Studying the Impacts of Covid-19 on University Students in Greece: Some Empirical Evidence

Abstract: Covid-19 has changed in many aspects the lives of everyone. This extraordinary situation had not only financially but also socially, affected people from all over the world including the university students. The aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of Covid-19 on the university students in Greece. A questionnaire was distributed via Google Forms from 15 to 31 December 2021 on undergraduate students at the University of Thessaly, consisted of 30 questions that they had been allocated in five segments. The results indicated that, most of the university students who had been participated in this research where from Volos, taking part almost in every online lecture and during the pandemic crisis, a significant amount of them had not obtained any sickly habit or developed any psychiatric disorder. Apart from that, it has been spotted that quarantine had a severe impact on the relationship with friends.

Key words: Covid-19, pandemic, undergraduate students, University of Thessaly

JEL codes: I, I20, I23