The Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Ioannina is based in the city of Arta. The department operates in two modern buildings at the University Campus of Kostakioi in Arta. With over 500 active students, 18 members of Teaching and Research Staff, a master's and doctoral degree program and 4 research laboratories with doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, the Department of Informatics & Telecommunications is an active cell for the production of knowledge and opportunities for young people seeking a successful career in the field of Informatics and Telecommunications.
The main purpose of the Department is the development of intense research activity in modern areas of Informatics and Telecommunications, and the participation in national and European research and development projects to attract external resources.
The Professors of the Department have a large number of published work in leading scientific journals, have developed important international collaborations with relevant departments abroad and participate in scientific committees of international journals and conferences of recognized prestige.
The professional rights of the graduates of the Department are equivalent to those of graduates of related Departments of Greek Universities.
The Organs of the Department
The Organs of the department are the General Assembly and the President of the department. The Assembly consists of the professors of the Department and representatives of the members of the Special Technical Laboratory Staff, and the students of the Department. The dean of the faculty and president of the department is Professor Euripides Glavas.
For the proper academic and administrative functioning, the department establishes advisory committees. The members of the committees are appointed by the Assembly of the department, on the recommendation of the president. Indicatively, the following committees are mentioned:
Committee for Undergraduate Studies
- Postgraduate Program Committee
- Doctoral Studies Committee
- Internal Evaluation Committee of the department
- Research Committee of the Department
- Public Relations, Website & social media and Alumni Committee
- Internship Committee
- Committee for Laboratory Teaching Infrastructures of Building Infrastructure, Network Infrastructure & Security
- Ethics Committee
Building Infrastructure and Laboratories
The Department has modern infrastructure (building and laboratory) for teaching as well as for serving other needs such as research, training seminars, etc. More specifically, it has the following:
- Main building
- Secondary building
- Laboratory room in the Floriculture building
- Use of the Library's infrastructure (reading room and printing center, in the immediate vicinity of the Secondary building).
All areas are accessible to people with mobility problems and provision is made (where appropriate) for the facilitation of people with disabilities.
Main building
In the main building there are:
- One Amphitheatre (A) and two Classrooms (B) and (C)
- Meeting and teleconferencing room
- 3 Research Laboratories
- 4 Teaching laboratories
In the building there is the Secretariat of the department, the Professors' Offices and the network and computing infrastructure room of the department (computer room). Both the central Ampitheater and the two rooms are equipped with computers and modern visual presentation systems. Students of the Department have access to modern UNIX environment computer systems, as well as a sufficient number of personal computers, all connected to the Department's network. Students are trained in fully equipped laboratories of informatics, databases, electronics, telecommunications, networks, logical design and computer architecture. All laboratories are equipped with computers (15/20 in every room) and presentation supervisory systems. Finally, the infrastructure of the Department complements the infrastructure of the research laboratories.
The auxiliary building (prefabricated)
The auxiliary building of the department has 7 Laboratories, professors and teaching Staff offices and hosts the network management center of the campus.
Room-Laboratory in the building of the Floriculture
This room is used for the laboratory of the course "Computer Architecture".
The above laboratories are supervised by the laboratory and teaching infrastructure committee of the department. They mainly serve the laboratory activities of 64 courses of the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications.
- One Amphitheatre (A) and two Classrooms (B) and (C)
- Meeting and teleconferencing room
- 3 Research Laboratories
- 4 Teaching laboratories
In the building there is the Secretariat of the department, the Professors' Offices and the network and computing infrastructure room of the department (computer room). Both the central Ampitheater and the two rooms are equipped with computers and modern visual presentation systems. Students of the Department have access to modern UNIX environment computer systems, as well as a sufficient number of personal computers, all connected to the Department's network. Students are trained in fully equipped laboratories of informatics, databases, electronics, telecommunications, networks, logical design and computer architecture. All laboratories are equipped with computers (15/20 in every room) and presentation supervisory systems. Finally, the infrastructure of the Department complements the infrastructure of the research laboratories.
The auxiliary building (prefabricated)
The auxiliary building of the department has 7 Laboratories, professors and teaching Staff offices and hosts the network management center of the campus.
Room-Laboratory in the building of the Floriculture