University of Patras

In 2024, the University of Patras celebrates 60 years of Academic operation, marked by continuous development and constantly emerging new achievements. The University of Patras was founded in the city of Patras in 1964 and it began functioning in the Academic year of 1966-67, this contributed vastly to the decentralization of Academic Education in Greece. In June 2013 the University of West Greece was incorporated in the University of Patras. The University is a two-city campus, situated both in Patras and Agrinion. The campus in Patras is located 12 km East of the city of Patras, in the suburb Rion, covering a vast area of 2.656 acres. The campus is a self-contained campus located at the foot of Mount Panachaico with a view over the Gulf of Corinth and the mountains of Central Greece across the water. The University of Patras is the third largest University in Greece regarding the size of student potential, the Faculty Members, Administrative Personnel, number of departments, and accredited student titles. The University of Patras includes 24 Departments, with a large number of sectors and consequently a great range of disciplines. The University of Patras has approximately 29.000 Undergraduate and 4.000 Postgraduate students, a total of 730 faculty members, 146 Teaching and Technical staff and 457 Administrative Personnel. The Quality System used is based on the ISO 9000 standard and is granted to the University by the Hellenic Government so as to allow its participation in national and international project. In accordance with this system all the managerial and evaluation activities are conducted continuously so as to ensure maximization of results. From the University of Patras , the Artificial Intelligence Institute (University Center for Research and Innovation) and the Computer Engineering Department are participating to the project. The Artificial Intelligence Institute has a focused and rich expertise in AI systems design and implementation as well as novel research in AI data analytics, Machine Learning and Deep Learning tools. The Computer Engineering & Informatics Department (CEID) of the Engineering School of the University of Patras. The department’s mission is to provide education and research in the broad field of Computer Science and Engineering (CS&E), Communications and Informatics.