Standing committees are also formed on an annual basis, e.g. for the Library, the Computer Center, etc. The Director of each graduate program is a professor appointed by the General Assembly of the corresponding Department. Degrees offered The six Departments of the Athens University of Economics and Business award degrees equivalent to a four-year B.A. or B.Sc. Students are enrolled after a successfull nation-wide entrance examination. Presently, only one in ten candidates is admitted.
Courses are compulsory, but there is also a wide variety of electives.
Students in one Department are allowed to take courses offered by other Departments. Foreign language courses in English or French of German are compulsory in all semesters. Depending on their choice of electives, students acquire a major concentration on particular subjects. Students are admitted to these programmes following a successfull entrance examination. Mastery of English is a prerequisite as courses include extensive seminars and lecturs in English.