Arcadia in Greece

After acceptance to study abroad as an Illinois student to an Arcadia program, you will need to submit a host provider application as well. Navigate to the Host Provider Application with the link below.

Arcadia Application

You will need to register with the Arcadia Portal, then submit your application and checklist items. Once accepted, your Arcadia Program Manager will assist you in completing any remaining steps, and continue to answer any questions you may have.

Approximately 70% of study abroad students who apply for aid from Arcadia receive some form of award. Typical awards are as follows:

• • • Semester scholarship awards range between $500-2,500 with an average award of $1,400.

    • Summer scholarship awards range between $250-1,000 with an average award of $700.

You'll need to complete an application to be considered. For more from Arcadia on funding opportunities, view their scholarships web page.

Program Dates

• • Spring 2021: January 6 - May 1, 2021

    • Block A: Jan. 6 - Feb. 27

    • Block B: Feb. 27 - May 1

  • Fall Semester 2021: tba

  • Academic Year 2020: tba

Arrival information, including where to go for your airport pick-up on the scheduled days, and about the orientation schedule will come from Arcadia. Therefore, do not book your airline tickets until first verifying the expected arrival and departure dates with them.

Arcadia University guarantees student placement. You will live in apartment communities within Pangrati.

• • Pangrati is a residential neighborhood located near the original Olympic Stadium, from the 1896 games, and south of Vas. Konstantinou Avenue, one of Athens' major arteries. Made up of a mix of residences, cafes, shops, and businesses, Pangrati mirrors modern Greece, blending traditional nineteenth-century Athenian family residences and open-air markets with contemporary office buildings and trendy cafes and tavernas. For more, check out one of Arcadia's blog posts about Our Little Barnabas Square.

Housing Form Deadlines in Arcadia Portal:

• • Spring semesters: November 1

  • Fall semesters and academic years: May 15

  • Summer programs: April 15

Arcadia Student Apartments Highlights

• • Apartments are within 5- to 25-minute walk of the Arcadia Athens Center and have wifi.

  • Each apartment is self-catering and accommodates 4-5 students, with single and double bedrooms and shared living areas, kitchens and bathrooms. Kitchens are fully furnished with all necessary crockery and cutlery.

  • Your program fee does not include meals or meal plans but you’ll be within easy reach of food stores and amenities.

  • It is most common to live in single-gender housing in Greece, but occasionally students may be assigned to mixed-gender housing. In this event, your room will be single-gender, though shared common spaces can be mixed-gender. If you would prefer single-gender housing, note this on your housing form in the housing form in the Arcadia Student Portal.

  • There is no air conditioning in most Greek homes.

  • Arcadia provides blankets and pillows – you will need to bring/buy sheets, pillowcases and towels.

  • Every room is different, and while Arcadia ensures that all rooms satisfy general standards, there is no way to guarantee uniformity of apartment and room sizes, distance from the Arcadia Center, furnishings or facilities.

Academics

• • All courses are offered through the Arcadia Greece Center. You will have a 4-credit cornerstone course, along with the 3 or 4 electives. For more academic information, view the Arcadia Greece Courses web page.

Registering for courses

• • Online course registration will take place several weeks before your program begins. You will select your courses based on the timetable provided at that time, and you should use the Academic Preferences Form in the Arcadia Student Portal as a guide.

Transcripts

• • Transcripts will be sent to Illinois automatically after the end of the program. However, the time for receipt and processing can take a few months. Be patient, and you can track to see when your transcript is received by the Office of the Registrar by when the digital copy is uploaded into your My Study Abroad documents.

Arcadia has a wide range activities to see Greece outside of the classroom. Some examples of potential excursions are:

• • Watching Olympiakos Football

  • Complete a Zacharoplasteio Crawl

  • Hike the Hymettos Mountain

  • Take cooking lessons

  • Participate in Film Nights

For more, see their program activities web page.

Arcadia Student Blogs

Previous Illinois Student Quotes

• • I had class and work Monday‐Thursday, but each class had a mandatory weekend trip so I didn't really have the opportunity to travel outside of Greece.

  • My internship and independent study were the two classes that I feel I received the most benefit from. I spent the majority of my semester doing economic research and it prepared me and strengthened my knowledge of international economics.

  • In my apartment the bathroom and kitchen were nice, but the beds were horrible. I know in many of the other apartments were kind of old so there wasn't very fair housing. My apartment was also 15 minutes away from the university while others were less than 2 minutes.

  • Did not know where the school was located, who was in the program, where I was living, who I was living with, and the class schedule until a couple of days before arrival.

  • I worked for the Institute of International Economic Relations and I enjoyed my time there. I met a lot of amazing people and my superiors were very helpful.