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Doctoral Studies lead to the award of a Doctorate (PhD). The general goal of doctoral studies consists of high-level specialization in strategic areas of knowledge and promotion of fundamental research in various scientific fields with a view to strengthening the country’s scientific base. In the case of Universities offering postgraduate programs it is essential to have a post-graduate diploma in order to obtain a Doctorate. Permission to prepare a doctoral dissertation at Universities which do not offer regular post-graduate programs is granted to applicants who meet certain prerequisites. The departments themselves lay down the admission requirements.

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The Law School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens organize a Program for Doctoral Studies, in accordance with the provisions of Law 4957/2022 (artlicles 90-97) and the PhD Regulation of the Faculty of Law-NKUA (FEK 4235/2020). The Program aims to foster the original scientific research, the essential contribution to the development of knowledge in the relevant scientific field and lead to the obtainment of a Doctoral Degree in Legal Science (J.D.).

Admission requirements

Eligible apply for a doctoral dissertation (thesis) are the Candidates who hold a Degree in Law of any national ( https://www.doatap.gr/home_english/hellenic-institutions/ ) or foreign Institute of Higher Education (AEI) ( https://www.doatap.gr/national-registry-of-foreign-recognized-higher-education-institutes/ ), which has been aknowledged , with a grade point average (G.P.A.) "Very Good", as long as they hold a Postgraduate Degree of any national or foreign Institute of Higher Education, in accordance with the provisions of article 2 of the PhD Regulation of the Faculty of Law-NKUA (FEK 4235/2020).

Under special circumstances of an exceptional scientific or professional work, they can also be admitted as PhD Students, after an adequate reasoning and the Assembly's decision, those who do not hold a Postgraduate Degree [art. 2 of the PhD Regulation of the Faculty of Law –NKUA (FEK 4235/2020)]. Moreover, under special circumstances, can be admitted, after a specific reasoning, candidates who do not hold a Bachelor's Degree in Law, with a grade point average (G.P.A.) "Very Good", as long as there is an adequate familiarity with the legal science, in order to be probable for them the successful completion the cycle of doctoral studies.

In both cases, the decision of approval may define the obligation of the PhD Student to attend and successfully be examined in a certain/ certain modules/seminar by the Law School's Curriculum.

Application for a doctoral dissertation

During the academic year, Candidates may apply at the Secretary's office of the Law School. Application for a doctoral dissertation, which is addressed to the Assembly, is submitted to the Secretary's office, with the following:

• proposed title for the doctoral dissertation,
• proposed language of the doctoral dissertation,
• nominated Supervisor of the doctoral dissertation.

 The Application for the dissertation is accompanied by the following supporting documents:

• a Detailed curriculum vitae of the Candidate.
• a Documented scientific proposal with a draft diagram of the doctoral dissertation and bibliographic documentation.
• Copy of the Degree
• Copy of Master's Degree.
• Transcript of records of the undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
• Certificate of language proficiency, if the proposed language of the doctoral dissertation is not in Greek or in case the Candidate is a foreigner. The certificate does not required if the Candidate has already obtained a degree in the language they wish to draw up their doctoral dissertation.

Selection Process

The Assembly of the School, after taking into account the submitted applications, with a suggestion of the Dean, categorizes them regarding the relevance of the research subject, and appoints a three member Committee per category of applications.

Each three-member Committee is consisting of members of the Teaching and research personnel of the School. This Committee examines the relevant applications and the presented together documents and invites candidates for an interview.

Then the Committee submits to the Assembly of the School a detailed memorandum, in which they are written the reasons concerning the reason of the each candidate selection or not, taking into account the criteria of the present Regulation, as well as the proposed Supervisor, in case they have not been proposed by the candidate. After receiving the opinion of the proposed by the Committee Supervisor, the Assembly of the School shall take into account the relevant memorandum of the Committee and approve or reject reasonably the Candidate's application.

In case the Supervisor is a member of the three-member Committee, their opinion is entailed in the memo. In case the proposed Supervisor is unable or unwilling to undertake the supervision of the proposed dissertation and there is no other faculty member of the specific subject, the application is rejected. The language of the composition the doctoral dissertation is also defined in the approval decision. After the registration of each PhD Student and the appointment of the Three-Member Advisory Committees, the names of the PhD Students, the Supervising members of the Faculty, the titles of the doctoral dissertations and a brief summary of them, as well as the members of the Three-Member Advisory Committees are posted by the School Secretary's  on its website in Greek and English.

Supervision of the Doctoral Dissertation

The members of the Faculty of Law (Teaching and Research personnel) have the right to supervise doctoral dissertations. The three members Committee is consisted of the supervisor and two more members of the faculty (Teaching and Research personnel).

Each Supervisor may supervise up to eight (8) PhD Candidates. The Supervisor meets with the Candidate at regular intervals, is informed on their progress, may indicate corrections or changes regarding the thesis, provides guidance on the methodology and structure of the work, and any other assistance, which is necessary for the completion of the thesis.

In case the Supervisor deems that the progress of Candidate is insufficient or stagnant or the latter has unreasonably interrupted the composition of the dissertation, informs the Three-member Advisory Committee to activate the process of the exclusion, according to the present Regulation.

