Study Guide

<p style="text-align:justify;">The Program of Postgraduate Studies "ForensicMedicine-ForensicPsychiatry" accepts graduates of the Departments of Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Nursing, Law, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Social Policy, as well as graduates of the Military, Police and Fire Academy, holders of first-cycle titles of National Universities or accredited Foreign High Education Institutions. </p><p style="text-align:justify;">Students admission is based on a rating of their documented qualifications and interview.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">For the acquisition of the Postgraduate Specialization Degree “ForensicMedicine-ForensicPsychiatry”, postgraduate students are required to successfully complete the 3-semester course, which corresponds to 90 ECTS (Ministerial Decision 67145/B7, Hellenic Government Gazette 1889/2007/Β7). Τhey have to attend and be successfully examined in 14 subjects (Background-General Knowledge, Scientific Field, Skills Development), which are allocated as follows: a) In the 1st semester (30 ECTS) - 7 subjects and b) In the 2nd semester (30 ECTS) - 7 subjects. In the 3th semester (30 ECTS) they design and accomplish their Postgraduate Thesis, which they present in public and, subsequently, are examined. </p>

<p>Graduates of the MSc "ForensicMedicine-ForensicPsychiatry" will be able to work in positions of public and private sectors, which require specialized knowledge in the subject of " ForensicMedicine-ForensicPsychiatry ". </p>

<p>The qualification is a terminal award and allows access to doctoral studies.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">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): </p><p style="text-align:justify;">Άριστα (Arista) Excellent: 8.50-10.00</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Λίαν Καλώς (Lian Kalos) Very Good : 6.50- 8.49</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Καλώς (Kalos) Good : 6.00-6.49</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Minimum passing grade : 6 (AUTH Rule of Procedure Α.Π.Θ., no 127/2-2-11)</p>

<p><strong>3 SEMESTERS, 90 ECTS</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">A full academic year of study is equivalent to 60 ECTS units (European Credit Transfer System) and each semester to 30 ECTS (1 ECTS= 25-30) (Compliance of Greek Legislation, Ministerial Decision Φ5/89656/B3, Government Gazette 1466/2007/B, article 1-3, with the European one). Each course is assigned the number of required ECTS (>= 2) that expresses the workload required by the student for the completion of the course, laboratory, tutorial, internship, etc.</p>

<p style="text-align:justify;">Full-time</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Part-time attendance is provided only to students who are proven to be working at least 20 hours a week, or in severe cases as illness, workload, serious family reasons, military conscription, reasons of force majeure.</p>