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Top Public Universities in Greece

What are the top public Universities in Greece? uniRank answers this question by publishing a complete list of 24 public Greek higher education institutions ranked by the 2026 uniRank University Ranking and meeting uniRank's :

  • Official Recognition: institutions must be officialy chartered, licensed or accredited by the appropriate higher education-related organization in Greece.
  • Degree Authority: they must be authorised to grant bachelor's degrees of at least three years' duration and/or postgraduate master's or doctoral degrees.
  • Delivery Mode: they must deliver courses predominantly in a traditional, face-to-face, non-distance education format.

The uniRank University Ranking aims to provide a non-academic league table of the top public Greek Universities based on valid and unbiased web metrics provided by independent web intelligence sources rather than data submitted by the Universities themselves, which might not be independently audited.

Top Public Universities in Greece


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List of Greek public universities by university country ranking position
# University Town/City
1 Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki
2 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Athens
3 National Technical University of Athens Athens
4 University of Patras Patras
5 University of Crete Rethymno
6 University of Thessaly Volos
7 International Hellenic University Thessaloniki
8 Athens University of Economics and Business Athens
9 University of the Aegean Mytilene
10 University of Ioannina Ioannina
11 Democritus University of Thrace Komotini
12 University of West Attica Egaleo
13 University of Macedonia Thessaloniki
14 Technical University of Crete Chania
15 University of Piraeus Piraeus
16 Ionian University Corfu
17 University of Western Macedonia Kozani
18 University of Peloponnese Tripoli
19 Agricultural University of Athens Athens
20 Hellenic Mediterranean University Heraklion
22 Panteion University Athens
23 Harokopio University Athens
24 Athens School of Fine Arts Athens
26 Hellenic Naval Academy Piraeus
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How many public universities are there in Greece?

There are 24 officially chartered, licensed or accredited public Greek higher-education institutions that meet uniRank's selection criteria.

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