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.
- American Farm School
- BCA COLLEGE
- ALBA Graduate Business School
- American College of Greece
- American College of Thessaloniki
- CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield
- DEI College, Registered Centre of the University of London International Programmes; UCLan.DEI College
- University of Indianapolis - Athens Campus
- Hellenic American University
- Hellenic International Studies in the Arts
- I.S.T. College/University of Hertfordshire
- MBS College - College of Crete
- Mediterranean College Athens-Thessaloniki
Read more about this topic: List Of Universities In Greece
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