University of Ioannina

The University of Ioannina (UoI) is a public comprehensive university in Ioannina, the capital of Epirus in northwestern Greece, founded in 1964 as a branch of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and made independent in 1970.约阿尼纳大学（University of Ioannina，简称 UoI）是希腊西北部伊庇鲁斯大区首府约阿尼纳的一所公立综合性大学，1964 年作为塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学的分支创办，1970 年独立建制。

It enrolled about 25,000 students in 2017, including 21,900 undergraduates and 3,200 postgraduates, and employed 580 faculty members supported by 171 teaching fellows and 132 technical laboratory staff.2017 年该校约有 25000 名学生，其中本科生 21900 人、研究生 3200 人，并聘有 580 名教师，另有 171 名教学研究员与 132 名技术实验室人员辅助教学。

The university sits in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, holds 1201-1400 in the Times Higher Education rankings 2027 and 981st in the U.S. News 2026-2027 global table.该校在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位列第 1201-1400 位区间，在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名中同样位列第 1201-1400 位，并在 2026-2027 年度《美国新闻与世界报道》全球榜单中排第 981 位。

History

• In 1962 a committee was formed in Athens under the name Central Committee for the Establishment of a University in Ioannina, drawing together Epirote intellectuals who had campaigned for a regional university since the 1950s.1962 年，一个名为“约阿尼纳大学创办中央委员会”的机构在雅典成立，汇集了自 1950 年代以来一直争取在伊庇鲁斯设立大学的当地知识分子。
• The committee published a proclamation in July 1962 calling on every citizen of the region to support the cause, and its campaign coincided with a broader expansion of Greek higher education.该委员会于 1962 年 7 月发表公告，呼吁伊庇鲁斯每位公民支持建校事业，这场运动恰与希腊高等教育整体扩张的时期重合。
• The change of government in 1964 produced a new law on the organization and administration of university faculties, creating the opening for a department to be placed in Ioannina.1964 年的政府更迭带来了关于大学院系组织与管理的新法律，为在约阿尼纳设置一个系创造了制度空间。
• On 8 May 1964 the daily press announced the establishment of a Department of Philosophy in Ioannina as a branch of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and teaching began in the 1964-65 academic year.1964 年 5 月 8 日，希腊日报宣布在约阿尼纳设立哲学系，作为塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学的分支，并于 1964-65 学年开始授课。
• The first cohort numbered about 200 students, a small beginning that made Ioannina the only university-level institution in northwestern Greece at the time.首届学生约 200 人，这一不起眼的开端使约阿尼纳成为当时希腊西北部唯一的高等教育机构。
• The Department of Mathematics was founded in 1966, adding the first science unit to a campus that had begun with philosophy and philology.数学系于 1966 年成立，为这所以哲学与语文学起家的校园增添了第一个理学单位。
• The university became independent in 1970, gaining its own senate, rector and degree-granting authority after six years as a branch of Thessaloniki.1970 年，学校脱离塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学独立，在六年分支办学后获得自己的校务委员会、校长与学位授予权。
• Physics followed in 1971 and both Medicine and Chemistry in 1977, turning the institution into a comprehensive university with health sciences at its core.物理系于 1971 年设立，医学系与化学系同在 1977 年成立，使该校由人文机构转变为以健康科学为支柱的综合性大学。
• The School of Sciences was organized in 1983, grouping mathematics, physics, chemistry and computer science into a single faculty with shared laboratories.理学院于 1983 年组建，把数学、物理、化学与计算机科学集中为一个共享实验室资源的学院。
• In 1984 the School of Philosophy added separate departments of Philology, History and Archaeology, and Philosophy, a structure that still defines the humanities at Ioannina.1984 年，哲学院增设语文学系、历史与考古学系以及哲学系，这一结构至今仍界定着约阿尼纳大学的人文学科格局。
• The Ioannina Biomedical Research Institute was founded in 1998 as an autonomous institute and operated under that status until 2001, when it joined the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas.约阿尼纳生物医学研究所于 1998 年成立，最初为自治机构，2001 年并入希腊研究与技术基金会。
• The Department of Biological Applications and Technology was created in 2000, linking molecular biology to the medical and environmental strengths of the region.生物应用与技术系于 2000 年设立，把分子生物学与当地医学和环境研究优势连接起来。
• The School of Health Sciences was formally established in 2013, consolidating medicine, nursing and biological applications under one academic roof.健康科学学院于 2013 年正式成立，把医学、护理与生物应用等学科纳入同一学术架构。
• In 2019 the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus was absorbed into the university, adding applied programs in Arta, Preveza and Igoumenitsa to the Ioannina campus.2019 年，伊庇鲁斯技术教育学院并入约阿尼纳大学，使阿尔塔、普雷韦扎和伊古迈尼察的应用型专业加入以约阿尼纳为主校区的体系。
• That merger extended the university's footprint across the four regional units of Epirus and made it the largest higher education provider in the region.此次合并把学校的影响范围扩展到伊庇鲁斯的四个地区单元，使其成为该大区规模最大的高等教育提供者。
• Architecture, computer engineering and materials science are grouped in the School of Engineering, which coordinates the university's applied technology programs.建筑、计算机工程与材料科学被归入工程学院，由该院统筹学校的应用技术项目。
• In 2024 the university marked the 60th anniversary of the 1964 philosophy department, tracing its growth from 200 students to a multi-campus institution.2024 年，学校纪念 1964 年哲学系创办六十周年，回顾其从 200 名学生发展为多校区大学的历程。
• The 2019 merger was carried out under Greek legislation that dissolved the country's technological institutes and folded their departments into regional universities.2019 年的合并依据希腊解散技术教育学院、将其各系并入地方大学的立法实施。

