Greek universities

A significantly increasing number of Greek students have signed up for postgraduate studies over the past five years - during which the country has been hit by the economic crisis - in an attempt to increase their skills and...

Two of Greece's largest state universities are forced to ask for urgent state funding because their operation is at stake. The National Kapodistrian University of Athens issued an "urgent and anxious" appeal for state funding along with the submission of...

Nikos Romanos, a 21-year-old anarchist and bank robber, started a hunger strike in prison four weeks ago when his request to study at the technical college where he was admitted at the beginning of the year was denied. With Romanos’ life...

In the midst of the financial crisis that hit Greece over 5 years ago, young people are leaving the country in search for a better future. This is another tragic side effect of the crisis that has cost Greece...

Starting this month, the University of Athens (UoA) will be providing massive open online courses (MOOCs), following the example set by many internationally-renowned institutions of higher education. The online courses will be open to everyone and include free access to...

Two Greek universities were placed among the the world's best 500 in the QS Top Universities Guide (TUG). MIT was placed first while Harvard University and the University of Cambridge second and third respectively. The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki was placed in the positions...

In an average university, in any country of the Eurozone, the new academic year will start with scientific research. In Greece, however, the newly elected senate authorities are forced to face phenomena that can only be described as third world...

Greek Minister of Labor Giannis Vroutsis announced that he has formed a new plan so that the “great minds of Greece,” people who have graduated from higher educational institutions, don’t feel the need to leave the country in order to find...

Education Minister Andreas Loverdos seems ready to go against government policy as he refuses to lay off any university administrative staff. Loverdos said that an evaluation report of staff requirements in tertiary education showed that universities have less administrative staff than...

For years, summertime in Greece has been correlated with the stress of young students waiting to find out if they have gathered enough points to enter a university, according to "The Irish Times" journalist Richard Pine. In some cases,...