The three- member Committee

The Assembly of the School assigns to the proposed Supervisor, after their consent, the Supervision of the Doctoral Thesis and appoints a Three-Member Advisory Committee, which has the responsibility to frame and support its elaboration and composition. The Committee may consisted of members of the Teaching and Research personnel of Law or another Faculty of UoA or other Institution, as well as professors of aknowledged as co-educational foreign institutions, who are PhD holders, or researchers  (of the same/relevant filed of study) of research centers of  A, B or C degree (article 13A, Law 4310/2014), including research centers of the Academy of Athens and the Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) or of any other aknowledged foreign research center/Institut.  In the Committee may participate at least one (1) member of the Faculty of Law from the first three levels of Law School (article 5.2. of the PhD Regulation of the Faculty of Law-NKUA, FEK 4235/2020).

Replacement of a member of the three- member Committee

In case the Supervisor is missing or unable to supervise the doctoral dissertation for a period of more than six months or resign from supervision, under this circumstances the Assembly of the School,  assigns to another member of the Faculty of Law its supervision  either on its own initiative or after the Candidate's request and the assent of the proposed Supervisor. Otherwise, it assigns to one of the others two (2) members of the Three-Member Advisory Committee, even in excess of the maximum number of PhD candidates that can be supervised per person, as defined above.

In case a member - apart from the Supervisor - of the three-member advisory Committee is missing or is unable to participate for more than six months in the Committee or resign from the Committee, the Assembly of the School, considering the circumstances, appoints another faculty member as a member of the three-member advisory Committee, as defined above, either on their own initiative or after Candidate's  at the request.

Transfer / retirement of Supervisor

In case the Supervisor moves to another Institution or Department of Institution or retire, they continue to deputize the undertaken duties regarding the thesis' supervision and the PhD Degree is granted by the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

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This is a Ph.D. by research programme. Students who are admitted into the programme do not have to pay tuition fees, but they are required to be full-time graduate students and to participate actively in the life of the Faculty. A call for applications in particular academic areas where positions are open is announced every year in June. Interested parties may prepare all the necessary documents and apply in September.

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SELECTION AND ADMISSION In order to qualify for admission, candidates must submit the following documents:

• Application in Greek, Curriculum Vitae, and two recommendation letters (all on forms available on the Faculty website. Please click here.)
• B.A. and M.A. degrees in the area in which the applicant wishes to do research recognized by the Greek state, through its official organ, ΔΟΑΤΑΠ
• A copy of the applicant’s M.A. dissertation
• Academic Transcripts to ensure that the applicant has a high GPA in courses relevant to the applicant’s research
• Certificate of C2 proficiency in English
• Certificate of B2 level (or above) proficiency in Greek
• For Anglophone Literature and Culture, applicants must submit a 2,500-3,000 word Ph.D. proposal in English including, the specific topic to be investigated, the aim, background, and originality of the research, the research methodology, and a sample bibliography.
• (b) For English Language and Linguistics, applicants must initially submit a 500- 800 word Ph.D. proposal and, if this is positively evaluated, a fuller 2000- 2,500 word proposal which includes the information under (a) above.

In order to be accepted as a Ph.D. candidate, the applicant must pass an oral exam/interview which is largely based on the applicant’s proposal.

Foreign students with a state scholarship are not exempt from the Ph.D. entrance requirements.

SUPERVISION Once a student is admitted into the programme, the Postgraduate Assembly of the Faculty assigns him/her an advisory committee consisting of a supervisor and two advisors who are responsible for helping the Doctoral student though the various stages of his/her research and writing. These academics may either be members of staff of the Faculty to which the thesis is being submitted or of another Faculty of a university in Greece or other EU member state. Once a year, the Doctoral student’s advisory committee submits a progress report on the Doctoral student to the relevant Departmental General Assembly.

DURATION OF STUDIES Doctoral students are required to complete their thesis within a period of 3 years minimum, and 5 years maximum. In exceptional circumstances, the Postgraduate Assembly, upon the recommendation of the candidate’s advisory committee, may endorse one further year of study beyond this.

For the duration of their studies, doctoral students are expected to take an active part in the life of the Faculty and the University at large by presenting aspects of their work to other postgraduate students and members of staff, offering administrative support when necessary, and delivering talks at symposia and conferences.

THESIS DEFENCE (VIVA) Upon completing the thesis, the Doctoral student must seek permission from his/her advisory committee to submit the thesis for evaluation. For the final evaluation of the Ph.D. thesis, a seven-member examination committee is appointed by the Postgraduate Assembly which is also responsible for conducting the viva.

The thesis examination committee consists of the supervisor, the two advisors, as well as four other academics who are specialists in one or more of the areas the thesis deals with.

Doctoral students are called upon to defend their thesis publicly. The defence is open to the teaching staff, postgraduate students, and members of other Faculties, as well as to anyone who wishes to attend.

In passing the viva, they are granted the title of Doctor of Philosophy in an open ceremony, where they must take the official oath of academic excellence of the Greek state. If they do not pass, they have an opportunity to make corrections and changes to their thesis and resubmit at a predetermined later date. Changes may also be requested from students who pass the viva and are advised to offer a bound copy of their thesis to the Faculty library or submit it for publication at home or abroad.

