Mediterranean College (MC) is a private higher education institute that belongs to Xinis Educational Group, the leading of its kind in Greece. Being the first private College to be ever founded in Greece in 1977, it has made significant contribution to the local private education sector through its pioneering choices and practices. Since 1992, Mediterranean College has been collaborating with established British Universities, offering in Greece their academic programmes via franchise agreements. The Mediterranean College operates in Athens and Thessaloniki, the second largest city in Greece, and its current academic partner is the University of Derby, in the areas of Business, Computing and Psychology (undergraduate and postgraduate level). MC also works closely with Edexcel and the London Centre of Management to offer HNDs and Executive Diploma programmes in Engineering, Psychology, Early Childhood and Management, respectively.