ACG History

ACG History

Founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor, in 1875, by missionaries from Boston, Massachusetts, The American College of Greece is the oldest and largest US-accredited college or university in Europe.

For over 150 years, ACG has been offering transformative education and cultivating a fertile intellectual and cultural collaboration between Greece and the United States.

ACG is an independent, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, co-educational academic institution.

Here are some historical highlights: