Citizens of the U.S., Canada and Western European countries do not need a visa for the first three months. After that, staff at the Academic Center will help students apply for a visa to extend their stay in order to complete their studies. Citizens of other countries should contact the nearest Greek embassy to inquire about visa requirements. Students may study in a variety of disciplines, including Archaeology, Art History, Anthropology, Classical Studies, History, Greek Literature in translation, Modern Greek language, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religion. Students take four or five courses per semester.
Students live in simply furnished apartments with four to six other students.
The apartments are located in the Kolonaki neighborhood of Athens, a twenty-minute walk from the Academic Center. Aid from individual schools is transferred at the school's discretion. Between eighty and one hundred students, representing colleges and universities all over the U.S. and Canada.