Applications and Requirements for Admission

The General Assembly of the Department of Philology, on the recommendation of the Co-ordinating Committee, announces (in the daily press):

• 30 positions for postgraduate students (10 for each section) for the Master's Programme (every two years)
• 6 positions for doctorate candidates (per year)

Candidates are asked to submit the following documents:

• Application form
• A one-page statement of purpose detailing why they wish to apply for the Postgraduate Programme.
• Curriculum vitae
• Two letters of reference
• Copy of Degree (validated by DOATAP - ­Interdisciplinary Organisation for Academic and Information Certificate Verification, if required).
• A transcript of the grades achieved during undergraduate studies.
• Copies of dissertations and/or publications (if any).
• Certificates that demonstrate adequate foreign language skills, preferably proficiency level in English, and a basic grounding in other languages. If no certification is available, candidates' foreign language skills will be determined during the interview stage.

The documentation required for registration on the Postgraduate Programme should be submitted to the Departmental Office between 1st and 25th September of the current academic year. Students are selected on the basis of the interviews and/or examinations, depending on the section, held between 26th September and 15th October in the Departmental Office building (the exact dates for each section are announced by the Departmental Office).

Graduates from the following departments are all eligible to apply for the Master's Programme: Departments of Faculties of Philosophy and related departments in other faculties of Humanities and Historical Studies (e.g. the Department of Theatrical Studies and the Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Patras, the Department of History and Anthropology of the University of Thessaly, etc.), Greek universities and equivalent recognised institutions abroad, and, if applicable, departments of Technological Education Institutions in accordance with the provisions of article 5 para. 12 of Law 2916/2001. For the Linguistics section, priority is given to Linguistics graduates from relevant departments. Graduates from other Departments may be accepted onto the Postgraduate Programme at the discretion of the General Assembly.

The final selection of students who will be admitted for postgraduate studies is made on the basis of an interview and/or examinations administered by the Postgraduate Studies Co-ordination Committee. The Committee consists of members of the Teaching and Research Staff drawn from the three different sections within the Department. The students selected by the committee must then be approved by the General Assembly.