This research aims to examine teachers' and students' beliefs on an EAP course in Athens and to investigate students' present and target needs. For the purpose of this research a questionnaire was distributed to first-year students at college attending Business, Shipping, and Hospitality classes, and another questionnaire was distributed to the EAP tutors and subject specialists, who work at the college. Four research questions were examined. Quantitative research was introduced to explore: 1) the present and target needs of EAP students in an EAP course in a private collge in terms of writing, speaking, listeningand reading. 2) whether the students' subject discipline classes affected their opinion about their needs in terms of writing, speaking, listening and reading. 3) the present and target needs of students in a private college in terms of writing, speaking, listening and reading according to EAP tutors' and subject specialists' views. 4) whether the teaching experience affects EAP tutors' and subject specialists' opinions about students' needs about writing, speaking, listening and reading. 

The research results were compared with an earlier similar study conducted abroad to add an additional dimension to the present research. The research findings indicate that  EAP tutors, subject specialists and students' views regarding students'present needs converge, while students' and EAP tutors' and subject specialists' views regarding students' target needs diverge. Business students consider research skills as very important  and the more teaching experience EAP tutors and subject specialists have, the more they view presentation skills as a very important present need for students.