The Ionian University is a university located in the Ionian Islands (region), Greece. It is one of the newest institutions of Higher Education in Greece, created pursuant to presidential order 83/84 ΦΕΚ 31 Α/20-3-84, along with the University of the Aegean and the University of Thessaly. In 2018 TEI of Ionian islands merged into the Ionian University.

Faculties and Departments

University Units

Library

The Ionian University Library, an autonomous and decentralized service, aims to support and promote the teaching, educational, and research activities that take place within the respective graduate and postgraduate programmes of the University Departments. It also aspires at the continuous development and expansion of educational and research objectives, as well as of the broader social role of the Ionian University

The collection of the Ionian University Library comprises more than 114,000 books, 1,300 magazine titles, more than 3,500 audio-visual records such as CDs, cassettes, vinyl records, videotapes, microfilms, a remarkable collection of maps, archives, as well as thousands of digital documents.

Laboratories

The University’s laboratories aim at the development of academic research and the promotion of knowledge in their field of expertise. Their activity is based on the fundamental concept of the research-education interrelation and their main goal is to support the graduate and postgraduate studies at the Ionian University.

Formal Laboratories

• Laboratory of History Documentation and Mediterranean World Research
• Laboratory of Modern History Documentation
• Laboratory for the Study of the Ancient World
• Laboratory for the Translation of Greek Literature (LTGL)
• Laboratory for Economic, Legal, Political and Technical Translation (LLePoTT)
• Laboratory of Geopolitical Analyses (GeoLab)
• Laboratory of Language and Politics
• Laboratory Of Language, History and Culture of the Ionian Islands Region

Department of Archives, Library Science and Museum Studies

• Department of Environment in ZakynthosLaboratory on Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing
• Laboratory for the Documentation of Cultural and Historic Heritage
• Laboratory of Information Technologies
• Museology Laboratory – Protection, Restoration and Utilisation of Cultural Goods

Department of Informatics

• Bioinformatics and Human Electrophysiology Lab (BiHELab)
• Information Systems and Databases Laboratory (ISDLab)
• Networks, Multimedia and Security Systems Laboratory (NMSLab)
• Humanistic and Social Informatics Lab (HILab)
• Computational Modeling Lab (CMODLab)

Department of Audio and Visual Arts

• Laboratory of Interactive Arts – InArts
• Audiovisual Signal Processing Laboratory – EP.O.A.SI
• Laboratory of Performing Environments in the Arts

Department of Music Studies

• Hellenic Music Research Lab
• Electroacoustic Music Research and Applications Laboratory
• Laboratory of Early Music

Department of Environment

• Laboratory of Physical Environment, Energy And Environmental Biology
• Laboratory of Software And Geoinformatics Technology
• Laboratory of Mathematics Physics-Computer Statistics
• Environmental and Sustainable Development Management Laboratory
• Laboratory of Chemistry And Environmental Protection

Student Activities

Since 2013, a simulation of UNESCO is held, every year, in Greece: SimUnesCO (simulation of UNESCO Corfu). It is organized by The Laboratory for Economic, Legal, Political and Technical Translation of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting of the Ionian University.

The Ionian University has a fully equipped Sports Centre where the students and the university sports teams are trained under the supervision of professional trainers. Students can take part in sports programs of football, basketball, rowing, swimming and water polo and various fitness programs.