One of the best British universities, the York, is expected to apply to obtain higher education in Greece, as announced by the Rector and University President of the University, Charlie Jeffrey.

“I welcome the Greek government’s decision to support the establishment of foreign university branches in Greece. I am pleased to announce that the University of York will apply for the establishment of its European Annex, City, in Thessaloniki and Athens, with the aim of contributing to the further development of higher education and the establishment of Greece as an International Center for Education. “ Mr Jeffery said.

As is well known that York’s Public University is firmly classified among their top universities to United KingdomEurope and the world, which is also confirmed by the most recent rankings of Times Higher Education in 2025, which highlights York in 146th in the world. He is also a member of the most distinguished network of the 24 -top British Russell Group research universities, and has been distinguished for the quality of research (Top 10, REF 2021) and has been awarded for quality teaching with the Golden Award (Gold Tef, 2023) by the British officials.

With the decision made, the York will upgrade its cooperation to date in Greece with City College, based in Thessaloniki, already having students and graduates from More than 60 countries. Specifically City will be the European appendix of york under the name ‘University of York Europe Campus; City Ule »and will serve as a Legal Entity of University Education with headquarters and facilities in Thessaloniki, but also with a new branch in Athens.

In its initial phase, according to a statement, York will offers in Thessaloniki undergraduate and postgraduate studies with three schools and specific School of Business Administration (Business- Business Studies), School of Science (Science- Departments of Informatics and Psychology) and School of Law and Humanities (Law & Humanities- Departments Computer science.

It should be noted that in view of this cooperation has already been made to prepare for the next academic year York to housed in new facilities and designed to support a dynamic academic environment. To Thessalonikiwill operate in two buildings in the city center, but also in a Integrated University Campus to Oreokastro Thessaloniki, 14,000 sqm with amphitheater, laboratories, conference center, and closed and open sports facilities, while in Athens it will create an innovative hub for computer science, incorporating modern facilities specially designed for education and technology.