Academics

• As of 2017 the university comprised seven schools and fifteen departments, covering philosophy, sciences, health sciences, education, economics and social sciences, fine arts and engineering.截至 2017 年，学校设有七个学院、十五个系，涵盖哲学、理学、健康科学、教育学、经济与社会科学、美术以及工程学。
• The School of Philosophy, founded with the university in 1964, houses philology, history and archaeology, philosophy, and the philosophy of education and psychology.哲学院与大学同年于 1964 年创立，下设语文学、历史与考古学、哲学以及教育哲学与心理学等系。
• The School of Sciences grew from mathematics in 1966, physics in 1971 and chemistry in 1977, and later added computer science, materials science and mathematics applications.理学院由 1966 年的数学系、1971 年的物理系与 1977 年的化学系逐步发展而来，后来又增设计算机科学、材料科学及应用数学。
• The School of Health Sciences combines the medical department of 1977 with nursing and the biological applications and technology department of 2000.健康科学学院把 1977 年设立的医学系与护理学、2000 年设立的生物应用与技术系结合在一起。
• The medical school operates alongside the University General Hospital of Ioannina, giving clinical students access to one of the largest hospital complexes in northwestern Greece.医学院与约阿尼纳大学总医院协同运作，使临床学生能够使用希腊西北部规模最大的医院建筑群之一。
• The School of Education trains primary and pre-school teachers through departments of early childhood education and primary education, offering four-year undergraduate degrees.教育学院通过幼儿教育与小学教育等系培养小学和学前教师，相关本科课程为四年制。
• The School of Economics and Social Sciences offers economics and business administration programs, with research focused on regional development, tourism and public finance.经济与社会科学学院开设经济学与工商管理项目，研究重点包括区域发展、旅游业与公共财政。
• The School of Fine Arts offers degrees in visual arts and art history, and its studios contribute to the cultural program that links the campus with the city.美术学院开设视觉艺术与艺术史学位，其工作室参与连接校园与城市的文化项目。
• In 2017 the university reported 25,000 students, of whom 21,900 were undergraduates and 3,200 postgraduates, a ratio that reflects its strong regional intake.2017 年学校报告有 25000 名学生，其中本科生 21900 人、研究生 3200 人，这一比例反映其强大的区域招生能力。
• Teaching staff numbered 580 in 2017, supplemented by 171 teaching fellows and 132 technical laboratory staff, while administrative services employed 420 people.2017 年教学人员为 580 人，另有 171 名教学研究员和 132 名技术实验室人员，行政服务部门则聘有 420 人。
• Postgraduate programmes combine taught and research elements at master's and doctoral level, with about 1,500 students enrolled full time in master's programmes and more than 1,700 pursuing doctorates.研究生项目在硕士与博士阶段结合授课与研究，约 1500 名学生全日制攻读硕士，超过 1700 人攻读博士学位。
• The University Library and Information Centre covers 14,500 square metres on six floors, making it the largest single library building in Greece by floor area.大学图书馆与信息中心共六层、建筑面积 14500 平方米，按楼面面积计是希腊最大的单体图书馆建筑。
• The library provides 504 reading stations, 31 workstations, a 120-seat auditorium, an art gallery room and 12 carrels, and its collections focus on medicine, chemistry, physics and the humanities.图书馆设有 504 个阅览座位、31 个工作站、一座 120 座礼堂、一间艺术画廊展厅和 12 个研习间，馆藏重点为医学、化学、物理与人文学科。
• The library also provides a twenty-seat seminar room, and its collections cover medicine, chemistry, physics, biological applications, materials science, engineering, economics, computer science, the arts, education, philosophy and psychology.图书馆还设有二十座研讨室，馆藏覆盖医学、化学、物理、生物应用、材料科学、工程、经济学、计算机科学、艺术、教育、哲学与心理学。
• The Biomedical Research Institute, now part of FORTH, pursues molecular medicine, biomedical technology and molecular epidemiology in collaboration with the medical school.生物医学研究所现属希腊研究与技术基金会，与医学院合作开展分子医学、生物医学技术与分子流行病学研究。
• The Institute of Transportation and Telecommunications in Igoumenitsa was created with regional authorities and industrial partners to study transport corridors and digital networks.设在伊古迈尼察的运输与电信研究所由学校与地方政府及产业伙伴共建，研究运输走廊与数字网络。
• All departments offer structured doctoral programs, and the university participates in Erasmus+ exchanges with universities across mainland Europe and the eastern Mediterranean.所有系均开设结构化博士项目，学校还参与 Erasmus+ 交流，与欧洲大陆及东地中海多所大学互换师生。
• Its QS 2026 institutional profile lists 34,564 students, 723 faculty and 995 international students, figures that include the applied programs added after 2019 and use a more recent reference year than the 2017 count.该校的 QS 机构档案列出 34564 名学生、723 名教师和 995 名国际学生，这些数字包含 2019 年后并入的应用型项目，所采用的参考年份也晚于 2017 年统计。

