List of universities in Greece

Universities and Technical Universities

(Greek: Πανεπιστήμια και Πολυτεχνεία)

All the higher Tertiary state-accredited universities in Greece are public. The duration of the undergraduate degree programs for most disciplines is 4 years (full-time). Programs in engineering, dentistry, pharmacology, agronomics, forestry, along with some programs in fine arts, have a duration of 5 years (240E.C.T.S - 300E.C.T.S ISCED 5A). Medicine is the only discipline with a duration of studies of 6 years.

Agricultural University of Athens

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (campuses: Thessaloniki, Serres)

Athens School of Fine Arts

Athens University of Economics and Business

Democritus University of Thrace (campuses: Komotini, Xanthi, Alexandroupoli, Orestiada)

Ecclesiastical Academy of Athens

Ecclesiastical Academy of Crete

Ecclesiastical Academy of Thessaloniki

Ecclesiastical Academy of Vellas

Harokopio University

Hellenic Open University

Hellenic Military Academy

Hellenic Naval Academy

Hellenic Air Force Academy

International Hellenic University

Ionian University

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

National Technical University of Athens

Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

Technical University of Crete

Technical University of Thessaly

University of the Aegean (campuses: Mytilene, Chios, Karlovasi, Rhodes, Ermoupoli, Myrina)

University of Crete (campuses: Heraklio, Rethymno)

University of Ioannina

University of Macedonia

University of Patras (campuses: Patras, Agrinio)

University of Peloponnese (campuses: Tripoli, Korinthos, Kalamata, Nafplio, Sparti)

University of Piraeus

University of Thessaly (campuses: Larissa, Volos, Karditsa, Trikala, Lamia)

University of Western Macedonia (campuses: Florina, Kozani)

Technological Educational Institutes / Universities of Applied Sciences

(Greek: Ανώτατα Τεχνολογικά Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα)

All the higher tertiary state-accredited technological educational institutes in Greece are public. Technological educational institutes were initially established in 1983. They currently offer 4-year (full-time) undergraduate degree programs equivalent to Honours Bachelor's Degree (240E.C.T.S ISCED 5A) and since 2008 they are also allowed to run their own postgraduate programs that lead to a Master's Degree.

Piraeus University of Applied Sciences

Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki

School of Pedagogical and Technological Education

Technological Educational Institute of Athens

Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece (campuses: Amfissa, Chalkida, Karpenisi, Lamia, Thiva)

Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (campuses: Katerini, Kilkis, Serres)

Technological Educational Institute of Crete (campuses: Heraklio, Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, Ierapetra, Sitia)

Technological Educational Institute of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace (campuses: Kavala, Drama, Didymoteicho)

Technological Educational Institute of Epirus (campuses: Arta, Ioannina, Preveza, Igoumenitsa)

Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands (campuses: Lefkada, Argostoli, Lixouri, Zakynthos)

Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese (campuses: Kalamata, Sparti)

Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly (campuses: Larissa, Karditsa, Trikala)

Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece (campuses:Patras, Missolonghi, Pyrgos, Aigio, Nafpaktos and Amaliada)

Technological Educational Institute of Western Macedonia (campuses: Kozani, Florina, Kastoria, Grevena and Ptolemaida)

Academies and schools

The following academies offer higher education with 4 years of studies and they are equivalent to the universities. They operate under different terms from the universities. Especially Hellenic Military Academy, Hellenic Naval Academy, Hellenic Air Force Academy are considered equivalent to the (civilian) universities since 1961 and their professors are elected with the same criteria. They have been called ASEI (ΑΣΕΙ, Ανώτατα Στρατιωτικά Εκπαιδευτικά Ιδρύματα) according a Law of 2003 and the election of their faculty members follow the same procedure as the (civilian) universities. After 2010, they run graduate programs on their own.

Hellenic Military Academy

Hellenic Naval Academy

Hellenic Air Force Academy

Hellenic Fire Academy

Hellenic Police Academy

Military Nursing School

Military School of Corps Officers

The following schools offer higher education with 4 years of studies and their graduates are equivalent to the graduates of technological educational institutes.

Academy of Mercantile Marine

The following schools offer higher education of up to 2 years of studies.

Hellenic Air Force Academy of Air Navigators

Hellenic Air Force Academy of Staff Non-Commissioned Officers

Hellenic Air Force Academy of Technical Non-Commissioned Officers

Hellenic Army School of Non-Commissioned Officers

Hellenic Naval Academy of Petty Officers

School of Chief Firemen

School of Police Constables

School of Tourism Education of Agios Nikolaos

School of Tourism Education of Rhodes

Colleges

According to the Constitution of Greece, "education at university level shall be provided exclusively by institutions which are fully self-governed public law legal persons". This prohibits private institutions for post-secondary education, colloquially known as colleges, from operating as independent universities in Greece. However, it does not prohibit colleges from collaborating with foreign universities to offer undergraduate and postgraduate programmes of study in Greece.

The vast majority of colleges are offering programmes of study under franchise or validation agreements with universities established in other European Union countries, primarily in the UK, leading to degrees which are awarded directly by those universities. The monitoring of those agreements as well as of additional provisions for the operation of colleges is carried out by the Ministry of Education (Law 3696/2008, 3848/2010), but also by the respective educational authorities of the countries in which the universities are based (e.g. QAA, BAC and NARIC for the UK). One example of a college in Greece, not operating as a franchise, and which is not validated through arrangements in the UK is the University of Indianapolis – Athens Campus. By contrast, this college is wholly owned and operated by its home campus, and is therefore accredited by the same agency which accredits the home campus. Consequently, students of the University of Indianapolis can switch between campuses at any time.

Effective May 2010, with the integration into Greek law of EC Directive 2005/36 on the mutual recognition of qualifications, holders of academic degrees by universities in the European Union, including those obtained through studies at a college in Greece, have their professional rights fully recognised.

As of 2012, the following colleges are operating in Greece, according to the Ministry of Education:

International rankings

According to the THE–QS World University Rankings: