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ABOUT GREECE

Greece, otherwise termed as Hellas, and formally the Hellenic Republic, is a nation in South Eastern Europe. Athens is the biggest and capital city, followed by Thessaloniki. It shares boundaries with Albania to the north-west, northern Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the north-east. Greece has the longest coastline in the Mediterranean Basin and the 11th the lengthiest shoreline in the world. Eighty percent of Greece is mountainous, with Mount Olympus the highest peak. The country consists of nine traditional geographical regions: Macedonia, Central Greece, the Peloponnesian, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and
The Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands. Greece is considered to be the cradle of Western civilization. Greece is a unitary parliamentary republic and a developed country with an advanced high-income economy and a high quality of life, which is at the same time very high in the Human Development Index. Its economy is the biggest in the Balkans.
Currency: Euro
Capital and largest city: Athens
Official language: Greek 

UNIVERSITIES

  • Hellenic American University
  • AAS College

EDUCATION SYSTEM

Education in Greece is centralized and controlled at all levels by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs. The Ministry enforces control over public schools, evaluates and introduces legislation, manages the budget, coordinates national university entrance examinations, maintains an education system, selects state school teaching staff, and manages administrations. The national supervisory role of the Ministry is performed through the Regional Unit Government Education Offices, which are designated as Regional Directorates of Primary and Secondary Education. State schools and their delivery of textbooks are financed by the government. Public schools in Greece are free of charge and students on a state-approved list are provided free of charge with textbooks. Approximately 25% of postgraduate programmes are available free, while about 30% of students are eligible for free education based on individual criteria. Formal education in Greece consists of three stages of education:
Primary school: 6-12 years of age (Compulsory Education)
Lower secondary school (Gymnasium): 12-15 years of age (compulsory education)
Upper Secondary School (Lyceum): 15-18 years of age (Non- Compulsory education)
And the third stage includes higher education at the university.

POPULAR COURSES

  • Humanities.
  • Social Sciences.
  • Natural Sciences.
  • Health Sciences.
  • Technology.
  • Economics.
  • Art and Music.
  • Nutrition and Agronomy.
  • Hospitality.

EDUCATION COST

International students pay classes from € 10,000 to € 18,000 per year.
Master’s degrees usually take two years to complete, while a Graduate Diploma can be obtained in about one year.
Greece is a comparatively expensive country, and foreign students can afford to charge around €1,000 per month for accommodation, food, and extra expenses.

INTAKES

  • February intake
  • June intake
  • September intake

SCHOLARSHIPS

In Greece, scholarships are either fully financed or partially financed. State of Greece and Higher education institutions in Greece offer scholarships to international students and local citizens each year as PhD, Master’s degrees and undergraduate scholarship opportunities.

EDUCATION SYSTEM IN GREECE