University of Patras (Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών Panepistimio Patron) is a university located 6 km northeast of downtown Patras, 3 km S of the Rio-Antirio bridge, 206 km W of Athens, 106 km NE of Pyrgos and 2 km east of Rhio, Greece. The university was the third and largest in Greece. The university is accessible by GR-8A, and now the new bypass (perimeter highway) with an interchange in the west and an westbound interchange in the northeast, the old GR8 and Papandreou Avenue (Boulevard) linking Kastritsi and the Panachaicus. The elevation is around 50 m (150 ft) above sea level. The university was first opened in 1964 and the area is 600 acres.
The university contains:
Academic areas (1 northwest)
Polytechnic schools (central)
School of Economic Sciences (south-central)
School of Medicine
School of Sciences (1 central, western and southern part)
University office (south and west)
It also contains the dancing and the theatrical teams/societies.
The area is about 1.5 kmē. The mountains are situated in the southeast. The track and field and sporting grounds are in the southern part. The facilities lie in the western part, the central part and the northern part. Some schools and colleges are in this part. The far western part, and the eastern part are empty.
The university has 4 entrances, they are the Platonos Entrance Eisodos Platonos, the Dionysos Solomos Entrance Eisodos Dionysos Solomou, lying to the west next to Papandreow Avenue which is also a road linking to Kastritsi, Georgios Seferis Entrance Eisodos Georgios Seferis in the east and G. Ritsou Entrance Eisodos G. Ritsou with the old GR-8A (Patras - Corinth - Athens) in the north.
Nearby the university property is the Rio Regional Hospital which is situated in the northeast. The parking lots are in the east and the building lie to the west. The School of Medicine lie west of the hospital but smaller in size with the parking lots in the west and downtown Rio, and a river with Papandreou Avenue in its southwest. The Rio/University of Patras/Drepano (northbound) interchange is to the north.
Another creek which runs east of Rio is run to the east and the village lies to the east..
The University of Patras was founded in the city of Patras in 1964 and it began functioning in the academic year 1966-67.
The University campus is 7 kilometres East of the city of Patras, in the area of Rion.
The University of Patras is at the forefront when it comes to research, both basic, advanced and applied has been heavily involved in many international projects in the area of research from the beginning.
The first true university was the University of Bologna, founded in the 11th century; the first in northern Europe was the University of Paris, which served as a model for the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Heidelberg, and others.
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects.
The first European medieval university was the University of Magnaura in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), founded in 849 by the regent Bardas of emperor Michael III, followed by the University of Salerno (9th century), University of Bologna (1088) in Bologna, Italy, and the University of Paris (c.
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