Greek Government Scholarships for Foreign Students

What it covers

[ad#contentadtext] Scholarships will be granted by the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs to foreign nationals who wish to attend undergraduate or postgraduate studies in Greece’s Universities or a research in one of Greece’s Universities or Research Centres for the academic year 2015-2016, as well as summer seminar in Greek Language and Civilization for the summer of 2015. All scholarships include a monthly allowance (400 euro – undergraduate studies; 450 euro – postgraduate studies or research); a lump sum allowance for settlement expenses (500-550 euro); one-off amount of €150 annually for covering transportation expenses; exemption from tuition fees (only for undergraduate studies)*; and free medical treatment in case of an emergency, only in Public Hospitals (for nationals of member-states of the European Union – the European Health Insurance Card). * It is clarified that holders of scholarship for postgraduate studies or research who wish to follow Greek language courses as well shall not be exempted from tuition fees. Further they should select postgraduate programs offered without tuition fees. In case their selection is not included in the free of charge programs they should cover tuition fees on their own.