In ancient Greece, the main purpose of education was to cultivate qualified and outstanding social citizens. Higher education in ancient Greece originated from the individual teaching of a few disciples by ancient Greek poets and philosophers, mainly teaching teachers their own ideas, which was not systematic.

The victory of the Greek-Persian War brought ancient Greece into an unprecedented period of great development, which spread to education and culture. Therefore, in the classical period of the 5th-4th century BC, the development of education in ancient Greece presented a scene of "a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend".

Higher education in ancient Greece is an important product of spiritual civilization and material civilization in ancient Greece. Although the form of academic freedom reached its peak in the Middle Ages, its germination was inseparable from the absorption of ancient Greek education and culture. As the mother of universities, "Paris University" claims to be the successor of the ancient Greek Academy. The higher education in ancient Greece directly led the European higher education as the source.

The idea of higher education in ancient Greece;

1, the goal is to train ruling talents as the core.

2, content-the pursuit of comprehensive and harmonious education.

3. Method-Teaching and scientific research are gradually combined.

4. Emphasize-emphasize the position of philosophy.

5, overall-throughout the humanistic spirit.