Application Period: from May 2nd, 2025, to June 2nd, 2025.

The Departments of Biology, Nursing, and Dentistry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in collaboration with the School of Medicine at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, alongside partner institutions including the Biomedical Research Foundation Academy of Athens (BRFAA), the Hellenic Pasteur Institute (HPI), the Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming” (BSRC Fleming), the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (E.KE. F.E. DEMOKRITOS), and the National Research Foundation, jointly organize and operate the Master’s Program “Athens International Master’s Programme in Neurosciences” for the academic year 2025-2026.

Application Period:
Interested graduate students are invited to submit the required documents during the application period, which spans from May 2nd, 2025, to June 2nd, 2025.

Eligibility
The program welcomes graduates from domestic Universities and Higher Technological Institutes, as well as graduates from recognized equivalent institutions abroad, to submit their candidacy for enrollment. The program has the capacity to accept a maximum of thirty (30) students.

Candidate Evaluation and Selection Process
The assessment process considers a range of documents, as well as performance in both the interview and the examinations.

Required Documents
You can access the necessary documents for the master’s program here.

Exams
The examinations will be conducted via an electronic platform on July 1st, 2025 Students will not be required to travel to Athens. Written exams will be administered to evaluate students’ fundamental knowledge in cell biology and neuronal physiology through multiple-choice questions.

Interviews
The interviews for selected candidates will occur between July 7th and 9th, 2025, either in-person or via the WEBEX platform.
To see the Selection Criteria please click here

Recognition of Academic Titles:
For students from foreign institutions, it is essential to ensure the recognition of their Academic Titles following acceptance to the program. According to Law 4485/17, a Postgraduate Diploma is not awarded to a student whose first degree from a foreign institution has not been recognized by the Interdisciplinary Organization of Recognition of Academic Titles and Information (Διεπιστημονικό Οργανισμό Αναγνώρισης Τίτλων Ακαδημαϊκών και Πληροφόρησης (Δ.Ο.Α.Τ.Α.Π.), as per Law 3328/2005 (A 80).

Acceptance of Foreign Students:

For foreign students to be accepted:

1. The institution that awarded their degree must be included in the National Registry of Foreign Recognized Higher Education Institutes.
2. The institution that awarded their degree must be included in the National Registry of Foreign Recognized Academic Title Types.

If the above criteria  do not apply, students have to write to masterneuro[at]biol.uoa[dot]gr to discuss this issue and initiate the process of recognition.

Registration Procedure
Registration to the program will take place from Monday, September 8th to Friday, September 190th, 2025. The procedure and requirements are described in the file entitled.

• “Announcement of Student Registration”. click here
• “Ανακοίνωση Εγγραφής Μεταπτυχιακών Φοιτητών” click here

More information regarding the function of the program can be found here. Please, consult these files to adequately function in the program.

Students from abroad
will register upon their arrival in Athens, following the completion of all processes required to obtain a Visa. Therefore, they do not need to worry in advance. 

Students should appear in person at the following address:
Secretariat of the Department of Biology 
Zografou 157 84
Panepistimiopolis, Zografou
Athens, Greece

Each student should bring the following:

• The Diploma (original) of their undergraduate studies/Certificate of completion of studies
• The completed registration form, which can be downloaded by clicking here. The form should not be signed and will be signed in front of the secretary.
• Their identification card

Program Start Date:
The start date for the courses is September 22nd, 2025.

Call for Applications