— Four postgraduate programmes. One Department with a contemporary vision, an international outlook, and multiple academic pathways.
The Department of Philology at the University of Patras is firmly committed to postgraduate education and currently offers four postgraduate programmes, providing a diverse and intellectually stimulating environment for those seeking advanced study in language, literature, and culture.
Building upon a long-established tradition of philological scholarship while responding to emerging academic, educational, and cultural challenges, the Department’s postgraduate programmes combine high-level academic training with interdisciplinarity, international engagement, institutional collaboration, and the development of advanced research and professional skills.
Prospective students may choose from four distinct yet creatively interconnected fields of study:
Studies in Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Literature, a programme leading to the award of a Master’s degree in one of three specialisations—Classical Studies, Byzantine Philology, or Modern Greek Philology—and offering focused, advanced training in the literature and culture of the respective field.
https://philology.upatras.gr/classic-byzantine-modern-greek-pms-3/
Linguistic Sciences, designed for those interested in the systematic and scholarly study of language, its structures and functions, and its diverse social and communicative dimensions.
https://philology.upatras.gr/glossology-pms/
Teaching Greek as a Second/Foreign Language, an applied and internationally oriented programme dedicated to the education and advanced training of contemporary teachers of Greek working in multilingual and multicultural contexts.
https://philology.upatras.gr/glossology-pms-2/
Literary Citizenship, Public Sphere and Cultural Democracy, an innovative international joint programme connecting Modern Greek literary studies with the public sphere, cultural mediation, and contemporary practices in applied literary and cultural studies.
https://philology.upatras.gr/public_sphare/
The Department’s two international joint programmes further strengthen its international profile through the University of Patras’s collaborations with the University of Nicosia and Sapienza University of Rome. These partnerships create new opportunities for academic exchange, mobility, communication, and the sharing of scholarly expertise, while connecting Greek philological and linguistic research with the wider international academic community.
Whether your interests lie in classical texts, Byzantine or Modern Greek literature, contemporary linguistic research, the teaching of Greek to speakers of other languages, or emerging forms of literary and cultural mediation, the Department of Philology at the University of Patras offers a postgraduate programme suited to your academic interests and professional aspirations.
Four postgraduate programmes. Four contemporary pathways to advanced study. Countless opportunities for research, knowledge, creativity, and academic and professional development.
Explore the postgraduate programmes offered by the Department of Philology at the University of Patras and choose the pathway that will shape the next stage of your academic and professional journey.
