The University of Ioannina is a university located 5 km southwest of Ioannina, Greece. The university was founded in 1964 and became an independent university in 1970. As of 2017, there is a student population of 25,000 enrolled at the university (21,900 at the undergraduate level and 3,200 at the postgraduate level) and 580 faculty members, while teaching is further supplemented by 171 Teaching Fellows and 132 Technical Laboratory staff. The university Administrative Services are staffed with 420 employees. University of Ioannina is one of the leading academic institutions in Greece.
For five decades, the University of Ioannina has been committed to the creation and transmission of knowledge, to innovation and cooperation on a regional, local and international level. Currently, the university has 15 departments. The schools of the University of Ioannina are as follows: Philosophy; Health Sciences; Education; Economics and Social Sciences; and Architectural Engineering. The student organisations and the university facilities (dining hall, indoor gym, running track and football grounds, university library and information centre, computer centre and network operation system, international centre of Hellenic education, culture and vocational training, university conference centre, centre of career development and employment), in combination with the numerous multicultural events guarantee an academically rewarding study at the University of Ioannina.