Although the state Greek education system has always been largely monolingual, this has been gradually changing mainly due to the large numbers of incoming populations from European and other countries. Changes in the monolingual profile of the country are also due to the decisions taken at a European level regarding the learning of at least two foreign languages starting at primary school. Given these changes and needs, the current paper focuses on the language profile of tertiary education in Greece and, in particular, of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), the largest university in Greece. The data collected will be used to extrapolate about the language profile of tertiary education in Greece. The paper will also present the results of a small-scale survey among the foreign language students of the School of Modern Greek at AUTh in order to examine the language context to which they are exposed but also their beliefs regarding the monolingual and multilingual approach to education. The results of our study clearly indicate a change in the monolingual profile of Greece’s tertiary education and stress the need for top-down changes that will take into consideration the realistic needs of Greek students and academics but also issues such as the internationalisation of higher education
