eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Educational Research 2327-6150 2026-03-01 14 3 81 89 10.12691/education-14-3-1 EDUCATION20261431 article Evaluation of the Importance Given to the Various Teaching Subjects Within Study Programmes, of the Same or Different Scientific Discipline Departments in Higher Education Institutions: a Criteria-based Approach Chris Lamprou chrisplamprou@gmail.com 1 Sofia Papazoglou 2 Dimitrios Foteinos 2 Nikitas Nomikos 3 Alina Terzi 4 Costas Mountakis 5 Kostas Mylonas 5 School of Philosophy & School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece School of Health Sciences & School of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece School of Economics and Political Sciences, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece School of Human Movement and Quality of Life Science, University of Peloponnese, Sparta, Greece The purpose of this article is to describe an updated version of a previous specific study, as well as the creation and implementation of a criteria-based approach that was applied to it. Above all, the goal of this paper is to give necessary additional information and instructions, so that the same criteria-based process, as well as the accompanying methodology, can be easily used by researchers for other related aims regarding Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), after applying appropriate amendments or adjustments. https://pubs.sciepub.com/education/14/3/1/education-14-3-1.pdf evaluation higher education study programmes scientific discipline digital transformation