but has also reflected contemporary discoveries in mathematics. This trend was reinforced by the prestige and teaching of two eminent mathematicians, Kyparissos Stefanos and Ioannis Hatzidakis, and continued in the interwar years with Georgios Remoundos and the presence and teaching of Konstantinos Karatheodoris for two academic years (1922-24).

The teaching of mathematics in its current form, suitable for high-level technological studies, began to take shape with Nikolaos Genimatas and was completed by Nikolaos Kritikos and Filon Vasileios. At the same time, however, emphasis was also placed on the cultivation of theoretical mathematics. It is characteristic, for example, that in the curriculum for the academic year 1937, the only seminar course at the National Technical University of Athens was the course “Complex analytical functions and conformal mapping.” It is also characteristic that many students of the Institution, including H. Papakyriakopoulos and S. Pichoridis, continued their studies in Mathematics and honored the NTUA and Greece with their work.