Academic degree

With an aim to enhance the quality of postgraduate education, the Higher Education Council (YÖK) has introduced new criteria focusing on publications and accreditations.

Accordingly, universities will now need at least one program accreditation for doctoral programs. Moreover, faculty members must meet a minimum publication requirement for both master's and doctoral programs.

The general secretary of the KKE called the draft law on non-state universities “an abomination from beginning to end” and added that instead of degrees with “value”, there will be degrees with “price”

Students who achieve the highest scores in the university entrance exam in Türkiye prefer to study medicine, psychology, and engineering the most, while once-popular fields like law are now less favored among the top students, local media has reported.

It is a paradox, at the very least, that eight out of 10 Greek businesses claim to be unable to find employees with certain skills, just as thousands of young men and women are desperately looking for work.

The needs of the two sides need to be reconciled, finally, by building more and stronger bridges between universities and the labor market.

A Turkish student, who recently graduated from Harvard University after earning a scholarship in 2018, has now been accepted into an Oxford University master's program.

In 2018, Harvard University accepted Uluç Kadıoğlu with a scholarship for his study on microscopic worms showing that the use of diabetes and heart medication together increases the risk of cancer.

Minister of Education Sorin Cimpeanu stated on Friday that the prestige and relevance of university diplomas must be strengthened, specifying that, in a few days, a service of the National Council for Attesting Titles, Diplomas and Certificates (C.N.A.T.D.C.U.) with technical and legal support skills in solving problems in the field will be operational and the development of a strategy to preve

The maximum time students will have to complete their university degrees is six years for those on a four-year course, eight years for those on a five-year course and nine years for a six-year course, according to the changes made to a bill that is currently under consultation in the Parliamentary Committee on Educational Affairs.

Around one in four university graduates, even those who have completed postgraduate degrees, are enrolling at vocational training institutes (IEKs), according to a study conducted by the General Confederation of Greek Workers' Center for the Development of Educational Policy (KANEP-GSEE), reflecting the fact their academic degrees did not secure them the job they had hoped for.

In the context of its educational growth, Piece - The American College of Greece, is hiring teaching professionals from all disciplines for its IB Diploma Program, for the academic year 2020-21. Candidates should be highly qualified and able to meet the Program's educational and pedagogic requirements.

The status in Greece of degrees from British institutions of higher education will not be impacted by Brexit, according to the Education Ministry.
More specifically, British universities and colleges were included in a bill tabled in Parliament by Education Minister Niki Kerameus which stipulates that degrees of European Union countries are recognized in Greece.