Pursuant to the provisions of P.D. no 387/1983 (Government Gazette no 141/1983, Bulletin Α) free meals are offered to students on the basis of their personal and family financial status and according to the requirements and limitations set by articles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the aforementioned Presidential Decree.
In order to obtain the Special Meals Card, the interested student must file the following supporting documents upon the enrolment:
a. A photocopy of his/her parents’ or his/hers last income tax clearance certificate or a photocopy of his/her parents’ or his/hers more recent income tax return.
In case the interested persons are not obliged to file an income tax return, a relevant certificate of the competent Income Tax Office must be produced.
b. A statement reporting the student’s family status (the relevant form is provided by the Departments’ Secretariats upon the enrolment).
The meals are offered in the University Restaurant to students that have obtained the Special Meals Card throughout the week, from the 1st of October until the 30th of June of the next calendar year, with the exception of Christmas and Easter holidays. A resolution of the University’s Board of Trustees is required in order for the students’ restaurant to open earlier or to remain open for a longer period of time.
The students pass is granted to all students, both undergraduate and postgraduate, as long as the duration of their studies has not exceeded the number of years required for obtaining a degree increased by half. It is issued by the Secretariat of each Faculty after the student’s enrolment at the beginning of the academic year. Only a photograph is required.
Students are offered the following discount (Minister’s Act no 99/22-08-90):
- 25% in the urban transport means of the city in which the Department has its seat as well as in the urban transport means of the rest of the country.
- 25% in the intercity road transport means connecting the Department’s seat with the student’s place of permanent residence as well as in the intercity transport means of the rest of the country.
- 25% in the railway network of the entire country.
- 25% on the total fare in group travels (at least 15 persons) with domestic Olympic Airways flights.
All students are entitled to medical and hospital care for a time period equal to the years of studies provided for as the minimum term of undergraduate studies, increased by two years.
In case a student is directly or indirectly entitled to medical care by another social security entity and he/she wishes to have student medical care, he/she shall have to renounce insurance by the other entity and select student care by declaring, in a statutory declaration of Law 1599/86, that he/she "is not insured by any other social security entity". Additional information about medical care is provided in the Medical care booklet.