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Doctoral Programmes

The university of crete offers comprehensive doctoral programs leading to a ph.d. across various fields and areas of research expertise. these programs emphasize depth, originality, and research impact, preparing students for distinguished careers in academia, research, and industry., duration and structure.

• Minimum Duration: 3 years.
• Research Areas: Available across the same fields as the Master programs, reflecting the university’s broad academic and research expertise.

Interdisciplinary Approach

• Our Ph.D. programs often cross traditional discipline boundaries, benefiting from multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary research themes. This approach is supported through inter-departmental and inter-institutional collaborations.

Application Process

• Application Submission: Directly to the relevant department.
• PhD Candidate Requirements: Applicants are typically required to hold a Master’s degree in a related field.
• International Degrees: Degrees from universities outside Greece must be formally recognized by the Hellenic National Academic Recognition Information Centre (NARIC/ΔΟΑΤΑΠ). The official start date for doctoral studies is marked by the approval date of these degrees by NARIC.
• Additional Information and Deadlines: Specific requirements and application deadlines can be found by contacting the postgraduate secretary of the relevant department.

Contact and Further Information

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: +30 28310 77978

Prospective Ph.D. candidates are advised to visit the department websites or reach out directly to the postgraduate secretaries for more specific details regarding the application process, requirements, and deadlines.

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Our PhD program provides students with the opportunity to engage in rigorous research and scholarship, work closely with renowned faculty members, and make a significant contribution to their field of study. Our faculty members are frontrunners in their respective fields and are committed to providing students with the mentorship and guidance they need to succeed in their academic and professional pursuits.

This website provides detailed information on the application process, program requirements, funding opportunities, and resources available to PhD students.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive academic community and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Our PhD program prepares students for successful careers in academia, research, and other related fields.

Thank you for considering the School of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Economics for your PhD studies. We invite you to explore our website and learn more about the exciting opportunities available to our students.

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Duration: 3 (minimum) – 6 years (maximum)

Application deadline:  Rolling basis

Taught language:  English

Entry requirements:  An undergraduate degree from a recognised University, a postgraduate degree from a recognised University & a research proposal

Language requirements:  a recognised certificate of proficiency of C2 level

Fees & Financing:  No fees

How to apply: Email the above documents to [email protected]

Who can apply

To apply for a PhD candidacy, candidates are required to provide:

• an undergraduate degree from a recognised University
• a postgraduate degree from a recognised University
• proof of English competence [a recognised certificate of proficiency of C2]
• a 1200-2500 research proposal analysing the topic and methods of the PhD thesis (and suggested academic supervisor)
• a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• a completed application form (download)

First step: Please check the research profiles of the Academic Faculty  and also visit their google scholar profiles for recent publications. If you believe that your research interests align, email the academic member and send your research proposal and CV to discuss the topic. Second step:  After fruitful discussion with the academic member of the School and his/her approval for applying for a PhD position, please send the above documents in electronic form via e-mail to  [email protected]  to start your application process.

Application submissions for a PhD candidacy is on a rolling basis.

The official language of the PhD programme is English.

The application is examined by relevant academics (including the recommended prospective supervisor) who evaluate the application and propose to the  General Assembly of the School . The latter is the official body which will decide on the application’s acceptance or rejection. In case of acceptance, the applicant is enrolled with the School as a PhD student and the main supervisor is allocated.

The  main supervisor  is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the PhD progress and specific academic guidance on the topic, direction of research and the structure of the thesis. The supervision is also supported by another two academic members with expertise in the specific area of research and all together form the three-member Advisory Committee. The two members of the advisory team are chosen in consultation with the main supervisor as having interests and expertise relevant to the topic of the research. Where appropriate they may be drawn from other schools or Universities in Greece or abroad.

PhD Curriculum & Career

The PhD students, based upon supervisor’s recommendation, may be required to undertake  certain courses  in  Research Methodology  or other subjects and attend relevant seminars provided by the University.

The  duration  for obtaining the Doctorate Degree is  at least three (3) full calendar years  from the date of appointment of the three-member Advisory Committee. The  maximum  time for submitting the doctoral thesis for  VIVA  (a formal oral examination of the PhD candidate by a panel of experts for answering questions regarding the thesis and the research area) is set at  six (6) full calendar years  from the date of appointment of the three-Member Advisory Committee.

The  results  of PhD-level research are published in leading conferences and academic journals in the related field.

Doctorates from the Department of School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics pursue  career s in universities or research centers in Greece and abroad or participate in research/business and other departments of companies and organizations around the world.

There are no tuition fees associated with the PhD candidacy.

In specific cases, the PhD candidates may be supported by competitive research programs from research bodies such as: European Union, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, State Scholarship Foundation, Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation.

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• Doctoral Studies

AUEB doctoral study programs offer graduates the opportunity to continue with further study after the acquisition of a Master’s degree, in order to earn a PhD. Doctoral studies aim to produce high-level scientific research – with emphasis on scientific publications – and to create scientists capable of contributing to the advancement of science. Our doctoral programmes prepare graduates for careers in academia, industry and the Government in Greece and abroad. At the same time, doctoral programs are sources of academic prestige and international recognition for both Departments and University.

