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ELGS Scholarship programs

- Scholarships granted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Italian Republic for the 1-year ELGS
study programs (Master of Studies, LLM in EU Law and MA in Governance) are exclusively offered to
Italian nationals, selected by the MFA of the Italian Republic in cooperation with the ELGS. EPLO also
offered scholarships to twenty Italian (nationals or residents) students for studying at the ELGS
campus in Athens both for the undergraduate and postgraduate level.
- Merit-based scholarships for the undergraduate and postgraduate level were also offered by the
EPLO to a limited number of students coming from EPLO Member countries and other non-European
countries, including and with a special focus on Ukraine. Meetings with the Embassies of these
countries took place for further disseminating the scholarships.
- Scholarships were also offered to selected students from partner universities (for studies on online
mode) and Greek universities (for studies on in situ mode) who wanted to follow parallel studies in
the field of their interest. At the postgraduate level, scholarships were offered to civil servants from
Georgian state institutions.
- Merit-based partial scholarships both for the undergraduate and postgraduate levels were also
offered to other students of the ELGS.

ELGS Executive Education

Shanghai Legal Study and Internship Program

Graduation Ceremony of Shanghai Legal Study and Internship Program

This tailor-made educational program attracts students from Universities of Shanghai. In September 2022 (for a
second year in a row), EPLO/ELGS welcomed in Athens and more specifically at its campus in Legraina/Sounion,
three students from the University of Shanghai for a period of three months. The Chinese students were given the
chance to participate in a short training program (in cooperation with the EPLO) comprised of forty (40) academic
hours in total, focused mostly on EU topics.
The students were also given the opportunity to fulfill an internship program at the EPLO departments and
agencies. The training program apart from the taught classes and the internship opportunity included other
activities, such as visits in Museums and archaeological sites and tours in the Athens city center. After the
successful completion of the program, in a closing ceremony, organized for this occasion, the three (3) students
were awarded a certificate of completion.
According to the agreement, the ELGS courses offered were: International Contract Negotiation and Mediation;
International Taxation and International Cooperation; International Relations and Global Political Landscape;
European Economic Community; EU Laws and Regulations; Western Etiquette Culture; Belt and Road Initiative
and China-Greece Relations; Linked History and Culture.

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