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02-01-26 The liquidation of the student lists of HEIs was completed - 308605 inactive students were deleted
On December 31 2025 the first phase of the process of clearing student lists in Greek Higher Education Institutions was completed with the deletion of inactive students who had been admitted to four-year study programs before 2017 and did not meet the prescribed criteria for extending the duration of study.
The procedure was carried out in the context of the application of N.4957/2022 as amended by Law 5224/2025. The total number of inactive students who did not meet the criteria of the Law according to the data of the Institutions and were deleted amounted to 308605 students.
The Minister of Education Religious Affairs and Sports Sofia Zaharakis said: For decades the status of inactive students has been unfair to everyone: the Institutions that could not plan the active students who toiled and above all the young people themselvesus who remained trapped without a substantial connection with their studies. The new framework is not rigid. It expressly provides for exceptions and flexibility for those who work for those with health problems or serious family and social obligations. We do not treat everyone the same but everyone fairly. Thousands of students took advantage of the second chance we introduced and that says a lot about how necessary this intervention was. Student status is not valid for life inno modern European university. We want degrees with value which reflect effort skills and passion. Our goal is a modern outgoing and inclusive public university. A university that supports the student builds his future and does not leave him on the sidelines indefinitely. We do not close doors but open paths to studies with perspective reliability and institutional consistency. Within the next few days the exact data will be given for those who took advantage of the second eopportunity.
The Deputy Minister of Education Religious Affairs and Sports responsible for Higher Education Prof. Nikos Papaioannou emphasized: The clearing of the student lists in Greek HEIs is a necessary and essential step in streamlining our academic system. It is a process implemented within the framework of the law with respect to the academic community contributing to the rational design of policies for active students the financing of HEIs and the overall aupgrading the public university.
With up-to-date student lists Universities gain the ability to more accurately plan their needs in human resources infrastructure and resources. This planning is a prerequisite for the upgrading of the quality of studies and the daily academic operation as well as for the improvement of the quality criteria that are taken into account in the evaluation of Greek Universities in the international rankings.
By design organization and coordinated action we implement the goal of the ND government and the Prime Minister K. Mitsotakis so that the Greek public university is even more modern functional and qualitative. Based on reliable data we create higher education that effectively serves active students and the orderly academic operation of our countrys Higher Education Institutions.