Doctoral Programs offer specialization in the core areas of expertise of each Department, as well as in related fields. Doctoral studies are governed by the relevant Regulation of each AUEB Department; all Departmental Regulations have been officially published online in the Government Gazette.

APPLYING FOR DOCTORAL STUDIES

Holders of Master’s degrees from Greek Higher Education Institutions, or from international Institutions which have been recognized as equivalent to Greek degrees, are entitled to submit an application for doctoral studies. Under special circumstances, which are specified in the Regulations for Doctoral Studies, an individual who does not hold a Master’s degree may be accepted as a doctoral candidate.

Each Department issues its own Doctoral Studies Regulations, which include all information regarding the time frame for submitting an application; required supporting documents; the procedure for evaluating applications; rights and obligations of doctoral candidates; supervision of the Ph.D. thesis; the completion of doctoral studies, and other relevant information.

For more information on a specific doctoral program, please consult the relevant departmental website:

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IKY supports PhD students and offers scholarships in order for them to elaborate a doctoral thesis in Greece and / or abroad. From 2016 to date, IKY implements circles of scholarship programmes in three (3) scientific sectors (Natural Sciences, Engineering, Life Sciences, Social and Humanitarian Sciences) in order for PhD students to elaborate a doctoral thesis in Greece. These Programmes aim at the support of new scientists and at the production of high research results. The project is co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund- ESF) through the Operational Programme «Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014- 2020». In addition, scholarships are granted for the European University Institute of Florence (Istituto Universitario Europeo – Firenze) to Greek graduates of Greek and equivalent foreign universities to conduct a doctoral research with a European perspective in their basic or comparative research. The fields selected should be within humanitarian and social disciplines such as History and Culture, Economy, Legal, Social and Political Sciences. Moreover, IKY provides fellowships through the endowments that it manages. Scholarships are granted in accordance with the deed of incorporation of each bequest and the applicable bequest legislation. In the past, IKY financed scholarship holders within the context of its collaboration with CERN. It was a scholarship programme offered by IKY for the employment at CERN of scientists having graduated from Greek universities in the field of Theoretical and Experimental Particle Physics. Also, in 2013 IKY offered 100 fellowships for doctoral studies in Greece through the “IKY Fellowships of Excellence for Postgraduate Studies in Greece – Siemens Programme” in the framework of the Hellenic Republic – Siemens Settlement Agreement in 4 leading-edge thematic areas: Industry, Health, Energy and Infrastructure – Urban Development – Environment. For the academic period 2014–2015, IKY supported PhD candidates of the Humanities in the framework of the cooperation with the National Bank of Greece Programme. Ten scholarships were given in specialized sectors of humanitarian and social disciplines for the elaboration of a doctoral thesis in Greece. Finally, within the context of implementing the “Integrated Management of Sea and Inland Waters” Programme to be financed by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area (FM EEA 2009–2014) and the Public Investments Programme, IKY announced the launch of a Scholarships Programme for the academic period 2014–2015, for the elaboration of a post-doctoral research or a part of a doctoral thesis, in cognitive fields falling within the field of sea and inland water resources management, in institutions and/or accredited organizations in Norway, Iceland or Lichtenstein.

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In accordance with existing laws, higher education institutions (i.e. universities and technological education institutes) are responsible for the planning and organization of postgraduate studies in Greece and for granting Master’s Degrees. Universities have additional powers to grant PhD Degrees.

Postgraduate Programmes

The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens offers a wide range of postgraduate studies programmes (departmental, interdepartmental, inter-institutional and interstate ones), covering a variety of scientific fields, thus enabling graduates, as well as graduates of other academic institutions, to promote science and to claim their place in the labour market.

Aiming at extroversion and the broadening of its prospective target groups, the University of Athens has also proceeded to the organization and operation of postgraduate programmes in languages other than the Greek language.

Postgraduate programmes are either funded through the current budget or offered on a tuition-fee basis. In order to ensure the proper operation and sustainability of its postgraduate programmes, UoA is also seeking alternative sources of funding, such as donations, grants, research programmes, etc. Furthermore, it promotes the implementation of a scholarship system based on economic and social criteria, as well as on students’ performance.

The Departments of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens encourage innovation and research and offer graduates the possibility of preparing a doctoral thesis. For information on the terms and conditions for admission to a PhD program, visit the Departments' websites.

The Departments of NKUA offer the possibility of preparing a doctoral thesis with co-supervision in collaboration with other Departments of NKUA or another H.E.I. of the country or abroad and/or in collaboration with other research and technological bodies (research Institutes, Foundations, research centers).

In addition, the Departments of NKUA may conclude agreement with industry or business for the preparation of a doctoral thesis (industrial doctorate) which concerns the conduct of industrial or applied research with the aim of extracting research results for the production of innovative products or services.

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Doctoral Studies at the School of Psychology (AUTH) aim to promote knowledge and original scientific research as well as high level of specialization in main subjects of the science of Psychology. Doctoral studies lead to a Ph.D. degree.

A PhD degree is an academic title that certifies the development of original scientific research and the substantial contribution of its holder to the evolution of science and knowledge in the relevant scientific field.

