Admission to the department
Due to the specific nature of the discipline taught in the Department of Visual Arts -namely, the field of art- its admission examinations are exempt from the general Pan-Hellenic National Examinations framework. Instead, the Department conducts special entrance examinations in accordance with the decision Φ.151/2995/Β6/13.1.2010 of the Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (Government Gazette 55/2010, vol. B΄).
The examinations are administered by the Admission Examinations Committee, which consists of all T&R (Teaching and Research) Staff members of the Department holding the academic rank of (Full) Professor and Associate Professor, as well as one (1) Lecturer, appointed periodically (or annually) by the University Senate.
Candidates seeking admission to the Department’s first year of study are required to create visual artworks based on various compositions – life models, still life objects, or a combination of both. The Admission Examinations Committee is responsible for selecting and arranging the models in the examination halls. For each test, candidates may choose one or more of the available models, unless the Committee designates a specific test as mandatory.
The examinations are held over a period of five days in the month of September.
Government Gazette – admission exams 2023-2024
Government Gazette – Determining the number of admitted candidates 2023-2024
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DETAILED PROGRAMME OF ADMISSION EXAMINATIONS
he Admission Examinations Committee, in accordance with the provisions of Ministerial Decision Φ.151/2925/Β6/2010 (Government Gazette 55/25.1.2010, vol. B΄), as amended and currently in force, has drawn up the detailed program of the Admission Examinations for the academic year 2023–2024 as follows:
Candidates will create visual artworks based on various models, either animate or inanimate, or a combination of both. There will be at least two (2) models: one model for drawing and one compositional model for the colour test.
a) DRAWING
Candidates must execute black-and-white drawings on white drawing paper (Elle Erre, 220 g/m², 50 x 70 cm) or on white matte Bristol paper (300 or 280 g/m², 50 x 70 cm), both provided by the Athens School of Fine Arts.
The drawing board on which the paper is placed (dimensions 50 x 70 cm) is also provided by the School.
All other materials required for the drawing test must be brought by the candidates themselves.
β) COLOUR
Candidates may use any materials they wish, except oil paints and other materials that do not dry within a short period of time. The works must be executed on white matte Bristol paper (300 or 280 g/m², 50 x 70 cm), provided by the Athens School of Fine Arts, for whichever test the candidate chooses.
The works to be executed by the candidates are as follows:
- (a) One (1) black-and-white drawing from life (from a plaster cast) – mandatory test.
- (b) One colour composition from life – colour/composition test.
- (c) One test based on the theme of the human figure, using either an animate or inanimate model. This theme is announced on any one of the examination days and lasts for three (3) hours.
- (d) One test involving the free re-composition of the given subjects (drawing or colour).
From the total number of works executed, each candidate must submit three (3) to four (4) completed works at the end of the examinations. Among these, test (a) – the black-and-white drawing from a plaster cast – is compulsory. The remaining two to three (2–3) works may be selected from tests (b), (c), and/or (d) listed above.
The Admission Examinations Committee is responsible for selecting and arranging the models in the designated examination areas.
Regulations for the Admission Examinations of the Department of Visual Arts, School of Fine Arts, Athens School of Fine Arts
The following regulations are set forth:
a. Candidates must always carry with them their candidate ID card and either a national ID card or passport.
b. Smoking is strictly prohibited in all examination areas.
c. The use of cameras, video recorders, and mobile phones is forbidden. Mobile phones must be handed in at the entrance of the examination hall, and candidates bear full responsibility for them.
Failure to comply with the above regulations may result in disqualification from the examinations.
The examinations will take place in the buildings of the Athens School of Fine Arts, located at 256 Piraeus Street. The duration of the examinations is set to three (3) calendar days, during the following hours:
- Day 1: 07:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Day 2: 08:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
- Day 3: 08:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Candidates are required to be present for all three days of the examinations, from the first to the last day.
Candidates’ positions are numbered and will be assigned by lot on the first day of the examinations, between 07:30 and 09:00 a.m. Changing places or drawing stations is not permitted.
Candidates must return all sheets of paper provided by the Athens School of Fine Arts. One or two sheets may be replaced, provided the ones to be replaced are returned and destroyed by the invigilators in the presence of the candidate.
Any test works that are not submitted for evaluation will be destroyed at the time of submission, in the presence of the candidates.
Changes of position or drawing station between candidates are not permitted.
ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATIONS
Candidates are not permitted to use:
- Reference images or photographic material
- Written texts
- Collage or embossed elements
- Numbers or letters
- Titles or signatures on their works
- Draft paper other than that provided by the School
CANDIDATE CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE
1. Candidates are required to maintain respectful and proper behavior and to strictly follow the instructions and guidance of the Invigilators and the members of the Supervision Committee.
2. Any candidate who collaborates in any way with another person during the examinations, behaves inappropriately toward Invigilators or other examination officials, refuses to comply with their instructions, or disrupts the orderly conduct of the examination through their behavior, will be expelled from the examination room and disqualified from the examinations by decision of the Admission Examinations Committee, following a recommendation from the Supervisor.
3. On the work of a candidate disqualified in accordance with the above, the reason for disqualification and a grade of zero (0) will be recorded by the Admission Examinations Committee.
The Rector