Campus

• The main campus lies about 6 kilometres from the centre of Ioannina and is reached by Greek National Road 5, with city buses running between the campus and the town.主校区距约阿尼纳市中心约 6 公里，经希腊 5 号国道抵达，市区公交在校园与城区之间往返。
• The campus covers a large green site with four main building complexes and about 170,000 square metres of buildings, making it one of the largest university campuses in Greece.校园坐落在开阔绿地之上，拥有四组主要建筑群，建筑面积约 17 万平方米，是希腊规模最大的大学校园之一。
• Open lawns and tree-lined walks separate the teaching buildings, and the layout keeps lecture halls, laboratories, libraries and amphitheatres within walking distance.开阔草坪与林荫步道分隔各教学楼，布局使讲堂、实验室、图书馆与阶梯教室都在步行范围内。
• The Library and Information Centre is a six-storey building with a 120-seat auditorium and an art gallery, and it serves both the academic community and the general public.图书馆与信息中心是一座六层建筑，内设 120 座礼堂与艺术画廊，既服务学术群体也向公众开放。
• The Monastery of Dourouti, an 18th-century building on campus, is being renovated to serve as a guest house for visiting academics and conference participants.校园内的杜鲁蒂修道院建于 18 世纪，正在修缮为接待访问学者与会议参与者的宾馆。
• Two student residence halls house almost 650 students, both stand close to the Student Union building, and some places are reserved for Erasmus exchange students.两座学生宿舍可容纳近 650 人，均靠近学生会大楼，部分床位保留给 Erasmus 交换生。
• The student refectory covers 4,500 square metres and provides full board, meaning breakfast, lunch and dinner, to undergraduate and postgraduate students every day.学生食堂面积 4500 平方米，每天为本科生与研究生提供包含早餐、午餐和晚餐的全日制膳食。
• A conference centre in the Medical Sciences complex hosts scientific meetings, exhibitions and graduations, and the Student Union building houses the main hall of ceremonies.医学科学建筑群内的会议中心承办学术会议、展览与毕业典礼，学生会大楼则设有主典礼厅。
• The University General Hospital of Ioannina stands next to the medical school and provides the clinical training base for medical, nursing and biological applications students.约阿尼纳大学总医院紧邻医学院，为医学、护理与生物应用专业学生提供临床训练基地。
• Sports facilities include an indoor gymnasium, a running track and a football pitch, all within the campus, and the student restaurant Phegos serves academics and visitors on special occasions.体育设施包括室内体育馆、跑道与足球场，全部位于校园内，学生餐厅“Phegos”则在特殊场合接待教师与来宾。
• The campus is linked to Ioannina by public transport and taxi, and the ride takes about ten minutes, which lets students use the city's libraries, cafés and hospitals.校园通过公交与出租车连接约阿尼纳城区，车程约十分钟，学生因此可以使用城市的图书馆、咖啡馆与医院。
• Ioannina itself sits on the western shore of Lake Pamvotis, and the lake, its island and the surrounding Pindus mountains define the setting of student life.约阿尼纳位于潘沃蒂斯湖西岸，湖泊、湖心岛与周围的品都斯山脉共同构成学生生活的环境。
• The city is the capital of the Epirus region and a commercial and cultural centre for northwestern Greece, with a historic castle, museums and a university hospital quarter.该市是伊庇鲁斯大区首府，也是希腊西北部的商业与文化中心，拥有历史城堡、博物馆与大学医院片区。
• Because the campus sits outside the built-up centre, most students commute by bus, and the university runs its own transport information service for first-year students.由于校园位于建成区之外，多数学生乘公交通勤，学校还为新生提供交通信息服务。
• The 2019 merger added facilities in Arta, Preveza and Igoumenitsa, so the university now operates across the four regional units of Epirus rather than in Ioannina alone.2019 年合并后，学校在阿尔塔、普雷韦扎与伊古迈尼察增设设施，办学范围从约阿尼纳一城扩展到伊庇鲁斯四个地区单元。
• Landscaped areas around the four complexes include ponds and display gardens, and the campus is known for the open green spaces that surround its teaching buildings.四组建筑群周边分布着池塘与展示花园，校园以环绕教学楼的开放绿地著称。

