The philosophy of the Inter- Institutional Postgraduate Programme “Applied-Clinical Sociology and Art” is based on the principles of social justice, social empowerment, emancipation and collective action. In an era, such as the present one, of increasing uncertainty, social crises and social conflicts, new and urgent needs for creative, social and artistic intervention, for new participatory tools of research and design emerge. The programme “Applied – Clinical Sociology and Art”, through the theoretical and laboratory training of students, aims to develop these new participatory tools oriented towards critical approach, social change, and artistic practice. Artistic practice is conceived through applied research and an experiential process that highlights the visual object as an object of encounter between people, rather than as a mere artistic skill.
Research objects of the programme
The objects of the Inter-institutional MA are the education of postgraduate students: a) the design and implementation of social and artistic interventions aimed at the social inclusion of social groups at risk and/or faced with particular social, psychological and other challenges, b) the acquisition of specific scientific skills in social empowerment, social mediation, coordination and networking of social groups, institutions, organisations and other collectives, c) the acquisition of specific scientific skills in collaborative and participatory methodology, and d) the design and implementation of social and artistic interventions aimed at the social inclusion of social groups at risk and/or faced with particular social, psychological and other challenges. Graduates will be able to work in structures and organisations, organisations and institutions of prevention, social mediation, treatment and reintegration.
The Collaborating Institutions
- Sociology of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of the Aegean based in Mytilene.
- Visual and Applied Arts of the School of Fine Arts of the University of Western Macedonia, based in Florina.
Number of entrants
In the academic year 2025-2026 a maximum of forty (40) postgraduate students will be admitted to the programme “Applied-Clinical Sociology and Art”.
Potential Candidates
The programme is addressed to social researchers and mental health professionals, artists, education and social service workers, graduates of social sciences, humanities and other schools who have a special interest in the social dimension of art, social and artistic design, social exclusion and inclusion.
Graduates from the Departments of Humanities and Social Studies, the Schools of Fine Arts and Applied Arts, Business Administration and Economics are accepted to the Inter-institutional MSc, Engineering, Science, Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Computer Sciences, Military and Police Schools of the national territory or similar recognized institutions abroad, as well as graduates of A.T.E.I., from equivalent schools to the above mentioned.
Graduates of Departments of former T.E.I. of related subjects, as well as graduates of foreign institutions that have been recognized by the Interdisciplinary Organization for the Recognition of Academic Titles and Information (D.O.A.T.A.P.), according to articles 304, 307 and 308 of Law No. 4957/2022.
Also, undergraduate students of domestic institutions are accepted, provided that they have completed their obligations and have submitted a relevant certificate by the date of examination of their candidature by the Evaluation Committee.
Attending the courses| Mode of Instruction
The programme is implemented in a blended learning environment, which does not require the continuous, permanent, physical presence of the postgraduate students at the Department’s headquarters (Mytilene, Florina). The present programme offers 70% distance learning, with online lectures delivered through the use of the ZOOM platform. The face-to-face teaching is organized at the headquarters of the collaborating departments and includes compulsory physical presence, which is organized in two (2) intensive three-day lecture cycles per semester (1st and 2nd). Two of the four intensive cycles will be held in Mytilene, while the other two will be held in Florina. The organisation of the three-day intensive cycles will take place from Friday to Sunday. Attendance of the courses and participation in all types of training activities is compulsory.
Admissions criteria
The selection of candidates is based on:
a) the examination of the application files, and
b) an oral interview and scientific evaluation of the candidates by the competent committee. The interviews will be held remotely on 9 and 10 September 2025. Candidates will be informed of the exact schedule of the interviews by means of a notice to be published on the websites: https://www.soc.aegean.gr/ και https://acsa.aegean.gr/study/
The selection of student candidates will take place in the last ten days of September 2025.
Inter-institutional Scientific Evaluation Committee
- Anastasia Zisi, Professor
- Vasilis Bouzas, Professor
- Konstantinos Vasileiou, Associate Professor
Courses start date
Classes are scheduled to start in the second week of October 2025 and the completion of the Program in February 2027.
Applications and supporting documents should be submitted only through the University of the Aegean’s electronic system “NAFTILOS” at the following address:
https://nautilus.aegean.gr/ until August 25, 2025 at 23:59 p.m. after carefully studying the instructions contained in the user manual: https://nautilus.aegean.gr/applicant_manual.pdf
Candidates will be informed of their participation in the scheduled interviews exclusively by posting the full schedule of interviews on the websites:
https://www.soc.aegean.gr/ & https://acsa.aegean.gr/study/
For any additional information please contact the Secretariat of the Department of Sociology at +30.22510 36504, 36525,
e-mail: [email protected]
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