[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The efforts for the establishment of a University in Ioannina and in the wider area were apparent in the last years before the revolution.

At that time, prominent Epirote intellectuals had attempted to establish University Schools in the Epirus region.

[10] Since the 1950s there was a great need for the establishment of a university in the area that would validate the region's cultural significance and history.

Within the framework of the educational reform, on May 8, 1964, the establishment of a Department of Philosophy in Ioannina was announced by the daily press, as a branch of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

It is linked to the town by Greek National Road 5 and can be reached from the city either by public transport or by car.

It covers an area of almost 850 acres (3.4 km2) with many open green spaces which surround the four main building complexes.

The buildings cover an area of 170,000 m2, consisting of lecture halls, offices, laboratories, libraries, amphitheaters, etc.

The University of Ioannina has allied with the regional local authorities and industrial partners to establish an Institute of Transportation & Telecommunication in Igoumenitsa.

The University of Ioannina has the largest, in terms of effective surface area (14,500 sq.

A number of organised postgraduate study programmes are on offer that combine taught and research elements both at Master's and Doctoral level.