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Applications for new admissions in the Doctorate Programme are accepted every December (1-31) and June (1-30). The proposed research topic should be included in the application.

Before you apply for a PhD research you should contact the faculty member/potential supervisor you are interested in to check about his/her availability. You can find information about the research areas available at the School of Psychology, and links to faculty member contacts here .

The School’s Graduate Committee will review all applications after the due date.

The admission criteria to the Doctorate programme include: (a) The submitted research proposal, (b) CV with the candidate’s profile of studies and research interests, (d) All prior relevant qualifications including research experience, as well as (e) The candidate’s motivation to pursue doctoral studies

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A research proposal is to provide information about the intended research project, in terms of content and methodology, in order to assess both the feasibility of the project and the work during the studies. The research proposal has to be evaluated and signed by a Graduate Faculty member with matching research interests who will agree to supervise/advice the dissertation. It is therefore important that applicants carefully consider those faculty members of interest with whom they would like to work prior to completing the application. Applicants should list those faculty members whose research interests best fits with their own interests and experiences, as this information is used in the matching process. The names of all faculty members as well as their research interests can be found in the School’s website (here).

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Good command of the Greek Language is required for all international Ph.D. Students and is attested by the appropriate examination set by the University’s School of Modern Greek ( https://www.smg.auth.gr ). Each candidate for a doctoral degree is required to meet the communication and Greek language requirements. Classes on the Greek language are offered to all international students by the AUTH School of Modern Greek.

Recognition of foreign academic titles

In order to apply for a doctoral program, Degrees issued by a foreign university must be declared equivalent to the Greek Master’s Degree by the Hellenic National Academic Recognition Information Center (NARIC/DOATAP) ( https://www.doatap.gr ), according to procedures and deadlines established in the website. The Greek NARIC Network (National Academic Recognition Information Centres) aims at improving academic recognition of diplomas and periods of study in the Member States of the EU, the EEA countries and the associated countries in Central and Eastern Europe and Cyprus.

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The time required for the completion of a Ph.D. programme, ranges from a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of 5 years. When required and only in special cases, two (2) year extension may be granted by the Graduate Committee.

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In case of acceptance, a three-member supervising committee is assigned by the School, consisting of three faculty members, the dissertation advisor and two readers. The supervising committee is responsible for guiding the doctoral can­didate’s work and for monitoring her/his progress. The committee submits an evaluation letter affirming the thesis progress of each Ph.D. student on an annual basis.

The requirements for the degree include: (a) a year of coursework which is tailored to the students’ needs based on the committee’s recommenda­tions, and (b) two to three years of the doctoral thesis re­search and writing. In addition, the Ph.D. student fulfils teaching and research requirements (e.g., undergraduate and graduate teaching assistantship, research activi­ties of the School).

Upon the completion of the Ph.D. thesis, the doctoral candidate must publicly defend her/his thesis. A 7-member examination committee, consisting of the three supervising faculty members and four examiners coming from the School of Psychology, other departments at AUTH or other universities, evaluate the dissertation and the candidate’s competence to defend her/his work. The defence of the dissertation is done in a conference that is open to the public. The candidate is given at the start a maximum of 1/2 hour to present the main ideas and results of the dissertation and then has to answer questions posed by the examination committee. When all questions have been answered, the examination committee retires to discuss the dissertation and its defence and a decision is reached regarding the grade assigned to the dissertation. The degree is officially conferred during the next full faculty meeting presided by the Rector of the Uni­versity or representative, during which the candidate takes the oath of the Doctor of Philosophy.

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The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications operates a Doctoral Degree Program in a wide range of research fields . Doctoral studies aim to promote original scientific research and lead to the acquisition of a Doctoral Degree (PhD) which certifies the preparation of original scientific research and the substantial contribution of his / her research in the development of their respective discipline. The research of the PhD candidates is supervised by Department faculty.

The results of the doctoral dissertation are expected to be published in leading scientific conferences and journals by the world's leading scientific bodies in Computer Science and Telecommunications, such as the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

In most cases, PhD candidates are supported through significant public funding (from the European Union, Greek Ministry of Education or State Scholarships Foundation) through competing doctoral research aid programs. The Department's research activities are also enhanced through partnerships with major IT companies in Europe, the USA and Asia. This framework provides excellent conditions for developing high-level doctoral research as it provides the most up-to-date computing equipment (hardware and software) as well as support for regular PhD candidates' participation in leading international scientific conferences in their major science research areas.

Doctors of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications often pursue research courses at universities or research centers in Greece and abroad or participate in research / development departments of companies in the field of Informatics worldwide.

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Candidates may also be postgraduate students who are completing their last semester of study and are expected to obtain a Postgraduate Diploma until they have completed their dissertation. Further information on the right to apply for a doctoral dissertation, the process of selecting doctoral candidates and the doctoral dissertation preparation can be found in the Department's Doctoral Regulation and its related regulations.

There is no maximum number of admissions per year to the Doctoral Program.

Interested parties should submit the standard application form with the required supporting documents following the open call for applications announced by the Department on its website. Candidates should specify in their application the proposed doctoral dissertation title, the proposed supervised professor, a documented scientific proposal and a doctoral dissertation draft as well as the proposed dissertation language. Applications for PhD dissertation are submitted to the Secretariat of the Department. This procedure takes place twice a year, during the months of October and March.

