• The students of the University of Thessaly submit electronically an Application for the granting of catering service, through the appropriate online platform of the University of Thessaly. (https://merimna.uth.gr), by using the credentials of their institutional account. Applications must be submitted before the end of the current academic year, on dates specified by the Student Welfare Office, so that students can receive catering services for the following academic year.
• All first-year students submit their application electronically after completing registration and identification at the Faculty Secretariat, obtaining the credentials for their institutional account, and on dates specified by the Student Welfare Service.

Opening of Applications for Student Accommodation and Catering – Academic Year 2025–2026

We inform undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as doctoral candidates of the University of Thessaly who are interested in Student Catering or Accommodation, that they must submit their application electronically an    Αίτηapplication through the University’s online platform (https://merimna.uth.gr), using their institutional account credentials. To access the online application platform from a computer outside the University networkconnection via the Virtual Private Network (VPN) is required. Virtual Private Network (VPN).

A necessary prerequisite before submitting the application is the issuance of the Administrative Tax Assessment Act (formerly the Tax Assessment Notice) for the tax year 2024.

-Applications for ACCOMMODATION (applicable exclusively to the cities of Larissa and Karditsa) will be submitted from Tuesday, 13 May to Tuesday, 27 May 2025. All Interested students,after logging into the platform, must select exclusively the option “Accommodation and Catering” κand should not submit a separate catering application, as their application will be evaluated simultaneously for the provision of free catering. 

-Applications for CATERING (applicable to all cities of the University of Thessaly) will be submitted from Tuesday, 13 May to Thursday, 31 July 2025. All interested students, after logging into the platform, must select exclusively the option "Catering". 

Student Restaurants 

Free meals are provided to eligible students, upon presentation of their academic ID.

In Larissa:

1. Central Student Restaurant in Biopolis (At the premises of the School of Health Sciences at Mezourlo, tel: 2410 685505).

Opening hours: (Everyday)

• • • Breakfast 08:00 – 10:00
    • Lunch 12:30 – 15:30 
    • Dinner 18:30 – 21:30

2. Central Student Restaurant in Gaiopolis (At the premises of the former TEI of Thessaly, Larisis-Trikalon ring road, tel: 2410 613611, 684401).

Opening hours: (Everyday)

• • • Breakfast 08:00 – 10:00
    • Lunch 12:30 – 15:30 
    • Dinner 18:30 – 21:30

3. Auxiliary Student Restaurant(50, Oikonomou ex Oikonomou str., Larissa).

Open daily and meals are provided to students who have submitted their electronic declaration* (https://hris.uth.gr/feeding/student/) during the previous week for the following week, indicating the days they wish to dine and the meals they select from the available options.

Opening hours: (Everyday) 

• • Breakfast 08:00 – 10:00
  • Lunch 12:30 – 15:30 
  • Dinner 18:30 – 21:30

Tel: 2410685505 

As of September 2025, the menus of all University of Thessaly restaurants are available exclusively through the meal declaration application: https://sw-dine.uth.gr/

Detailed Information on Student Restaurants

Related Documents

Terms, conditions and procedure for free catering.

Income thresholds for submitting a catering application.

Information on the online application procedure for free catering.

No. Φ5/68535/β3/18-6-2012 (Government Gazette 1965/18-6-2012, vol. B) Joint Ministerial Decision.

Student Welfare - Communication

LARISSA

• Faculty of Medicine

New Medical Building, Biopolis, PC 41 500 Larissa

Tel: 2410 685594 e-mail: dbetsis@uth.gr

• Independent Catering & Housing Department (former TEI)

Gaiopolis, Larisis-Trikalon Ring Road, P.C. 41 500, Larissa

Tel: 2410 684393, 684431, 684572, 684407 / e-mail: sitisi-stegasi-lar@uth.gr