Social Life, Cultural Groups and Events

The University’s students are actively participating in the social life of Mytilini. Their participation contributes not only to the development and revitalization of local society but also to the development of the students' own identity, as they get to know the local culture of the island and its people. The activities of the students are organized by several cultural groups and the Student Unions of the Departments, which are interested in sports, dance, music, theatre, cinema, photography, radio, chess, etc.

One of the most important cultural activities is the "Cultural Week" of the University, taking place on a different island every year over five days, during which all the student cultural groups get together and familiarize, talk about common concerns and exchange views.

Two more initiatives aiming at greater communication between students from different islands and the development of productive debates, are the students’ e-magazine,  «contrabado» (http://www.aegean.gr/periodiko/) and the MYaegean community (http://my.aegean.gr/web/).

Students' Welfare Office

(University Hill, Administration Building, tel. 22510-36136-7)

Catering

Free catering is offered to all students in two dining halls run by the University. One dining hall is located at the University Hill and the other is located at N. Apostoli 6 Street.

Accommodation

The university has a 250-bed dormitory capacity, offered free of charge to students who meet certain financial criteria. Requests and papers are provided by the Students' Welfare Office.

Student Tickets

Students have a deduction on the price of tickets in any means of mass transport when traveling within the country limits. The discount is valid for the whole of the academic year by showing the student pass provided by the Students’ Welfare office. Access to the island is available by both air and sea. There are direct flights from the airport to Athens and Thessaloniki daily, and during the summer months, there are also direct flights to several European capitals. Ships sail from the harbor to the ports of Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Kavalla and Alexandroupoli.

Books

Books or additional notes for the courses are distributed with no charge to all undergraduate students. The distribution is regularly announced and conducted by the Students' Welfare Office.

Health Care

Health care treatment (medical and hospital) is offered to all undergraduate and postgraduate students of the University. Unless having selected another kind of insurance, every student receives, immediately after his/her registration, a personal healthcare booklet, renewable per year by the Secretariat.

Scholarships

Scholarships are offered to undergraduate students according to their progress and financial condition. Information is given by the Secretariat.

Library

(3 Imvrou Street, 81 100 Mytilini, tel: 22510-36030, fax: 22510-36069,  www.lib.aegean.gr, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

The Library has been operating since the University's foundation in 1984. The University's unique structure, with faculties and departments on five islands of the Aegean Sea (Lesvos, Chios, Samos, Rhodes, Syros), determines the Library's organizational structure. Indeed, the Library operates as a network with branches on all five of the above mentioned islands.  From the beginning of its operation the Library has met the challenge of combining the counter-balancing tendencies imposed by the geographical distribution of its Branches which operate as an integral part of the University Library with a single Administrative Unit and a common policy on all issues related to librarianship, processing and cataloguing, library strategy, planning and development. The seat of Library and its Central Administrative Unit is located in Mytilini, the capital of the island of Lesvos.

Career Services Office

(Administrative Building, University Hill (“Lofos”), 81100 Mytilini, tel: 22510-36117, 36118, 36175, fax:22510-36179, www.aegean.gr/career/, e-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

The Office is located in Mytilini, with additional branches on the other islands. It provides information on Organizations and Business Corporations in Greece and abroad that could offer employment to students and graduates of the University of the Aegean. It also provides additional information on students' inquiries, conferences, summer schools in Greece and abroad, scholarships and postgraduate programs. It also keeps a Data Bank of students' and graduates' C.V. information and organizes conferences and seminars.

Socrates - Erasmus, Students' Exchange Program

(Administrative Building, University Hill (“Lofos”), 81100 Mytilini, tel: 22510 36026, 36185 , Fax: 22510 36019, http://erasmus.aegean.gr)

The SOCRATES program, financed by the European Union, is the continuation of the ERASMUS program (known by this name since 1996). IKY (National Scholarship Foundation) is responsible for the program in Greece. This new and improved program offers students a moving ability within the limits of the EU. It now aims at the planning and development of new courses and the use of new methods and media in the educational process through the cooperation among European Universities and mutual recognition of courses and programs.