Greek students enrolling in private branches of foreign universities founded in Greece will have to go through the Greek university entrance examination system and meet certain minimum requirements to be offered a place, the Greek university said on Wednesday. Minister of Education Kyriakos Pierrakakis, reports ANA.
In addition, they will also have to meet any additional criteria imposed by the parent foreign university, it said.
The minister presented the bill authorizing the creation of non-state and non-profit universities in the country, which must be put out for public consultation on Wednesday evening.
Pierrakakis emphasized that prospective students must also obtain the minimum passing score for the subject they intend to study, which will be calculated by multiplying the average exam score for the particular subject by 0.8.
The minister indicated that the minimum cost for the creation of such a branch of a foreign university in Greece would be 2.0 million euros, of which 500,000 euros will be allocated to each of the three departments it must have and 500,000 euros additional costs for buildings. An exception will be made for the 20 best universities in the world ranking, which will have the possibility of founding a branch with a single department.
He indicated that the criteria for establishing non-public universities will be the strictest in Europe and supervised by the National Higher Education Authority, while the branches will be legal entities of university education linked to the parent university, which will be responsible for the curriculum. . They will not be allowed to employ professors who also teach at public universities.
According to Pierrakakis, anyone with a school leaving certificate from another country equivalent to that of Greece or an international baccalaureate can enroll in a non-public university without taking exams.
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