Greece

• The University of Athens runs a 6-year MD taught entirely in English with clinical training across sixteen Athens hospitals
• Its BA in Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece is taught in English for EUR 6,000 a year - studying ancient Greece in Athens
• Living costs are low by Northern European standards and you are an EU citizen, so no visa
• English-taught programmes accept the IB directly rather than requiring the Panhellenic examinations — among them science, law and sport degrees at Aristotle University, business and technology at AUEB, and Medicine at five universities
• The American College of Greece teaches in English with US accreditation if you want a liberal-arts style degree

• The overwhelming majority of Greek bachelor teaching is in Greek - do not assume a department has an English track
• English-taught programmes at public universities charge tuition, unlike the Greek-taught ones
• The English-taught MD at Athens costs EUR 17,000 a year for six years. An IB of 36 points (three HL, two of them from Physics, Chemistry and Biology) qualifies you on its own; UCAT or MCAT is an alternative route, not an extra requirement
• Clause A of the Athens MD’s requirements page asks for a diploma from July 2025 or earlier, but its application page has a section for final-year students with predicted IB grades. Confirm with md.admissions@uoa.gr
• Deadlines are set programme by programme, and some English-taught programmes publish no deadline anywhere
• The Ministry route for Greek-taught public places opens for about eight days in early July, exactly when IB results land, and the system locks the moment it closes
• Several basic facts - how the foreign-nationals quota is scored, work rights, student housing and whether Greek-taught public study is free for EU citizens - are not confirmed here, so check them with the university or the ministry

Accepted

Yes

Minimum

Set per programme. The University of Athens MD in English requires at least 36 points overall. Its BA in Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece asks for an 'indicative average grade' of 70% or equivalent.

Subjects and levels

The University of Athens MD in English requires 36 points overall 'including three higher-level subjects (two of them should be selected from Physics, Chemistry, and Biology)'.

• The English-taught programmes accept the IB Diploma directly as a school-leaving qualification - you do not sit the Panhellenic examinations for them.
• Admission to Greek-taught public programmes is controlled by the Ministry of Education. A graduate of a school in an EU member state, with at least one parent not of Greek descent, applies through the ministry's foreign-nationals special category (sub-category B1) in its eight-day July window, and must show a B2 Greek certificate to enrol. Source: ministry circular Φ.152/117735/Α5 of 9 September 2026.
• Whether DOATAP or another recognition step is required for an IB Diploma is not confirmed here; ask the programme or the ministry.

1. Decide which route you are taking. For an IB student at a school in Denmark there are three, and they are genuinely different: an English-taught programme at a public university, a Greek-taught public place through the Ministry’s foreign-nationals category, or a private English-language college such as ACG/Deree.

2. If you want a Greek-taught public place, the Ministry is your deadline, not the university. The αλλοδαποί-αλλογενείς window is about eight days in early July, on the Ministry’s own platform, and the system locks when it closes.

3. Find the programme. The Ministry of Education runs a programme finder at studies.minedu.gov.gr covering bachelor’s and master’s programmes in Greek and English, and Study in Greece runs the @SiG platform.

4. For an English-taught programme, apply directly to it. Each one runs its own application on its own timetable, and some publish no deadline at all — email the programme office rather than assuming.

5. Prepare English proof. The Athens MD requires IELTS 7.5 overall with at least 6.5 in each component, TOEFL 80, or Cambridge FCE at B2. The Ancient Greece BA requires TOEFL 88 or IELTS 6.5 with at least 5.5 in each component.

6. Have every document ready before you apply, not after. The Ministry route requires you to hold the full set at the moment of submission, and false or missing papers carry a two-year exclusion.

7. Pay the deposit on acceptance, to the deadline in your own admission letter. The Athens MD takes a non-refundable EUR 5,000 deposit followed by two instalments of EUR 12,000 in total, in September and January.

8. As an EU citizen, move to Greece and register locally; there is no visa to apply for.

The English-taught programmes select on your IB result and English proof, and the Athens MD adds an online interview. Each sets its own deadline. Greek-taught public places are allocated through the Panhellenic examinations, with a separate special category for foreign nationals of non-Greek descent (αλλοδαποί-αλλογενείς) administered by the Ministry of Education on its own platform, with an eight-day application window in early July and a courier deadline the day after it closes. The mechanics of that category - which programmes carry a quota, how a foreign qualification is scored against it, and whether an IB Diploma needs any recognition step first - are not set out on the announcement that opens it, and were not published on an official page on 23 September 2026. Check with the Ministry before relying on it.

• 6 July 2027

  IB results released

  Only if: At least one parent is not of Greek descent. You also need a B2 Greek certificate to enrol.

  Applies to: EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

  Via the ministry's foreign-nationals route, 2027

• Not yet announced for this intake

  Ministry application window (eight days)

  Only if: At least one parent is not of Greek descent. You also need a B2 Greek certificate to enrol.

  Applies to: EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

  Hard deadline Via the ministry's foreign-nationals route, 2027

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  In 2026 it ran 2 to 9 July, with documents by courier on 10 July. The ministry announces it a day or so before it opens; watch minedu.gov.gr from late June 2027.

