Established in 2000, UoP serves 바카라사이트 demand for higher education in 바카라사이트 Greek mainland’s south-western peninsula, through a network of nine schools distributed across its six main cities.
UoP incorporates two earlier institutions, 바카라사이트 Technical Education Institute of Western Greece and 바카라사이트 Technical College of 바카라사이트 Peleponnese. Established initially in 바카라사이트 Greek city of Tripoli, where 바카라사이트 former home of 바카라사이트 poet Kostas Koryotakis serves as 바카라사이트 rectorate, it admitted its first students in 2002.
Its declared aim is a "creative contribution to 바카라사이트 development of higher education in 바카라사이트 Greek region, with high quality standards corresponding to 바카라사이트 content of studies, research and teaching in 바카라사이트 requirements of a modern university with national, economic and international scope".
Tripoli remains 바카라사이트 flagship, hosting 바카라사이트 university’s central services, its management and two of 바카라사이트 nine schools: economics and technology, and health sciences. Human and cultural studies, agriculture and food, and management are based at Kalamata. Fine arts is located in Nafplio; social and political science in Corinth and human movement and quality of life sciences are based at Sparta; and engineering is located in Patras. In additio,n 바카라사이트 Research Institute for Byzantine Culture, founded in 2007, operates from Mystras, near Sparta.
Around 25,000 students are enrolled in 22 departments. The cultural significance of 바카라사이트 region and its attractions as a location have led to 바카라사이트 creation of numerous summer courses. Six regular UoP English-language summer schools include 바카라사이트 Epidaurus Lyceum, offering ancient drama studies. And 바카라사이트 annual School of Greek Language and Culture, in Kalamata, offers a four-week programme to 40 US and Canadian students of Greek descent.
