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Specialization in Interpreting

In the Specialization in Interpreting, students learn how to interpret consecutively and simultaneously in the language combinations in which they were successfully examined.

Selection process

In order to be admitted to the Specialization in Interpreting stream, students are required to take and pass internal entrance examinations.

Internal selection examinations

The entrance examinations at the Specialization in Interpreting consist of 2 parts:

Evaluation of encyclopaedic knowledge and comprehension of oral speech
Oral interview in the language(s) of choice and evaluation of memory abilities

Learn more about the internal entrance examinations.

Right to participation in entrance examinations

Students are eligible to participate in entrance examinations of Interpreting if the following criteria are satisfied:

They have studied at DFLTI for at least four semesters
They have completed at least the 6th semester of studies
They are a graduate of the Specialization in Translation
They have been declared graduate of the Specialization in Translation during the September examination period, although the graduation ceremony may be pending

Learn more about the internal entrance examinations.

Courses

The students of the Specialization in Interpreting attend courses related to Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting from the foreign working languages, in which they have been successfully examined, into Greek and vice versa.

Subject areas regarding theoretical and practical training of interpreting trainees, such as Theory of Interpreting, Community Interpreting, Methodology of Simultaneous Interpreting, Law and Interpreting and others are also included.