Following a decision of the Assembly of the Department, the MSc announces positions through an open procedure. In particular, the invitation specifies the admission requirements, the number of admissions, the categories of candidates, the mode of admission, the selection criteria, etc., the deadlines for submitting applications and the supporting documents required.
The notice of admission of postgraduate students is published on the Department’s website. Applications, signed and accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, must be submitted to the Department’s Secretariat, either in paper or electronic form.
The categories of candidates who can be admitted to the course of the MSc are holders of first cycle degrees of the Departments of Veterinary Medicine in Greece and abroad. A Diploma of Postgraduate Studies shall not be awarded to a student whose first cycle degree from a foreign institution is not included in the National Register of Recognized Foreign Institutions posted on the website of the D.O.A.T.A.P.
The selection will be based on the candidates’ curriculum vitae (evaluation of the supporting documents) and interview by the Admission Selection Committee, which consists of three (3) faculty members of the same or related subject belonging to the P.M.S. The Committee draws up a complete list of all candidates and, after the relevant screening, rejects those who do not meet the minimum criteria set by the Department and invites for an interview the qualified candidates who have met the prerequisites.
Candidates must submit the following documents:
α) a) Application form for participation in the MSc (available in paper form from the Secretariat of the Department of Veterinary Medicine or in electronic form from the website of the Postgraduate Programme)
b) A copy of a copy of a national or foreign degree.
c) A full curriculum vitae, detailing the candidate’s studies, teaching and/or professional experience, scientific and social activity.
d) For the participation of the candidates in the selection process for the MSc, it is considered necessary to have a certification of English language proficiency (at least B2 level), which, when it is not their mother tongue, is certified either by a degree of a corresponding foreign language University Department, or by possession of at least recognized diplomas of B2 proficiency. State Certificate of Language proficiency (State Certificate of Language proficiency of the State Language Institute (State Certificate of Language proficiency) No. 27.10.1999, as amended by Article 19 of Article 13 of Law No. 27.4040/1999, as amended by Article 13 of Law No. 13 of Law No. 2740/1999, as amended by Article 19 of Article 13 of Law No. 2740/1999. b) A Bachelor’s degree in Foreign Language and Literature or a Foreign Language Translation and Interpreting Degree of the domestic language or an equivalent and equivalent degree of a foreign language school, c) A Bachelor’s degree, undergraduate or postgraduate diploma or doctoral degree of any recognized higher education institution abroad, d) With a diploma equivalent to the Greek Secondary Education Schools, if obtained after at least six years of regular study abroad).
The foreign language teaching licence does not prove knowledge of a foreign language (p.d. 347/2003). Candidates who hold the relevant licence must provide a certified copy and an exact translation of the diploma on the basis of which the foreign language teaching qualification was awarded).
Knowledge of another foreign language will be taken into account.
ε) Evidence of any research and writing activity, participation in student mobility training programmes and professional experience relevant to the field of specialisation.
f) Photocopy of the identity card or passport.
The marks awarded to candidates for admission to the MSc are as follows:
Evaluation criteria Maximum marks
Maximum number of marks required for the award of the degree
Graduate Diploma or Doctoral Thesis up to ten (10) points
Oral Interview * up to fifty-five (55) points
Presentations at Greek Conferences up to five (5) points
Presentations at International Conferences up to ten (10) points
Publications in Greek Journals up to fifteen (15) points
Publications in International Journals up to seventy-five (75) points
Participation in Research Projects up to thirty (30) points
Recognised Professional Experience up to twenty-five (25) points
English Language up to ten (10) points
Additional one or more foreign languages up to five (5) points
*The oral interview evaluates the scientific training, research experience, relevant extra-university activity and any special qualifications of the candidates.
The maximum number of points that candidates can obtain is determined by the above criteria and is two hundred and fifty (250) points.
After the completion of the evaluation process based on the supporting documents and an interview by the three-member Admissions Selection Committee, which is appointed each year by decision of the Department Assembly, the final list of successful candidates and any runners-up is drawn up and validated by the Department Assembly and posted on the Bulletin Board and on the Department’s website. The announcement of the results is made in accordance with the provisions on the protection of personal data. The procedure for selecting candidates, issuing the results and registering successful candidates must be completed by the end of September each academic year at the latest.
Objections to the results may be lodged within five (5) working days of the notification of the results.
In the event of vacancies, they will be filled up to the maximum number of admission places (as specified in the notice of competition), either by classifying, as successful candidates, runner-up candidates in descending order of overall marks, provided that they are at least thirty (30) points, or by means of a supplementary notice of vacant places.