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Doctoral Candidates (MDs) admitted to the PhD program have up to five (5) full academic years from their first enrollment, all the rights and benefits provided to postgraduate students.

The author of the doctoral dissertation is the proprietor of the intellectual and property right, the content of his dissertation, in accordance with Greek law 2121/1993 , as applicable. Industrial property rights (e.g. inventions), which may arise from the results of a doctoral dissertation research, belong to both the doctor and supervising professor or other researchers in the research team, in accordance with applicable law.

More information on the rights of PhD candidates can be found in the Department's Doctoral Regulation (in Greek) and its related rules (in Greek).

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The minimum time for obtaining a PhD is three (3) full calendar years and the maximum time is six (6) full calendar years.

Doctoral studies are offered free of charge.

Each year, from September to December, the PhD candidate submits a detailed memo in writing about the progress of their Doctoral Thesis.

With the assent of the supervisor, part of the candidate's research can be carried out in another institution / institute / research center / enterprise of the country or abroad in order to achieve the optimal research result.

In all publications (in journals, conferences, book chapters, etc.) resulting from the Doctoral Thesis, the PhD candidate is obliged to declare the as affiliation: "Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the National and Kapodistrian University" and the domain address in the "@di.uoa.gr" domain.

The Phd candidate is required to successfully complete any course requirements as set at the commencement of his / her dissertation.

In order to achieve the integration of the academic personality and training of the PhD candidates in the requirements of the research and teaching area, PhD candidates are preparing for the Academic Experience Exercise, which is carried out within the structures and procedures of the Department. The Academic Experience Exercise consists of three sections: 1) Attendance and presentation of scientific lectures. 2) Writing Scientific Papers and Academic Ethics. 3) The Department supports the acquisition of academic experience of the PhD candidates through their experiential participation in the educational process under the guidance and supervision of the Department's teachers. The Assembly of the Department identifies individual issues of the Exercise of Academic Experience.

PhD candidates are required to cite sources of research results that they use in their research to avoid plagiarism and related misconduct.

Further information on the PhD candidates’ obligations can be found in the Department's Doctoral Studies Regulation (in Greek) and its related rules (in Greek).

Detailed information, as well as the relevant standards for writing and submitting a PhD thesis, are provided in this webpage .

The General Assembly of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications has appointed the following professors as members of the Coordinating Committee for Doctoral Studies (CCDS):

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The CCDS is responsible for monitoring and coordinating the operation of the Doctoral Studies Program and recommends to the Department's Assembly on all issues related to the Doctoral Studies.

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We had all been wondering “where is Costas?” and now we learned that we shall not see him again. We have lost a good friend and leader in the photonics community.

Costas M. Soukoulis, a pioneer and leader in the fields of localization of light, photonic crystals, three-dimensional photonic bandgap materials, and optical metamaterials, passed away at the age of 73 on 14 March 2024 in Ames, Iowa, USA.

For decades, it seemed that Soukoulis was constantly travelling the world, being at conferences, giving talks, visiting many old friends, making many new friends abroad and simultaneously entertaining two very active research groups, one in the USA at Ames Laboratory and one in Crete at IESL-FORTH. “Is he at Ames?”; “No, I heard somebody saw him in Greece.”; “No, he is rather again at Karlsruhe on his Alexander von Humboldt Prize…” Often he travelled together with his beloved wife Angela, even more so giving you the feeling of being part of a warm-hearted family, in which good science and good life are inseparable.

Soukoulis was born in Agios Ioannis at Corinthia, a small village 50 miles from Athens, Greece on 15 January 1951. After obtaining his bachelor’s degree in physics from the University of Athens, he moved to the USA and obtained his master’s degree in 1975 and PhD in 1978 from the University of Chicago. He was a visiting assistant professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Virginia from 1978–1981 and then a research physicist at Exxon Corporate Research Laboratory from 1981–1984, before joining Iowa State University and Ames Lab in Iowa. He was also an associated member of IESL-FORTH at Heraklion, Crete, Greece from 1984 onwards.

At Exxon, together with Eleftherios N. Economou, he published early pioneering work on the localization of light in disordered media 1 , 2 , 3 . After accepting a professorial position at Ames Laboratory in 1984, he continued along this line of research 4 . Soukoulis and his collaborators were excited about the idea of man-made periodic architectures possessing a complete bandgap for light in three dimensions 5 . At that time, it was not at all clear whether such an analogy to electrons in semiconductors really worked because light is a vector wave, while electrons are simpler scalar waves. It took some more years until these ground-breaking conceptual ideas were brought to a point at which experimental realization through layer-by-layer manufacturing approaches came into reach 6 . Unfortunately, Soukoulis can no longer tell you his emotional version of the bumpy publication history of this famous paper on what is now well-known as the “woodpile photonic crystal” 6 . Ten years later, it led us to joint experiments 7 and then after another ten years to the realization of the original dream of visible-frequency three-dimensional complete bandgap woodpile photonic crystals 8 .

