Postgraduate programs summary table
In accordance with existing laws, higher education institutions (i.e. universities and technological education institutes) are responsible for the planning and organization of postgraduate studies in Greece and for granting Master’s Degrees. Universities have additional powers to grant PhD Degrees.
Postgraduate Programmes
The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens offers a wide range of postgraduate studies programmes (departmental, interdepartmental, inter-institutional and interstate ones), covering a variety of scientific fields, thus enabling graduates, as well as graduates of other academic institutions, to promote science and to claim their place in the labour market.
Aiming at extroversion and the broadening of its prospective target groups, the University of Athens has also proceeded to the organization and operation of postgraduate programmes in languages other than the Greek language.
Postgraduate programmes are either funded through the current budget or offered on a tuition-fee basis. In order to ensure the proper operation and sustainability of its postgraduate programmes, UoA is also seeking alternative sources of funding, such as donations, grants, research programmes, etc. Furthermore, it promotes the implementation of a scholarship system based on economic and social criteria, as well as on students’ performance.
PhD Theses
The Departments of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens encourage innovation and research and offer graduates the possibility of preparing a doctoral thesis. For information on the terms and conditions for admission to a PhD program, visit the Departments' websites.
The Departments of NKUA offer the possibility of preparing a doctoral thesis with co-supervision in collaboration with other Departments of NKUA or another H.E.I. of the country or abroad and/or in collaboration with other research and technological bodies (research Institutes, Foundations, research centers).
In addition, the Departments of NKUA may conclude agreement with industry or business for the preparation of a doctoral thesis (industrial doctorate) which concerns the conduct of industrial or applied research with the aim of extracting research results for the production of innovative products or services.
Postdoctoral Research
The University of Athens fosters cooperation with scientists conducting postdoctoral research in areas falling within its various Departments’ research fields. From the University’s part, cooperation mainly refers to providing postdoctoral research supervision or counseling support by one or more members of the host Department’s Research and Teaching Staff, providing access to scientific material or equipment, or assigning specific research projects whether on a remuneration-appointment basis or not.