Reputation

• The University of Ioannina is placed in the 1201-1400 band of the QS World University Rankings 2027, its current position in the global table.约阿尼纳大学在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中位于第 1201-1400 位区间，这是其在全球榜单中的当前位次。
• Times Higher Education placed the university in the 1201-1400 band in its 2027 world rankings, confirming a position in the middle of the global table.泰晤士高等教育在 2027 年世界大学排名中把该校列入第 1201-1400 位区间，确认其在全球榜单中处于中段。
• U.S. News ranked it 981st in its 2026-2027 Best Global Universities, a strong result for a regional university of about 25,000 students.《美国新闻与世界报道》在 2026-2027 年度全球最佳大学排名中把该校列在第 981 位，对一所约 25000 名学生的区域大学而言这是相当不错的结果。
• The university did not enter the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities main table, so the Shanghai ranking assigns it no position for that year.该校未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜，因此该榜单未给出其当年名次。
• In the 2017 Leiden Ranking the University of Ioannina stood second among Greek universities, behind only the University of Athens in the national comparison.在 2017 年莱顿排名中，约阿尼纳大学在希腊高校中位列第二，在全国比较中仅次于雅典大学。
• The 2014 Leiden ranking placed Ioannina first in Greece in medicine and life sciences, second in physics, mathematics and computer science, and third in earth sciences, making it second overall in the national comparison.2014 年莱顿排名把约阿尼纳大学列为希腊医学与生命科学第一，物理、数学与计算机科学全国第二，地球科学全国第三，使其在全国比较中位居第二。
• A 2010 study in the journal Scientometrics ranked its physics department second in Greece, materials science third and chemistry fourth, based on mean h-index.2010 年发表于《科学计量学》的研究按平均 h 指数把该校物理系列为希腊第二、材料科学第三、化学第四。
• The university appears in the 1181-1200 band of the QS sustainability ranking, reflecting research and teaching on environmental and social questions.该校进入 QS 可持续发展排名的第 1181-1200 位区间，反映其在环境与社会议题上的研究与教学。
• OpenAlex indexes 38,105 works and 3,586,695 citations for the University of Ioannina, with medicine, physics and materials science among its most cited fields.OpenAlex 为约阿尼纳大学收录 38105 项成果与 3586695 次引用，医学、物理与材料科学是其被引最多的领域之一。
• Its research profile is unusually international for its size, with the Biomedical Research Institute and the medical school supplying a large share of highly cited papers.相对于办学规模，该校研究国际化程度较高，生物医学研究所与医学院贡献了相当比例的高被引论文。
• The university belongs to the Balkan Universities Network, a cooperation framework that links it with institutions across southeastern Europe.学校是巴尔干大学网络成员，这一合作框架把它与东南欧多所院校联系起来。

