At a glance
Points of service
Digital provision points
- The service is not provided digitally
Number of required documents
4 to 11 + (
2
)Fees
Provided without cost
Estimated Time
1 month
Description
This procedure concerns the terms, conditions and procedure for provision of free meals to HEI students. Beneficiaries:
- (a) active first-, second- and third-cycle students in Greek HEIs, provided that they do not already holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree or PhD, respectively;
- (b) students enrolled as visiting students in Greek HEIs as part of educational or research partnership programmes, whose home HEI is in Greece or abroad;
- (c) students enrolled as visiting students in Greek HEIs as part of educational or research partnership programmes, whose home HEI abroad is recognised as equivalent to a Greek institution;
- (d) students temporarily transferring from one Greek HEI to another in accordance with the statutes of the home institution;
- (e) foreign students granted scholarships by the Ministry of Education who are pursuing undergraduate studies at a Greek HEI.
Basic information
Competent body
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SPORTS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS
Authority/Public body’s Unit responsible for the institutional framework of the procedure
Provided to
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Notes
If the HEI is funded by the state budget and that funding is insufficient to cover the meal expenses of all the students who fulfil the economic criteria, free meals will be prioritised for students who fall under the following categories:
- (a) students belonging to multi-child families;
- (b) students who are parents;
- (c) students who have a sibling currently in the first study cycle;
- (d) orphaned students who have lost one or both parents;
- (e) students aged 25 or under who are children of a single mother;
- (f) students with a parent, child, sibling or spouse who is blind, deaf, has kidney failure, is on dialysis, has Duchenne muscular dystrophy or belongs to a special needs category due to mobility issues arising from a disability of 67% or more;
- (g) students with a severe illness;
- (h) students who are children of victims of terrorism.
Last update
07/08/2026
Application
Application Type
Application
Submission by:
Submitted by the applicant (in person or by post)
Submitted by:
Persons
Notes:
Students who wish to qualify for free meals and fulfil the conditions set out in the relevant ministerial decision must submit an application for free meals, together with supporting documents, within the deadline specified by the student cafeteria, or by the HEI itself if the HEI does not have a student cafeteria.
What you will need
Means of authentication, identification and signature
Identification document
Print
Requirements
Fees
Related
Means of redress or appeal:
Administrative appeal
‘Application for review or administrative appeal in accordance with Article 24 of Law 2690/1999. The person concerned may request either that the administrative authority issuing the act revoke or amend it (request for review), or that the authority with jurisdiction over the authority issuing the act annul it (administrative appeal). The administrative authority to which the relevant application is submitted must notify the applicant of its decision on the application within thirty (30) days, unless a different deadline is set under specific provisions.’
Output & Results
Steps
Digital steps
Other information
Official title
Provision of free meals to HEI students
Languages supported
Greek, English
Legislation
Categories
Τype of procedure
Trigger
Applied for
Trigger (submission method)
Application (handwritten)
Life events
Type
Outgoing
End of Process
Ιndefinite