• Not yet announced for this intake

  Enrolment at the department, with the B2 Greek certificate

  Only if: At least one parent is not of Greek descent. You also need a B2 Greek certificate to enrol.

  Applies to: EU, EEA and Swiss citizens

  Hard deadline Via the ministry's foreign-nationals route, 2027

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  In 2026 enrolment ran 11 to 25 September.

• Date not published

  American College of Greece: Fall 2027 applications

  Rolling Via apply to the college, 2027

  Details

  Considered as they arrive, until places run out.

  ACG publishes no Fall 2027 deadline and refers to late admissions.

• Not yet announced for this intake

  University of Athens BA in Ancient Greece: applications close

  Hard deadline Via apply to the programme, 2027

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  1 August for 2026-2027. No 2027-2028 date yet.

• Set by each institution

  Other English-taught programmes

  Via apply to the programme, 2027

  Details

  Each programme sets its own date; some are rolling. Aristotle University's Clean Energy degree takes applications year-round for September 2027, in order of receipt, with registration by 30 September 2027. About twenty English-taught bachelor's at ten public universities were listed on Study in Greece in September 2026.

• Not yet announced for this intake
  2027 entry

  Ministry of Education application window for foreign nationals - eight days in July

  Applies to: applicants of non-Greek descent, for Greek-taught public places

  Hard deadline

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  Greece has a national route for a foreign qualification. It is the "αλλοδαποί - αλλογενείς" special category, run by the Ministry of Education on its own platform at https://exams-foreigner.it.minedu.gov.gr, and it is how a non-Greek applicant with a foreign school-leaving qualification competes for a place on a Greek-taught public programme without sitting the Panhellenic examinations. The window is eight days long. For the 2026-2027 year the Ministry announced, in Greek, that candidates were "καλούνται να υποβάλουν ηλεκτρονικά (μέσω διαδικτύου) αίτηση - μηχανογραφικό δελτίο" from "Πέμπτη 2 Ιουλίου μέχρι και την Πέμπτη 9 Ιουλίου 2026" - Thursday 2 July to Thursday 9 July 2026. There is no grace: "Μετά την παρέλευση της παραπάνω προθεσμίας υποβολής δεν θα γίνονται δεκτές εκπρόθεσμες αιτήσεις ... καθώς κλειδώνει το σύστημα" - after the deadline the system locks and late applications are not accepted. You must already hold every supporting document when you apply. You may not also apply in the "Έλληνες του Εξωτερικού" category in the same year, and false documents mean deletion plus exclusion from every Greek admission process for the following two academic years. The 2027-2028 announcement had not appeared on 23 September 2026; the Ministry publishes it about a day before the window opens, so watch https://www.minedu.gov.gr/panelladikes-eksetaseis-pistopoiitika/anakoinwseis-allodapoi from late June 2027. The eight days fall exactly when IB results are released, so assemble the documents in June rather than waiting.

  Source

• Not yet announced for this intake
  2027 entry

  Ministry route - supporting documents by courier, the day after the form closes

  Applies to: applicants of non-Greek descent, for Greek-taught public places

  Hard deadline

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  A second deadline a day after the first, sent a different way; missing it wastes the application. For the 2026-2027 year the Ministry set the courier postmark date as "Παρασκευή 10 Ιουλίου 2026" - Friday 10 July 2026, delivery accepted 10:00 to 14:00, and by courier only. What must go in the envelope is a printed copy of the submitted αίτηση - μηχανογραφικό δελτίο and a copy of the required Υπεύθυνη Δήλωση (sworn declaration). The full set of qualifying documents is handed in later, to the department you are admitted to, on the enrolment dates it sets. The 2027-2028 dates were not published on 23 September 2026.

  Source

• Not yet announced for this intake
  2027 entry

  University of Athens - BA in Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece

  Hard deadline

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  The page gives its deadline for one year only: "Application Deadlines for the academic year 2026-2027: 1 August for applicants required to issue a student visa (D1.1) / 1 August for applicants not required to issue a student visa (D1.1)". The university has published no 2027-2028 date; 1 August 2026 is the precedent. On 23 September 2026 the page still displayed "Now Open" above a deadline that had passed seven weeks earlier, so email the programme rather than planning from the page. Two payment dates come after admission and are published only as months: tuition is 6,000 euros a year in two instalments, the first "due by the end of June" and the second "due by the end of January", with a deposit possibly required to secure the place. Entry is on an IB Diploma with an indicative average of 70 per cent, plus TOEFL 88 or IELTS 6.5.

