Foreign students

For information about
1. Foreign origin students and
2. Graduates of lyceums or equivalemt schools students of E.U. Members States who are of Non-Greek origin
for the admission to higher education in Greece of the following categories you must contact the Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs to the following link
http://www.ypepth.gr/el_ec_page8957.htm

(For further information, please contact

ATHENS: Ministry of Education and Foreign Affairs, 210-344-2000;
NICOSIA: Ministry of Education and Culture 00357 22-800-616/617, website: daae@moec.gov.cy
MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION and RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
DIRECTORATE of ORGANIZING and CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS
37, Andrea Papandreou St.
GR-151 8- Marousi, ATHENS
GREECE
PHONE NUMBERS: 210 344-2000, 344-2505, 344-2506, 3442508
WEBSITE: www.ypepth.gr

USEFUL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SELECTED CANDIDATES

1. The Selection of the candidates, who enter a Faculty or a Department of Higher Education is carried out by a decision of the Minister of Education. Both the Faculties and the Departments, where the candidates are admitted into, are mentioned on the candidates' application entry forms.
2. The candidate can enroll only at the Faculty or the Department he/she has been selected for.
3. With regard to his/her registration, the candidate who is admitted either into a Faculty or a Department must also hold a certificate denoting his/her command of the Greek language (such a certificate is issued after relevant examinations either by the University of Athens or by the University of Thessaloniki; alternatively, the candidate should hold a 3rd level or higher certificate issued by the Greek Language Centre of Thessaloniki). If the candidate does not hold any of those language certificates, he/she can only enroll in the next academic year of his/her admission to a Greek University, on condition that he/she will by then have obtained the prerequisite language certificate. Otherwise, the candidate has no right to enroll.
   The examinations for the Greek language certificate are held twice a year: around June and September in ATHENS, at the Modern Greek Language Centre of the University Campus in Zografou; also, in June and October in THESSALONIKI, at the Modern Greek Language Centre of the University of Thessaloniki.
   For further information, concerning the language test and the examinations date, the candidates need to apply to either the University of Athens or the University of Thessaloniki a month before the fixed exam date, to make sure that they will not miss the deadline of the language test.
   If a candidate holds a graduation certificate from a Greek or Cypriot Lyceum, no language certificate is required.
4. According to each Faculty or Department's regulations candidates should undergo a medical examination before enrolling.
5. Foreign students who come from countries which are not members of the European Union (non-EU students) pay fees so as to cover a small percentage of both their expenses of their studies and the books they are granted.
6. The documents submitted by candidates who have not been selected in any School of Higher Education will be returned to the candidate or to an authorized person if so requested. In case the candidate does not request to have his/her documents returned, those will be destroyed in August the following year.
7. Non-EU students must bear in mind that the Ministry of Education has no authority to grant a visa or a stay-permit. The stay-permit is issued by The Aliens and Immigration Department (Attiki Precinct) only to those candidates who will be admitted to the Higher Education of Greece, provided that there is no reason to exclude the granting of this stay-permit.

It is also noted that according to Greek legislation, a stay-permit is not granted if a student changes Faculty or Department twice. Students can change Faculty or Department only once: by submitting a new application/entry form within the year following their first admission in a Faculty or Department.

MINISTRY OF NATIONAL EDUCATION and RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
DIRECTORATE of ORGANIZING and CONDUCTING EXAMINATIONS
37, Andea Papandreou St.
GR-151 80 - Marousi, ATHENS
GREECE

PHONE NUMBERS: 210 344-2505 - 210 344-2506
WEBSITE: www.ypepth.gr