Student life

• The University of Ioannina has no formal motto, and its public identity is built instead on its role as the only comprehensive university in northwestern Greece.约阿尼纳大学没有正式校训，其公共形象更多建立在“希腊西北部唯一综合性大学”这一定位上。
• Erasmus+ agreements with universities across Europe bring several hundred exchange students to Ioannina each year, and some residence places are reserved for them.学校与欧洲多所大学签有 Erasmus+ 协议，每年有数百名交换生来到约阿尼纳，部分宿舍床位专门留给他们。
• Erasmus students may spend a semester or a full academic year in Ioannina, and the university reserves part of its residence capacity for exchange students.Erasmus 学生可在约阿尼纳学习一个学期或整个学年，学校还为交换生保留部分宿舍床位。
• The two residence halls accommodate almost 650 students, most rooms are single study-bedrooms with shared or en-suite bathrooms, some rooms are adapted for disabled students and the halls are mixed.两座宿舍楼可容纳近 650 名学生，多数房间为单人学习卧室，配有共用或独立卫浴，部分房间经过改造以适应残障学生，宿舍为男女混住。
• The refectory serves full board every day, and its 4,500-square-metre hall is one of the main social spaces on a campus with limited private housing nearby.食堂每天供应三餐，其 4500 平方米的大厅是校园主要社交空间之一，因为周边私人房源有限。
• Students use the indoor gym, running track and football pitch for intramural sport, and the university's teams compete in Greek university championships.学生利用室内体育馆、跑道与足球场开展校内体育，校队参加希腊大学生锦标赛。
• The Student Union building houses the restaurant, a large hall of ceremonies and the Phegos restaurant, and it hosts graduation dinners and receptions.学生会大楼设有餐厅、大型典礼厅与“Phegos”餐厅，并承办毕业晚宴与招待会。
• Lake Pamvotis and the castle of Ioannina give students a historic urban setting, while the Pindus mountains offer hiking and winter sports within reach.潘沃蒂斯湖与约阿尼纳城堡为学生提供历史城市环境，品都斯山脉则在近处提供徒步与冬季运动。
• About 3,200 postgraduates study at Ioannina in 2017, out of a total student body of more than 25,000, and many of them combine research with clinical work at the university hospital.2017 年该校约有 3200 名研究生，全校学生总数超过 25000 人，其中不少人把研究与大学医院的临床工作结合起来。
• The international student body numbered 995 in the QS profile, a small but visible community that the Erasmus office supports with language courses and orientation.QS 档案显示该校有 995 名国际学生，这一规模不大但可见的群体由 Erasmus 办公室通过语言课程与入学指导提供支持。

Notable people

• John Ioannidis chaired the Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology at the Ioannina medical school from 1999 to 2010 before moving to Stanford University, where his 2005 paper on unreliable research became widely cited.约翰·约安尼迪斯 1999 至 2010 年任约阿尼纳医学院卫生与流行病学系主任，后赴斯坦福大学，其 2005 年关于研究可靠性的论文被广泛引用。
• Moses Elisaf, a professor of internal medicine at Ioannina, served as mayor of the city from 2019 until his death in 2023 and was known for research on lipids and metabolic disease.摩西·埃利萨夫是约阿尼纳大学内科学教授，2019 年至 2023 年去世前担任约阿尼纳市长，以血脂与代谢疾病研究著称。
• Dimitrios I. Fotiadis, a professor at Ioannina and researcher at FORTH, works on biomedical engineering, wearable sensors and computational medicine and has co-authored hundreds of papers.迪米特里奥斯·I·福蒂亚迪斯是约阿尼纳大学教授、希腊研究与技术基金会研究员，研究生物医学工程、可穿戴传感器与计算医学，合著论文数百篇。
• Christophoros Nikou, head of the computer science and engineering department, researches medical image analysis and computer vision and has led the department's international partnerships.克里斯托弗罗斯·尼库是计算机科学与工程系主任，研究医学图像分析与计算机视觉，并主导该系的国际合作。
• Yannis G. Lolos, professor emeritus of prehistoric archaeology, directed excavations at the Mycenaean acropolis of Kanakia on Salamis from 2000 to 2024 and taught Greece's first course in prehistoric maritime archaeology.扬尼斯·G·洛洛斯是史前考古学荣休教授，2000 至 2024 年主持萨拉米斯岛卡纳基亚迈锡尼卫城的发掘，并在希腊首开史前海洋考古课程。
• Epameinondas Tsianos, a professor of internal medicine, built a hepatology and gastroenterology research group at Ioannina that trained a generation of Greek clinicians.埃帕米农达斯·齐亚诺斯是内科学教授，在约阿尼纳建立了肝病与胃肠病研究团队，培养了一代希腊临床医生。
• Vasilis Tsimihodimos, an internal medicine researcher, has published on lipid disorders, kidney disease and drug safety and teaches clinical pharmacology to medical students.瓦西里斯·齐米霍迪莫斯是内科学教授，发表过关于脂质紊乱、肾病与药物安全的研究，并向医学生教授临床药理学。