Higher education in Greece is entering a new era with the introduction of the country’s first English-taught four-year undergraduate program at a state university, which will be held by the University of Athens and the International Hellenic University in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.
The program will be dedicated to the study of the country’s greatest assets – archaeology, history, the Greek language and literature – and the goal is to attract students from beyond the European Union.
The BA Program in the Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece will be offered as of the next academic year at Athens University’s School of Philosophy. It will last for eight semesters over four years and be equal to all other bachelor’s degrees in Greece and elsewhere. Classes will be specially designed, while the professors will include Philosophy School educators, as well as distinguished academics from other institutions. The curriculum will also include seminars, educational activities and fields trips to archaeological sites and other locations of interest, as well as student participation in excavations.
The program will take up to 100 students a year, with annual tuition fees estimated at 8,000 euros.
The participation of the International Hellenic University is also considered important as it is the first time this institution will branch into an English-taught bachelor’s degree; it currently offers master’s degrees in English.
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