With the announcement of the candidates' grades in the 2026 Panhellenic Examinations last Thursday, and the publication of the statistical data concerning not only the grades, but also the total number of candidates, it is now possible to make an estimate of how the admission cut-off scores in Higher Education will move for the upcoming academic year, 2026-27.
More specifically, according to the data from the Ministry of Education, a total of 89,032 candidates competed for one of the 68,788 Higher Education places for the upcoming academic year, 2026-27. Of these, 75,109 candidates come from GEL and 13,923 from EPAL.
Admission cut-off scores are expected to move without major changes, as Giorgos Chatzitegas, educator and analyst, estimated while speaking to ANA-MPA.
As he calculated, the Minimum Admission Bases resulting per Scientific Field, based on the statistical data released by the Ministry of Education, are as follows:
- 1st Scientific Field (Humanities Studies): 8.91 (slightly reduced compared to last year: 9.04)
- 2nd Scientific Field (Positive Sciences Studies): 10.48 (higher compared to last year: 9.82)
- 3rd Scientific Field (Health Studies): 9.84 (slightly increased compared to last year 9.60)
- 4th Scientific Field (Economics and Informatics Studies): 8.25 (last year 8.40)
It is recalled that the EBE constitutes the lowest grade threshold, which results from 80% of the candidates' average performance.
As regards the movement of the cut-off scores, Mr. Chatzitegas estimated that in the 1st and 4th scientific fields there will be downward trends, as candidates' performances moved in general at lower levels compared to last year.
In the 2nd and 3rd Scientific Fields, the cut-off scores will move upward. “The rise comes from the fact that we have a tripling of top scorers on the scale from 18 to 20. On this scale last year we had 10% of the candidates, this year we have 30% of the candidates, with the subject of Physics essentially raising the cut-off scores in both scientific fields”.
Especially for medical schools, he estimated that there will be a slight increase, on the order of 200-250 points. For science and polytechnic schools, he noted that there will be “definitely an increase in the cut-off scores”, something that will also bring about, as he mentioned, the majority of vacant places in the field, “as a side effect of the Minimum Admission Base”.
Overall, Mr. Chatzitegas estimated that there will be more than 10,000 vacant places in public universities as a result of the implementation of the EBE measure.
It is noted that candidates can calculate their points and, to facilitate their calculation, they can use the special application of the Ministry of Education, where, by entering their written grades, they can automatically see their points for each Department/School of the Field or Sector to which they belong, at the link: https://markcalc.it.minedu.gov.gr/.
The next -and final- step for candidates before the announcement of the final results of the Panhellenic Examinations is the process of completing the Computerized Preference Form, for which the relevant announcements from the Ministry of Education are pending.
Finally, it is recalled that candidates must have proceeded with the process of creating a personal security code in order to submit a Computerized Preference Form and/or a Parallel Computerized Preference Form. The last day for creating a personal security code is next Tuesday, 30 June 2026.