Until today, Friday 20/12, candidates for the 2025 GEL and EPAL nationwide exams can submit the application – declaration of participation.

On the official website of the Ministry of Education, www.minedu.gov.gr, under the link “EXAMS”, the relevant application-declaration samples and the relevant circulars that fully describe the procedure and the detailed supporting documents for each category of candidate (GEL or EPAL) are posted , student or graduate).

The Ministry of Education, with a relevant announcement, informed about the National Examinations 2025 and the following:

  • Those candidates interested in the Military Schools, Police Schoolsits Schools Fire department Academy, its Schools Coast Guard Corps and the Schools of its Academy Merchant Navythey must also apply directly to the army, police, fire brigade, harbor or merchant marine within a period to be specified in the notices to be issued by the relevant ministries and pass the preliminary examinations, which are scheduled for the period March-April 2025. The above notices will be available from the recruitment offices, the police stations, the fire department and the port police respectively, at a time to be determined by the co-competent ministries.
  • Those candidates interested in the TEFAA and will participate in the nationwide exams this year, they must declare their desire for the TEFAAs, so that they can also participate in the practical tests (medical examination and competitions).
  • Candidates for 10% of seats (without a new examination) can only be those who were examined nationwide in 2023 or 2024 (with the daily GEL or with the daily EPAL). Those who wish to be candidates for 10% of the seats, will now not submit the application-declaration, but a direct computerized report. If they wish to enter the army, police, fire brigade, coast guard, AEN, they submit a relevant application to the relevant ministry and participate in the preliminary exams (March-April 2025).

The candidates for the 10% with last exam in 2023, they will claim her import them with her condition of EBEas it was formulated in the nationwide exams of 2023. Candidates for the 10% with the last exam in 2024, will claim their admission with the condition of EBE, as it was formulated in the nationwide exams of 2024.

  • Those candidates, suffering from serious illnesses, who do not wish to participate in the nationwide examinations, do not submit the application-declaration now. We remind you that the candidates of this special category (who have already been certified or will be certified by the special seven-member hospitals), may directly submit a separate computerized form for 5% of the admission positions based on the grade of their high school diploma on dates to be announced later. However, if any of the candidates with serious illnesses wishes to participate in the nationwide exams, they must submit the present application-declaration in order to be able to participate normally in the nationwide exams as well.

The Minimum Entry Base Rates for the 2025 National Examinations have been determined

At the same time, the Ministerial Decision was signed that determines the Minimum Admission Fees (BAE) of Schools, Departments or Admissions Departments, as well as the Minimum Admission Fees (BAE) of special courses, music courses and practices tests, related to the 2025 National Examinations.

The Ministerial Decision is available online here.