Antonopoulou studied civil engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), she graduated in 1971 and worked as a civil engineer in construction firms and consultants between 1971 and 1975. She was appointed as an assistant at the School of Architecture, NTUA in 1976 and was granted a sabbatical to pursue postgraduate studies in economics at the University College London, UK in 1980. She returned to Athens and resumed her duties at the NTUA in 1983. She was awarded her PhD by the University College London, UK, in 1987.http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1349801/ "The building industry in Greece : its role in the post-war Greek economy"
