University of the Peloponnese

University of the Peloponnese
motto	"Investment in knowledge"
founding	2000 ( inauguration 2002)
Sponsorship	state
place	Tripoli
state	Peloponnese
country	Greece
Rector	Athanasios Katsis
Website	www.uop.gr (English)

The University of the Peloponnese ( Greek Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου , also University of the Peloponnese ) is a state university in Greece with headquarters in Tripoli and faculties in Kalamata , Corinth , Nafplio and Sparta . The university was founded in 2000 by presidential decree and was established until 2002. Teaching began on September 20, 2002.

structure

There are five faculties, each located in the main towns of the prefectures of the Peloponnese region , which were abolished in 2011 :

• Faculty of Economics, Management and Computer Science in Tripoli
  • Department of Economics (since 2003/04)
  • Department of telecommunications and computer science (since 2013/14)
• Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies in Kalamata
  • Department of History , Archeology and Cultural Resource Management (since 2003/04)
  • Department of Philology (since 2005/06)
• Faculty of Social Sciences in Corinth
  • Department of Social and Educational Policy (since 2003/04)
  • Political Science and International Relations Department (since 2007/08)
• Faculty of Fine Arts in Nafplio
  • Department of Theater Studies (since 2003/04)
• Faculty of Human Movement and Quality of Life Sciences in Sparta
  • Sports Organization and Management Department (since 2003/04)
  • Nursing Department (since 2005/06)

University personalities

• Effi Gazi (* 1966), Greek historian
• Axel Horn (* 1954), German educator and sports scientist, guest professor since 2008

See also

• List of universities and colleges in Greece

Web links

• Homepage (Greek and English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rector's Board. Retrieved August 5, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} History of the University ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on uop.gr (as of September 20, 2013) 
3. ↑ Faculties of the university on uop.gr (as of September 20, 2013)