Postgraduate programs multiplying

The number of postgraduate programs and the number of students in Greece is rising. According to the data, the economic crisis that the country went through in the previous decade appears to have been a milestone for the increase in postgraduate studies. 

In 2010, 31,071 students were studying in the postgraduate programs of Greek universities.

A few years later, in 2016, the number increased to 52,948 and in 2019 to 78,518. Two years later, in 2021, the number increased to 84,248.

Within a year, in 2022 the number of postgraduate students increased by almost 11,000, reaching 94,931.

Based on the latest figures from the National Authority for Higher Education, postgraduates in 2022 made up 11.25% of all students at Greek universities, while in the previous year their share was 10.5%.

Despite this impressive increase, Greece nonetheless has the...