In parallel, Soukoulis made ground-breaking contributions to the then emerging field of optical metamaterials. In 2004, the race to bring magnetic resonant responses and thereby negative refractive indices to visible frequencies had just started 9 . In yet another fruitful theory–experiment collaboration, we jointly succeeded in reaching the visible 10 , 11 . Soukoulis continued to make significant contributions to metamaterials research until very recently, including important theoretical developments on active-gain metamaterials 12 , chiral metamaterials 13 , graphene-based metamaterials 14 and many others.

Being with Soukoulis made you appreciate how important good life and good science are. He could tell you that the fish served in the restaurant was caught yesterday rather than today — and the same applied to journal papers. He loved organizing conferences and knew how to create a warm welcoming atmosphere. Soukoulis once shared with us his criteria to choose invited speakers: “Firstly, I choose the best scientists, as to ensure top quality of lectures; second, the best dancers, or people who can drive dancing, as to ensure excellent social events.” Indeed, music and dance were a tradition in the conferences he organized — of course including Soukoulis dancing himself.

Soukoulis, an outstanding scientist and human, will be dearly missed by his wife Angela, their son Victor, the large “Soukoulis family” around the world, and the photonics community.

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I quit my Ph.D. program to be a wife and mother at 23. It's not what I expected for my post-college life, but I'm happier.

• After college, I ennrolled in a Ph.D. program I wasn't actually interested in. 
• I eventually dropped out of the program so that I could focus on my husband and being a mother. 
• I am now pregnant, and I'm so happy with my decision.

In high school, I knew college would be an important step toward success and a career. Nonetheless, my deeper desires involved finding "the one" — friends-to-lovers style.

I had a full scholarship to the college of my dreams, but I quickly shifted focus from my studies to my personal development. I wanted to know more about myself than my classes.

And that's what I did. I created a podcast with my friends. I fell in love with my best friend and got my friends-to-lovers romance. We even got married in college. I also discovered my passion for mental health.

But by the end of my senior year, reality started to set in. I became so fearful of graduation because I had no job prospects or future plans. I suddenly realized I would become a stay-at-home wife , and that terrified me even more.

To avoid that, I desperately searched for a career and enrolled in a graduate program I wasn't interested in.

I quickly lost interest in my Ph.D. program

I was among a small number of students who were able to get into a Ph.D. program directly from undergrad.

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I was an academic in training, which meant having two part-time jobs, doing side research projects, and attending class. I saw my husband less, but he supported the sacrifice as long as I got what I wanted. I started working at 8 a.m. and finished around 7 p.m. I worked on the weekends, too.

The Pinterest-inspired home I hoped to have would have required my creativity and time, both of which are limited resources when you're running the career race. So, we kept the white walls, with no time to hang the framed pictures of our wedding day .

I started therapy during this time, and I was forced to address the fear and anxiety that had pushed me to jump head-first into a career I wasn't sure about. Toward the end of my first semester , I knew this career was not for me. I wasn't able to invest in my marriage. I wasn't able to write creatively on topics that mattered. I wasn't becoming who I wanted to be.

So, I left the program, prompting everyone in my life to wonder why I would leave a school that would earn me the highest degree you can get in academics.

I chose to be a wife and mother instead

After leaving my program, I felt relief, then sadness, and then relief again. Undergrad was about becoming myself, but graduate school showed me the realities of unbecoming — unbecoming a perfectionist, unbecoming a planner, and unbecoming a high-achiever . The pain of unbecoming had given me the freedom to change.

When I let go of grinding toward a career, I learned about my desire to be a mother. I wanted to share the beauties of the world with someone else, someone I created. Now, I'm pregnant .

When I let go of the negative connotations of being a stay-at-home wife, I realized my desire to make my home into a creative and comfortable space. So, I created it. When I let go of the fear of being a wife, I saw my husband as a compassionate, servant, and loving person who needed it in return. Now, I give love freely. When I let go of the fear of people seeing me as wasted potential, I found writing again. So, I write.

This is not what I expected for my post-graduation life , but my life is both better and different than my expectations.

In the year after graduation, I've learned that becoming's shadow is unbecoming. They exist together. The becoming is full of excitement and hope. The unbecoming is full of pain, truth, and even fear. But there's hope on the horizon.

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Big Brother star pretended to be in Greece before big announcement

Big Brother alums Janelle Pierzina and Britney Haynes tried to pull a fast one on reality TV fans.

And the joke turned out to be pretty funny.

It was very similar to how Danielle Reyes recently complained about not getting to play on The Traitors , only for fans to find out she was on the new cast.

This time, the story was pushed that Britney was in Greece vacationing, and her friend Janelle was there to help spin that narrative.

The amusing part about the joke was that anyone paying close attention could tell it was all a ruse.

Janelle and Britney go to Greece?

“Having the BEST time,” read an Instagram Story Britney Haynes reportedly shared online.

An image attached to the post indicated that Britney was in Greece with her friend Janelle.

But the ladies weren’t actually in Greece. The photo had been edited to feature the ladies posing during their time on The Amazing Race.

It was an apparent attempt to have fun with the rumors that Britney was about to film The Traitors 3.

