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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION LIFELONG LEARNING AND RELIGIOUS
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STATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOUNDATION (Ι.Κ.Υ.) DIRECTORATE OF SPECIAL PROGRAMMES
FOR INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS UNIT FOR FOREIGNERS |
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Address: Makri 1 & D. Areopagitou, 117 42 Website: http://www.iky.gr |
ANNOUNCEMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS OFFERED TO FOREIGNERS
TO ATTEND COURSES AND SEMINARS IN
IN THE MODERN GREEK LANGUAGE AND CULTURE
(20th Programme, 2011-2012)
The State Scholarships Foundation (Ι.Κ.Υ.) announces that it will offer up to sixty (60) scholarships to
foreigners (or foreign nationals of Greek descent) from countries worldwide in order to attend courses and seminars in the Modern Greek
Language and Culture.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
1.
Be
nationals of any country of the world except
2.
Hold
a graduate degree from a foreign University in Humanities, Social and
Political Sciences. Eligible to apply are also university graduates who
teach the Greek as a foreign language.
3.
Not
exceed the fortieth
(40th) year of age (date of birth after 1971).
4.
Have
at least a basic knowledge of the Greek language.
Applicants
must meet the above requirements by the application deadline.
DOCUMENTS TO
BE SUBMITTED
1.
An
application form with (one recent photograph – if any).
2. A curriculum
vitae.
3. Certified
copies of University Diplomas – Degrees.
4. Certificates
indicating the knowledge of Greek and English or French language.
5. Two (2) letters
of reference.
6. A written
evidence of employment as a teacher of Greek, if any.
7. A birth
certificate.
8. A recent health
certificate by a state hospital.
9. A copy of the
passport/identity card (where applicable).
Applicants should submit their application form and
their CV via our electronic application system (www.iky.gr), whereas the
remaining documentation is to be sent by post. If for any reason the electronic
submission is not possible, then the application form with all documentation
requested will be submitted through the Greek Diplomatic Authorities or by post.
2.
All the documentation submitted must be written or translated into
Greek, English or French.
In addition, documents numbered 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 must be certified by the Greek Diplomatic Authorities (the
Greek Embassy or Consulate) only in cases where the candidate’s state of origin
is not a member of the Hague Convention (Apostille) of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalisation for
foreign public documents.
Applicants
must submit only certified copies of the original documents as these will
not be returned. Incomplete, inaccurate or illegible application files
will not be taken into consideration.
Applicants who are or have been on a scholarship by the
I.K.Y. will be excluded from the programme.
Applications by undergraduates who have not yet obtained
their University degree will not be considered.
APPLICATION
DEADLINE
The electronic application deadline is 15 November 2011. The remaining documentation required has
to be sent by 30 November 2011 by post.
Applicants will be notified of the outcome in late
December 2011.
DURATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIP
The duration of this scholarship is five (5) months and is offered
only for a special course in the Modern Greek Language and Culture organized
mainly at one of the following Greek Universities:
The
courses start on 9th January 2012 and end on 8th June
2012.
After completion of the programme of studies the
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The scholarship covers the following:
a.
Free meals and accommodation (in University residence or in purpose-built
flats provided by the University
which will undertake the programme).
b.
Tuition fees and other relevant costs.
c.
Free medical care (under the National Health Service) in case of
emergency.
d.
A monthly allowance of €150,00 (net amount) for personal expenses.
e.
€200,00 for
initial expenses.
OBLIGATIONS
OF THE SCHOLARS
Scholarship holders must regularly attend the courses and
participate in all activities of the programme of studies.