Welcome to the electronic Application for FOREIGN candidates 2023

From Monday 10-07-2023 untill Sunday 16-07-2023 , 23:59 foreigner candidates, graduates of non-E.U. lyceums or graduates of lyceums or equivalent schools of member states of the E.U., can electronically submit their Application – Entry Form at this URL.

All candidates before filling in the Application form must have taken into consideration “General instructions for the admission to Higher Education in Greece for foreigners a) graduates of non E.U. Lyceums b) graduates of lyceums or equivalent schools of member states of the E.U. for the year 2023” that is posted at Ministry’s site and at the “Useful Information” section of this site. Therefore, they will be informed for the admission to this category, as well as all relative documents that need to be submitted to the secretariat of the university where he/she enters.

If, after the entry, during the inspection, it is established that the legal conditions of entry into the above categories are not fulfilled, due to submission of false or illegal documents, the registered person will be removed by decision of the department and this person will be excluded for the next two (2) academic years from any entry procedure into any department or university.

The positions of removed persons will not be substituted nor transferred.

The candidate must take into consideration all relevant information for the right completion of the Application and follow all indicated steps. For this reason, the candidate must visit the web address http://exams-foreigner.it.minedu.gov.gr, study the Application and make a few selections (TEMPORARY SUBMISSION), if the candidate is not sure for his preferences. After that, the candidate can modify (if needed) the temporary Application or proceed to its final submission (FINAL SUBMISSION-APPLICATION). Upon final submission, the Application acquires a protocol number. The candidate has to print this Application and save it electronically. The candidate can make temporary submission as many times as he wishes for, until he is certain to submit the final one. FINAL SUBMISSION-APPLICATION, must be done until the indicated deadline, and after that the candidate cannot change his Application.

For this reason, before final submission and before sending all relevant documents, the candidate has to check that all data and faculties’ selections are recorded and printed correctly.

In addition, there is no alternative for any changes after sending all the relevant documents at Ministry of Education, Religious Affairs and Sports. The valid Application is the one that is signed from the candidate and sent until the indicated deadline. In the case that the candidate signs and sends more than one application- entry form, the first one will be considered valid. After that, all candidates participate in the selection process, based on the final documents submitted until the deadline.

After the candidate has carefully filled in his Application, he has to print this in two (2) copies, check it out and sign in all pages. The candidate keeps one of the two copies.

The candidate prints in two (2) copies the Official Statement of L.1599/1986, as it appears at the Summary-Review and signs them. The candidate keeps one of the two copies, in order to submit it with the rest of the documents to the secretariat of the university where he/she enters.

The candidates after FINAL SUBMISSION-APPLICATION (with expiry date the Monday, 17-07-2023 on the postmark) shall send:

EXCLUSIVELY AND ONLY BY EXPRESS MAIL (courier) from 10:00 to 14:00 to:

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

«DIRECTORATE OF EXAMINATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS»

DPT. B΄ off. 0090,

37, A. Papandreou P.C. 15180, Maroussi – Athens, Greece

for the attention of:

The committee in charge of collecting and checking Application-Entry Forms
from Foreigners for the year 2023

The following documents:

• one (1) signed copy of Application (PRINTED BY THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM)
• one (1) signed copy of the Official Statement (PRINTED BY THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM)
• one (1) ID card type photograph
• one (1) photocopy of passport or other document with photograph, that certifies the identity of the candidate
• A legibile photocopy from the certified copy from the original by a lawyer of the graduation certificate with his official translation by the official authorities, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy or the Consulate of the foreign country in Greece or a Greek Lawyer, according to the new lawyer’s Code (art.36, Law 4194/2013-FEK 208/A/27.09.2013)
• one (1) photocopy of the certificate of correspondance of the candidate’s graduation certificate, issued by the Directorate of Greek studies abroad, intercultural education, European and Minority Schools of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, or by the Directotates of Secondary Education or by the Consellors at the Education Offices of the Greek Embassies. A certificate of his/her total marks average, issued by the Directorate of Greek studies abroad, intercultural education, European and Minority Schools of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, or by the Directotates of Secondary Education or by the Consellors at the Education Offices of the Greek Embassies. The total marks average should be issued on a 0-20 mark scale, 20 being the top mark and 0 the lowest mark. If the candidate’s graduation certificate is issued by vocational education (professional or technical school) a certificate of equivalence is required, issued by E.O.Π.Π.Ε.Π., and then a certificate with the total marks average should be issued on a 0-20 mark scale, 20 being the top mark and 0 the lowest mark issued by the Directorate of Greek studies abroad, intercultural education, European and Minority Schools of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, or by the Directotates of Secondary Education or by the Consellors at the Education Offices of the Greek Embassies. For candidates that graduate from foreign schools in Greece a certificate of equivalence is also required.

ATTENTION: In cases where the application – entry form and Official Statement are submitted and signed by an authorized person, then the legally validated and translated authorization act must be sent together with the above mentioned documents.

The candidate will keep the other signed copies and these will be submitted along with the other documents to the secretariat of the university where he enters, which is responsible for checking the documents in order to proceed to his registration.

NOTE
Before completing the Application – Entry Form, the candidates must have taken into consideration the “User Guide” and have visited the “Useful Information” section.

AFTER THE DEADLINE, THE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM IS LOCKED AND NO PARTICIPATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Telephone numbers for questions related to electronic completion 210-3442169 and 210-3442688 during working days and times (09:00 am – 14.00 pm) or you can contact us via e-mail: exams-for@minedu.gov.gr