@JanellePierzina & @britney_haynes in Greece @sharontharp pic.twitter.com/CncQ6BlUvm — MomSquad (@ByeByeBitches69) June 4, 2024

Janelle adds some additional humor to the Britney joke

“When Britney and I travel together it’s always to Greece! having so much fun with my bestie,” Janelle commented on the post.

It was an additional level to the joke, with Janelle playing along with the narrative. It also got people thinking about Janelle possibly popping up on The Traitors 3, similar to Kate Chastain during Season 2.

Kate from Below Deck appeared in the first season and shockingly showed up at the castle midway through Season 2.

Janelle played in the second season, making people wonder if she could pop up midway through Season 3.

The big announcement for Britney Haynes

Britney Haynes is on The Traitors 3 cast.

She is one of the 21 players trying to win a piece of the $250,000 prize.

Before this, Britney appeared on Big Brother twice, The Amazing Race, and Big Brother: Reindeer Games.

Britney is very good at the confessionals (where reality TV people are shown speaking to the camera during an episode). That trend will likely continue in Scotland.

Filming takes place this spring, with episodes likely to debut this winter on Peacock.

The first two seasons of The Traitors USA are streaming on Peacock. Britney’s Big Brother seasons (BB12 and BB14) and her time on The Amazing Race (Season 31) can be streamed on Paramount+.

Big Brother 26 debuts July 17 on CBS.

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Ask a person to find a frying pan, and they will most likely go to the kitchen. Ask a robot to do the same, and you may get numerous responses, depending on how the robot is trained.

Since humans often associate objects in a home with the room they are in, Naoki Yokoyama thinks robots that navigate human environments to perform assistive tasks should mimic that reasoning.

Roboticists have employed natural language models to help robots mimic human reasoning over the past few years. However, Yokoyama, a Ph.D. student in robotics, said these models create a “bottleneck” that prevents agents from picking up on visual cues such as room type, size, décor, and lighting. 

Yokoyama presented a new framework for semantic reasoning at the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) last month in Yokohama, Japan. ICRA is the world’s largest robotics conference.

Yokoyama earned a best paper award in the Cognitive Robotics category with his Vision-Language Frontier Maps (VLFM) proposal .

Assistant Professor Sehoon Ha and Associate Professor Dhruv Batra from the School of Interactive Computing advised Yokoyama on the paper. Yokoyama authored the paper while interning at the Boston Dynamics’ AI Institute .

“I think the cognitive robotic category represents a significant portion of submissions to ICRA nowadays,” said Yokoyama, whose family is from Japan. “I’m grateful that our work is being recognized among the best in this field.”

Instead of natural language models, Yokoyama used a renowned vision-language model called BLIP-2 and tested it on a Boston Dynamics “Spot” robot in home and office environments.

“We rely on models that have been trained on vast amounts of data collected from the web,” Yokoyama said. “That allows us to use models with common sense reasoning and world knowledge. It’s not limited to a typical robot learning environment.”

What is Blip-2?

BLIP-2 matches images to text by assigning a score that evaluates how well the user input text describes the content of an image. The model removes the need for the robot to use object detectors and language models. 

Instead, the robot uses BLIP-2 to extract semantic values from RGB images with a text prompt that includes the target object. 

BLIP-2 then teaches the robot to recognize the room type, distinguishing the living room from the bathroom and the kitchen. The robot learns to associate certain objects with specific rooms where it will likely find them.

From here, the robot creates a value map to determine the most likely locations for a target object, Yokoyama said.

Yokoyama said this is a step forward for intelligent home assistive robots, enabling users to find objects — like missing keys — in their homes without knowing an item’s location. 

“If you’re looking for a pair of scissors, the robot can automatically figure out it should head to the kitchen or the office,” he said. “Even if the scissors are in an unusual place, it uses semantic reasoning to work through each room from most probable location to least likely.”

He added that the benefit of using a VLM instead of an object detector is that the robot will include visual cues in its reasoning.

“You can look at a room in an apartment, and there are so many things an object detector wouldn’t tell you about that room that would be informative,” he said. “You don’t want to limit yourself to a textual description or a list of object classes because you’re missing many semantic visual cues.”

While other VLMs exist, Yokoyama chose BLIP-2 because the model:

• Accepts any text length and isn’t limited to a small set of objects or categories.
• Allows the robot to be pre-trained on vast amounts of data collected from the internet.
• Has proven results that enable accurate image-to-text matching.

Home, Office, and Beyond

Yokoyama also tested the Spot robot to navigate a more challenging office environment. Office spaces tend to be more homogenous and harder to distinguish from one another than rooms in a home. 

“We showed a few cases in which the robot will still work,” Yokoyama said. “We tell it to find a microwave, and it searches for the kitchen. We tell it to find a potted plant, and it moves toward an area with windows because, based on what it knows from BLIP-2, that’s the most likely place to find the plant.”

Yokoyama said as VLM models continue to improve, so will robot navigation. The increase in the number of VLM models has caused robot navigation to steer away from traditional physical simulations.

“It shows how important it is to keep an eye on the work being done in computer vision and natural language processing for getting robots to perform tasks more efficiently,” he said. “The current research direction in robot learning is moving toward more intelligent and higher-level reasoning. These foundation models are going to play a key role in that.”

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