Hellenic Open University

The Hellenic Open University was founded in 1992 in Patras and it is the only distance learning university in Greece. Modelled on the British Open University, the Hellenic Open University was established to fill an important gap for open and distance education in the higher education system of the Hellenic Republic, in response to the growing demand for continuing education and lifelong learning. It is the first and only Higher Education Institution in Greece that provides open and distance education at undergraduate, postgraduate as well as PhD level. Placing great emphasis on research, the HOU promotes research programmes aiming towards the development of methodologies and corresponding high technologies for open and distance learning.HistoryThe Hellenic Open University was founded in 1992 in Patras, but remained defunct until 1997 at which time legislation was enacted (Act 2552/97) regarding its operation. The first cohorts of students were admitted in 1999. Further legislation amended the operation of the university by further specifying inter alia its scope, admissions, tuition and academic recruitment procedures (Article 14 of Act 2817/2000, Article 3 of Act 3027/2002 and Article 13 of Act 3260/2004).Academic profileStructureHOU is organised in four schools: School of Humanities School of Social Sciences School of Science and Engineering School of Applied arts The School of Applied Arts offers only postgraduate degrees, while the other three schools offer both undergraduate and postgratuate degrees.According to Law 2552/1997, HOU consists of the Educational Material and Methodology Laboratory (EEYEM) established and operating as an independent unit of the HOU. The EEYEM supports the University in the implementation of educational, methodological and technological innovations in distance education and the development of teaching materials. The organization and operation of EEYEM is determined by the Internal Regulation adopted at the 167th / 04.21.2008 Meeting of the Executive Committee of HOU

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