The American College of Thessaloniki (ACT)

The American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) is an American, private, nonprofit college in Thessaloniki, Greece, and the higher-education division of Anatolia College. Anatolia was founded in 1886 by American Protestant missionaries in Asia Minor and moved to Thessaloniki in 1924; since the mid-1930s it has occupied a 54-acre campus a few miles from the city centre, with the Bissell Library. ACT is accredited in the United States by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE) and licensed by the Greek Ministry of Education to operate as a college. Undergraduates complete one course of study that leads to two degrees: a US degree from ACT and an Honours degree from The Open University (UK), which also validates the graduate programmes.

All programmes are taught in English:

• Bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Business Computing, Computer Science, Political Science and International Relations, Biological Sciences, Psychology, and English and New Media
• MBA, MS in Hospitality and Tourism Management and MS in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Undergraduate and postgraduate certificates
• Combined degrees that start at ACT and continue at partner institutions in the US and Switzerland

Classes average 16 students and every student has an academic advisor. ACT has hosted more than 3,000 American study abroad students. It awards scholarships each year through a need- and merit-based financial aid programme.