  Source

• Not yet announced for this intake
  2027 entry

  University of Athens MD in English: 2027 dates not yet published

  Hard deadline

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  For 2026-27 the programme's application platform was open from 18 December 2025 to 30 April 2026: it "will remain open from December 18th, 2025 until April 30th, 2026". The 2027-28 dates are not yet published, so last cycle's window is the precedent to plan around. The IB on its own qualifies you: 36 points including three higher-level subjects, two of them from Physics, Chemistry and Biology. UCAT or MCAT is one of several alternative qualifications (the requirements page asks for "at least one of the following"), not an extra requirement. Final-year students apply on predicted grades: the application page has a section for "Applicants who are in the final high school grade" asking for "Predicted grades of International Baccalaureate (IB)". Clause A of the requirements page still asks for a diploma from "July 2025 or earlier", so confirm with md.admissions@uoa.gr that you may apply for 2027 entry on predicted grades. English: IELTS 7.5 with 6.5 in each component, TOEFL 80 or Cambridge FCE at B2. Shortlisted applicants have an online interview.

  Source 1 · Source 2 · Source 3

• Date not published
  2027 entry

  University of Athens MD - pay the 5,000 euro deposit or lose the place

  Applies to: applicants holding an offer

  Hard deadline

  Details

  After this the door closes.

  A per-applicant deadline with no public date, which is exactly the kind that gets missed. The programme says: "An admission letter (conditional or unconditional) will be sent to you if you have successfully passed the interview. To secure a place in the program you will need to proceed with paying the amount of €5,000, within the deadline set in the admission letter." The deposit is non-refundable and is followed by two further instalments totalling 12,000 euros, in September and January. Nothing on the site says how long you get, so read the admission letter the day it arrives and diarise the date it gives you.

  Source

English-taught bachelors

Growing but still small. The Study in Greece application platform listed 20 English-taught bachelor's programmes at ten public universities on 24 September 2026, including: Aristotle University (Clean Energy, Materials Science, Environmental Sciences, Sustainable Agriculture, Law LL.B., Sport and Exercise Sciences, Medicine); the University of Athens (Ancient Greece BA, MD, MPharm); AUEB (International Business and Technology); the Aegean (Eastern Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes); and English-taught Medicine at Patras, Thessaly and Crete. The Ministry portal's 'over 200 study programs taught in English' is mostly master's.

Proving your English

Set per programme. University of Athens MD: TOEFL 80, IELTS 7.5 overall with at least 6.5 in each component, or Cambridge FCE at B2. BA in Ancient Greece: TOEFL 88 (with minimum 17 Listening, 17 Writing, 18 Reading, 20 Speaking), IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component, or Cambridge FCE at B2. Native speakers are exempt. Whether IB English A or B is accepted in place of a test is not confirmed; ask the programme.

Local language needed?

Yes, for most programmes

• Greek is required for the vast majority of bachelor programmes at public universities. This is the key thing to understand about Greece.
• The English-taught programmes are genuinely taught in English, including clinical teaching on the Athens MD.
• You will need some Greek for everyday life outside the university, especially outside Athens.

Tuition, EU/EEA

The English-taught programmes charge the same fee to EU and non-EU students. As listed on Study in Greece in September 2026: €4,500 (Aegean) to €8,000 a year for most bachelor's, €12,000–€17,000 for Medicine. University of Athens MD in English: EUR 17,000 a year, with the page stating 'Tuition fees for the academic year 2026-2027 for EU and non-EU citizens are EUR 17.000'. University of Athens BA in Archaeology, History and Literature of Ancient Greece: EUR 6,000 a year, paid in two instalments in June and January. Whether Greek-taught public bachelor study is free for EU citizens is not confirmed here. (2026-2027 (MD); BAAG page undated but current on 2026-09-22)

Tuition, non-EU

Same as EU for the English-taught public programmes: for example EUR 17,000 a year for the Athens MD, EUR 6,000 for the BA in Ancient Greece and for AUEB's International Business and Technology. (2026-2027 (MD); BAAG page undated)

• The Athens MD requires a non-refundable EUR 5,000 deposit, then EUR 12,000 split across September and January.
• No official monthly living-cost figure for Athens or Thessaloniki is quoted here.
• Private college fees, including ACG/Deree's, are not given here; ask the college.

Funding you could actually get

• No scholarship scheme aimed at EU bachelor applicants is confirmed here. ACG/Deree advertises a merit scholarship for EU students; ask it for the amounts.
• Danish SU can follow you here if you can claim it (Danish citizens, or EU/EEA citizens with equal status under EU rules) and meet the ties-to-Denmark requirement. The programme must be SU-approved, and outside the Nordics SU is capped at four years (48 klip). If you cannot claim SU, look first at your own country's student finance: several EU/EEA systems fund a full degree in another country.
• Check each English-taught programme's own page; these are new programmes and scholarship arrangements change.

Residency

As an EU/EEA citizen you have the right to live and study in Greece and will normally register locally for stays over three months. Non-EU students need a student visa and residence permit. The specific Greek procedures, documents and timescales are not confirmed here - the Study in Greece visa page directs non-EU students to a third-party visa service rather than setting out the rules.

Healthcare

As an EU citizen bring your EU health insurance card for necessary care in the Greek public system. Detailed requirements for students, and what non-EU students must arrange, are not confirmed here; ask the university.

Your IB is still a foreign qualification here, so the IB entry rules still apply to you.