Academic Identity Acquisition Service

Students

From 24/09/2012 undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students of all Greek Higher Education Institutions in the country can apply electronically for a new academic identity.

The new identity possesses better durability and security against forgery. In addition, it is designed to be valid for as many years as a student studies and to cover multiple uses, in addition to the Student Ticket (Pass). Identities will be delivered to the receiving point chosen by each student when submitting his application, free of charge.

The new IDs indicate the exact validity period of the Student Ticket entitlement. In case the student is not entitled to a Student Ticket, the card is a single identity card.

Each Institution can use the new identities to develop new services and applications to better serve its students.

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Institutions / Bodies staff

From the academic year 2014-15, teachers, researchers and staff of Academic Institutions and Research Agencies in the country will be able to apply for Academic Identity.

The new identity will be a means of physical authentication and digital authentication of its owner and will further support digital signature and encryption services.

Academic identity will be produced with top – tier security features that preclude its forgery and can be used for the following:

- For physical and electronic certification of the identity and the status of the beneficiary

- As a means of accessing a variety of academic / research services, such as the library, the use of controlled parking spaces,

- To use the digital certificate personally included in services such as: authorized computer use, digital signature delivery,

It is noted that together with the academic identity the beneficiaries will also receive a compatible reader / writer of academic identity.

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The Academic Identity Acquisition Service is provided by the Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs with the technical support of the National Network for Research and Technology (GRNET).