<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">At the Program, graduates of the Departments of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology, Nursing, of the country and of recognized institutions abroad are accepted.</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Students admission is based on a rating of their documented qualifications and interview.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">The curriculum of the Program entitled "</span>Surgical Oncology of the Gastrointestinal Track<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">" offers a single curriculum. For obtaining the MasterDegree of the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the Aristotele’s University of Thessaloniki. Postgraduate students are required to attend and be successfully examined in the 19 compulsory courses, which correspond to 90 ECTS credits, and to prepare the postgraduate diploma thesis, which corresponds to 30 ECTS, which they present publicly.</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">The qualification is a terminal award and allows access to doctoral studies.</span><br> </p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Grading scheme, and if any, grade distribution guidance (in original language) :</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">The grading scale by which the students’ performance is calculated within the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Study Program is based on a 10-point scale (Ministerial Decision Φ.1231/Β1/425, article 60, Government Gazette 1099/2000/B): Α?ριστα (Arista) Excellent: 8.50-10.00</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Λι?αν Καλω?ς (Lian Kalos) Very Good : 6.50- 8.49</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Καλω?ς (Kalos) Good : 6.00-6.49</span><br><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">Minimum passing grade : 6 (AUTH Rule of Procedure Α.Π.Θ., no 127/2-2-11)</span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);">The duration of study that leads to the awarding of the Postgraduate Studies Diploma (PSD) of the proposed Program is defined as a minimum of four (4) academic semesters, which also includes the time for preparation and assessment of the postgraduate thesis. In the first semester six (6) compulsory courses are taught, in the second semester also six (6) compulsory courses, in the third semester seven (7) compulsory courses and in the fourth semester the diploma thesis is prepared.</span></p>