Tuition fees
The tuition fees for the MSc “New Generation Communication Networks and Distributed Application Environments” amount to 1.600 euros. The distribution of the tuition fees per semester is as follows:
- First semester: 700 €
- Second semester: 500 €
- Third semester: 400 €
Postgraduate students of the MSc are obliged to pay the tuition fees. In cases of interruption of studies, the total amount paid is not refundable.
Tuition fees are paid to the Special Account for Research Funds (SACR) of the University of West Attica, which is responsible for their administration.
Postgraduate students are required to have paid all their financial obligations prior to the award of the Certificate of Completion of Studies and the award of the Diploma of Postgraduate Studies.
The Master’s degree programme offers the possibility of exemption from tuition fees, in accordance with the current legislation and as described in article 14 of the Standard Rules of Studies of the Master’s degree programmes of the P.D.A. (Government Gazette Issue B’ 4861/02.08.2023) and this regulation.
Scholarships
The MSc “New Generation Communication Networks and Distributed Application Environments” may award scholarships, both reciprocal and non-reciprocal, or excellence awards to full-time postgraduate students, according to the decision of the Department’s Assembly.
Scholarships are awarded on the basis of objective academic, financial and social criteria, which are:
- Academic :
α) Attendance.
b) The average grade point average of the previous semester.
c) The degree with which he/she was admitted to the MSc.
d) Recent academic performance (awards and honours).
- Economic :
Registered students may study free of charge in a MSc, if the payment of tuition fees is foreseen, if they meet the financial or social criteria according to the provisions of article 86 of Law 4957/2022 and the No. 108990/Z1/8-9-2022 of the Ministry of Justice (V’ 4899/2022).
- Social :
α) Divorced with dependants (children).
b) Disability of the candidate.
c) Single-parent family.
d) Orphaned by two parents and not over 25 years of age.
e) Child of a large family.
f) Members of the same family.
The procedure for awarding scholarships is as follows. Following the recommendation of the Board of the MSc, a call for applications for the awarding of scholarships is issued. Candidates must complete all mandatory fields of the application form with the required supporting documents and submit them to the Department’s Secretariat within the calendar deadlines specified in the call. The application form is considered as a Responsible Declaration of the Law no. 1599/1986.
The competent body evaluates and ranks the candidates based on the criteria defined in the Internal Regulations of the MSc and recommends the list of candidates to the Departmental Assembly.
The maximum number of scholarships in the MSc is set at two (2) per year.
Scholarship is not granted in case the postgraduate student is already receiving a scholarship from another source and to a postgraduate student who has been admitted to the MSc without the obligation to pay tuition fees.
