Greece

The Greek Parliament voted in favor of a bill that allows the establishment of private universities in the country. The historic --and yet controversial-- bill was voted in favor by 159 lawmakers out of a total of 300 MPs. The 158...

A place of universal historic and cultural interest, the ruins of the School of Aristotle are located just two miles from the contemporary town of Naoussa in the Greek region of Macedonia. Located in the region of Esvoria along the...

Greece's Panellinies, or national exams, are notoriously difficult. Students spend years preparing for the exams, and the results they receive determine which university they can attend -- and even which department they can study in. Slots in certain universities and...

Greek Health Minister Vassilis Kikilias announced on Tuesday that all of the country's schools and universities will remain closed for the next fourteen days. This comes as Athens intensifies its efforts to tackle the Covid19 Coronavirus outbreak, in a desperate...

As Italy has extended its already draconian coronavirus quarantine measures to the entire country, Greece announced the closure of all educational institutions in the country for 14 days. Earlier it announced another five cases of coronavirus, bringing the total...

The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) is on the list of the top universities worldwide, according to the Shanghai Rankings for 2019. According to NTUA's announcement, the School of Civil Engineering ranked 7th in the world and 3rd in...

Greece's two largest Universities are among the top ten percent of all the universities in the world's, according to new rankings published recently. According to this year's "Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities," also known as the "NTU...

According to the study ''The shape of global higher education: International Comparisons with Europe,'' conducted recently by The British Council, Greek universities lag behind other European universities in regard to the number of foreign students they attract. The study focused...

The issue of the establishment of private universities in Greece is on the hotseat now that discussion on related constitutional amendments is taking place in the Greek Parliament. The SYRIZA administration is strongly against giving the green light to private higher...

The leader of the main opposition New Democracy (ND) Party called on Tuesday for the Greek parliament to allow private non-profit universities to be established in the country. Kyriakos Mitsotakis said it is imperative that the constitutional amendments discussed in...

Greek law enforcement agencies and universities remained on high alert as the tally of suspicious envelopes sent to the country's universities from India, including some containing an unidentified irritating powder, continued to rise on Friday. Dozens of university rectors have...

Several Greek institutions of higher education have received suspicious packages containing an unidentified substance over the last several days, according to Greek police. Authorities revealed on Thursday that four packages sent from India and addressed to Athens Polytechnic, as well...

PM Alexis Tsipras and leader of the main opposition party New Democracy, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, clashed in Parliament over the issue of law and order in Greek higher education institutions. The university in its current form must be abolished as it has...

The Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB) was shuttered on Wednesday, while the School of Philosophy at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) has been occupied by anarchists. Professors and students are warning that the campuses have...

University of Crete Eight Greek universities are ranked in the World Academic Ranking List for 2019, assessed by one of the most prestigious ranking systems, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (THE). Of the eight Greek institutions, the University of...