MEDICINE / ADMISSION & FEE OVERVIEW

Study medicine
in Greece.

Six-year English medical degrees at Athens and Crete offer school-leaver routes at Greek public universities. They have separate admission criteria and published tuition; public status does not mean tuition-free English medicine.

2 universities in this guide2 course profiles

The directory counts cover selected international medicine routes. Any wider national reference has its own year and applicant scope. Separate faculties and entry routes may have separate profiles; current intake availability is stated in each profile.

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Medicine · 6 yearsExplore admission, training, fees and the route to registration.
Entrance selectionUniversity-specific assessment and interviews

UCAT / MCAT · Crete academic assessment and interview

Tests, requirements & exceptions ↓
Quick admission FAQs ↓

ADMISSION / AT A GLANCE

Entrance tests in Greece.

University-specific assessment and interviews

The listed English programmes assess applicants individually. UCAT or MCAT can be an accepted qualification route rather than a test compulsory for all applicants.

Admission sources checked . Each requirement retains its programme and intake scope.

UCAT / MCAT

Accepted alternatives in the published Athens and Crete criteria; not a universal requirement for every qualification route.

Applies to: Applicants using a standardised-test route; score-year rules are programme-specific.

Official requirements for UCAT / MCAT ↗

An admission test, language requirement and medical licensing examination serve different purposes. For Indian citizens and OCI applicants, NEET eligibility is a separate India-return planning requirement; it does not automatically replace the destination university’s selection.

Qualification and duration
Medical degree 6 years
Admission route
School-leaver selection; qualification equivalence is assessed by the university
Patient / clinical language
Greek for patient-facing practice
Tuition at the selected universities
Athens: €17,000/year for 2026/27. Crete: current published €15,000/year; confirm the 2027 offer.
Living budget
No reliable comparable monthly housing total is included in this overview. Tuition figures exclude rent, food, insurance, flights and document costs.
India-return planning

These examples establish admission and fee options. A complete route to the separate twelve-month foreign internship and local registration required for an Indian return has not been established for every course. Resolve that before accepting an offer. Read the Indian requirements →

Your application, step by step.

  1. Establish your route

    Athens and Crete have different school-qualification rules. Indian Class 12 applicants should use the appropriate national-certificate/equivalence route, not assume an A-level table converts directly.

    Athens and Crete have different school-qualification rules. Indian Class 12 applicants should use the appropriate national-certificate/equivalence route, not assume an A-level table converts directly.

  2. Prepare the application

    Gather your passport, school certificates, subject grades, English evidence and the programme’s required references or motivation statement. Arrange translations and qualification recognition according to the university’s instructions.

    Gather your passport, school certificates, subject grades, English evidence and the programme’s required references or motivation statement. Arrange translations and qualification recognition according to the university’s instructions.

  3. Complete selection

    Follow the exact faculty’s test, interview or document assessment. Keep the test registration separate from the university application when two portals are used.

    Follow the exact faculty’s test, interview or document assessment. Keep the test registration separate from the university application when two portals are used.

  4. Review the written offer

    Read the tuition year, deposit deadline, refund terms, clinical locations and internship conditions before paying. Keep a copy of the signed offer and payment receipt.

    Read the tuition year, deposit deadline, refund terms, clinical locations and internship conditions before paying. Keep a copy of the signed offer and payment receipt.

  5. Arrange entry and residence

    Use the destination’s long-stay study route for your nationality and legal country of residence. An Indian passport holder living in Oman must follow the consular jurisdiction for their residence; a tourist visa is not the degree-study route.

    Use the destination’s long-stay study route for your nationality and legal country of residence. An Indian passport holder living in Oman must follow the consular jurisdiction for their residence; a tourist visa is not the degree-study route.

  6. Keep the licensing evidence

    Retain the full curriculum, dated clinical and internship records, award and local-registration documents. Complete the separate licensing process for the country where you intend to practise.

    Retain the full curriculum, dated clinical and internship records, award and local-registration documents. Complete the separate licensing process for the country where you intend to practise.

Athens: the English medical degree

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens accepts several qualification routes. Its current requirements include strong school results and specified science preparation; applicants with Indian school certificates need the university’s equivalence decision. Its published English alternatives include IELTS 7.5 overall with at least 6.5 in each component. The requirements page still contains a 2026 document date; that is not a confirmed 2027 deadline.

Sources: Athens: admission requirements ↗

Crete: national certificates and an interview

Crete’s international route is for eligible non-Greek applicants educated outside Greece. The national-school-certificate option asks for at least 80% overall, Biology plus two other listed sciences, and above 80% in each of those subjects. IELTS 6.5 is one published English option. Selected candidates are interviewed.

Sources: Crete: requirements, fees and application process ↗

Fees and the first payment

Athens publishes €17,000 a year for 2026/27; the €5,000 deposit is credited to tuition. Crete publishes €15,000 a year and a €3,000 non-refundable acceptance deposit. Follow the offer’s payment schedule and refund conditions rather than adding the deposit to tuition twice.

Sources: Athens: tuition fees ↗Crete: requirements, fees and application process ↗

Planning an intake

Crete describes early and regular application rounds around November and March. These are recurring guidance, not independently confirmed closing dates for a particular 2027 intake. Athens’ dated annual call should govern its cycle. Prepare the science transcript and English evidence before a call opens.

Sources: Crete: requirements, fees and application process ↗Athens: admission requirements ↗

Clinical training and a future licence

English classroom teaching does not remove the need to communicate with patients in Greek. Obtain the course’s language milestones and the location of each clinical placement. If India is the intended destination after graduation, the exact internship duration, institution and local-registration eligibility need a separate written assessment.

Medical universities & course fees.

Each profile keeps its own faculty, fee year and applicant category. INR and OMR are planning conversions from 7 October 2026, rounded for comparison. They are not live exchange rates or payment quotes.

USD estimates use ECB reference rates dated 9 October 2026 and Bank of Russia rates effective 10 October 2026. Rounded planning amounts for the same fee period; bank rates and transfer charges differ.

European Central Bank reference rates — 9 October 2026 ↗Bank of Russia official rates — effective 10 October 2026 ↗

Greece · Public

University of Crete

International Program in Medicine

Heraklion · 6 years · School-leaver route

€15,000EUR 15,000/year≈ US$16,809Same period and fee conditions · reference rates 9–10 Oct 2026Current published tariff; 2027 confirmation needed

English academic route. Patient language: Greek for patient-facing practice

Tests & official preparation.

University assessment and interview

Science grades and qualification route matter. Crete accepts several academic/standardised-test routes; a UCAT or MCAT route is not compulsory for every applicant.

Quick admission answers for Greece.

Must every applicant take UCAT to study medicine in English in Greece?

No. Crete lists alternative routes such as IB, A levels and qualifying national-school science results alongside UCAT and MCAT. An admissions officer must assess your exact qualification.

Sources: Crete: international medicine requirements and process ↗

Can I reuse the test years shown on Athens’ page for 2027?

Do not assume so. The checked Athens page still names UCAT 2024/2025 and MCAT 2024–2026. Those published score years do not establish its future intake rules.

Sources: Athens: English medicine admission alternatives ↗

Official sources

Guide edition: 2026-10-08. Dated checks below identify sources reopened for this edition; other references are retained from the supplied medicine research. Each fee keeps its original academic year.

https://viaglowbal.com/medicine/greece · Edition 2026-10-08

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