Hellenic Open University

Hellenic Open University

Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο
Motto	Access to Knowledge for Everyone!
Type	Public Higher education
Established	1992
President	Odysseas - Ioannis Zoras
Academic staff	1.995
Administrative staff	202
Students	37.563
Undergraduates	19.054
Postgraduates	18.509
Doctoral students	90
Location	Patras , Greece
Campus	11.750,88 m2
Colors	Pink and blue
Nickname	EAP / ΕΑΠ
Website	www.eap.gr/en/

The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο) was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance learning university in Greece. Modelled on the British Open University, the Hellenic Open University was established to fill a gap for telematic and distance education in the higher education system of the Hellenic Republic in response to the growing demand for continuing education and lifelong learning.^[1]

It is the first and only higher education institution (HEI) in Greece that provides open and distance education at undergraduate and postgraduate as well as doctoral level. Placing great emphasis on research, HOU promotes research programmes aiming towards the development of methodologies and corresponding high technologies for open and distance learning.