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More Flexibility in Funding of Greek Universities

The Greek Minister of Education Andreas Loverdos, after a meeting with membeers of the coalition government, stated that an important decision was taken concerning the funding of Greek universities and technical institutes (TEI). The meeting was chaired by Greek Prime Minister Antonis...

Foreigners Will Pay Tuition in Greek Universities

Greek Minister of Education Andreas Loverdos will meet with Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Deputy Prime Minister Evangelos Venizelos to discuss the issue of university self-financing through research and tuition fees for undergraduate studies in English for foreigners. As the Greek...

7 Greek Universities Among World's Best

Despite the problems of higher education in Greece, seven Greek Universities ranked among world's best. According to the Center for World University Rankings, 7 Greek universities have been included in the 1,000 world's best for 2014. Of the 7 Greek universities, the...

The Best Universities in Greece and around the World

Greek universities scored very low in the world rankings, while also scoring low on a European level. The top ten universities in the world are mainly from the U.S. As for Greece, the University of Crete got first place, according...

Rising Number of 'Eternal' Greek Students

The phenomenon of “eternal students” in Greek universities has become a major issue for the country's educational system.  Four out of 10 students have not completed their studies, even after 12 years, while university occupations by students  or their personnel, along...

Fear of Greek Universities Closing Again as Staff Strike

Administrative staff at Greek universities started a 48-hour strike Tuesday, in protest at the lay-offs of their peers at the Athens University of Economics and Business and at the University of Ioannina. According to the protesters, the employees that were laid-off had not previously...

New Strikes in Greek Universities

New strikes announced by the administrative staff of Greek universities put at risk the efforts made by the Athens University and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) to recover the lost teaching time due to the long strike...

New Democracy Youth Wing Tops Student Elections

The preliminary results of the student elections, held on May 7, showed that the student wing of New Democracy, DAP was elected first in most universities and technical institutions of Greece. It appears that the student wing of PASOK, PASP,...

Recession Takes its Toll on Student Politics in Greece

Elections Wednesday for management councils at Greek universities and for the National Students Union will surely be as partisan as usual, given each Greek political party has its own student wing in the universities.  However, student elections have lost dynamism during the recession, with campaigning shrinking alongside...

Recognition Of Foreign University, Private College Degrees

From now on foreign university and private college graduates in Greece will have the same professional rights as Greek university graduates. Until now, non-Greek university graduates had to have their degrees officially recognized by the Greek Inter-University Center for the...