Greece launches digital university examination system
Thousands of AUTH students in Greece now complete secure digital examinations using dedicated tablets.
The Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and Artificial Intelligence and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) have launched a large-scale digital examination system to modernise university assessments and accelerate the digital transformation of higher education.
Backed by a €1.2 million investment, the project in Greece provides 2,730 tablets equipped with dedicated examination software, enabling students to complete university exams electronically.
The system has already been used by more than 8,000 students across 27 departments and 165 undergraduate courses, demonstrating the growing adoption of digital assessments. The tablets support multiple-choice questions, essay responses, mathematical calculations, diagrams and other discipline-specific examination formats.
According to the Ministry, the initiative reduces grading time, speeds up the publication of results, lowers administrative workloads for academic staff and cuts paper consumption across roughly 5,000 courses and more than 50,000 student examinations each year.
To protect academic integrity, the tablets operate exclusively on a dedicated wireless network that restricts access to authorised users and blocks external internet connections during examinations.
Officials described the initiative as part of Greece’s broader digital transformation strategy, aimed at improving higher education while equipping universities and students with modern digital tools.
Why does it matter?
The initiative illustrates how digital transformation is extending beyond public administration into higher education. By digitising examinations, universities can improve efficiency, reduce administrative burdens and provide faster feedback while maintaining secure assessment processes.
The project also highlights the growing role of digital infrastructure in education. As universities increasingly adopt digital tools for teaching, assessment and administration, secure and scalable systems will become an important part of modern higher education across Europe.
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