The present guide is short and concerns the basic information which the first-year student must know at the beginning of his/her studies at the Department. For their complete and analytical information, the students must study a) the Study Guide, which has been uploaded here, b) the structure of the curriculum and the structure of courses, c) the Internal Regulation of the Operation of the Undergraduate Program of Studies (IROUPS), d) to browse the webpage of the Department and e) to follow the updates of the Adjustment Week.
Adjustment week of new students
The program of the adjustment week aims at the new students’ familiarization with the curriculum and the operating procedures of the Department and takes place in October each year. The timetable of the adjustment week is posted with a separate announcement..
Academic procedures
Curriculum
The curriculum 2022-23 is available on the website of the department (Studies→ Undergraduate Studies → Structure of Courses). The program of the courses taught is not exactly the same every year. The Assembly of the Department has the opportunity to make the necessary adjustments to ensure the smooth implementation of the program. Any changes-modifications are notified to students in time with a detailed announcement of the student registry.
Detailed information on the material, the teaching, the bibliography and the assessment method of every course is included in the course syllabus which is available on the website of the Department (Studies → Undergraduate Studies → Courses Description) and the e-class platform (https://eclass.uop.gr/) of every course.
Academic Calendar–Timetable
The academic calendar, the detailed timetable of every semester, the timetable of possible lesson replacements at the end of every semester and the examination timetables are uploaded on the website of the Department (Studies → Timetable-Examinations-Replacements). The exceptional postponements-replacements of the lectures of the courses are uploaded on e-class on the course «Announcements:: Undergraduate».
Course selection
The courses selection is obligatory every semester and is done only electronically through the service Student Web (https://e-secretary.uop.gr/UNIStudent/login.asp).
During courses selection of each semester, the students include the courses of the current period, which they wish to attend and to be examined (courses of the current semester and any due ones of the corresponding period of previous years). In each semester of each academic year, students have the right to select a maximum of nine (9) courses. The limit also applies to students who are admitted to the Department through the qualifying exam process. Any due courses of previous years, which may have been selected but did not receive a passing grade, are included in the selection within the limit of 9 modules. Students cannot select courses which, according to their curriculum, are taught a semester later than the one in which they are currently studying. If a student does not include a course in his/her selection, then s/he cannot receive the corresponding textbooks, s/he can take part neither in the exams of the course in the current semester nor in the September re-examination period (the selection of the courses that can be examined in September is automatic and includes all the courses that do not have a passing grade from the selection of winter and spring term of the current academic year). Any due courses of previous years, which may have been selected but did not receive a passing grade must be included in the corresponding semester in the course selection. The period for the selection of courses is announced by the Student Registry at the beginning of every academic semester (Detailed guide on the website of the Department http://pedis.uop.gr). The procedure for overdue course selection is described in the Internal Regulation of Operation.
Textbooks’ selection
The selection and distribution of the textbooks to all the Universities and Technical Educational Institutions of the country is done through the internet service EUDOXUS (www.eudoxus.gr). The deadlines that Eudoxus can be used in every semester are specified with a relevant announcement. The students can sign in at www.eudoxus.gr directly, in order to select and receive the textbooks only for the courses which they have included in the corresponding semester in their course selection. For this selection the use of passwords is necessary. At the beginning of every academic semester, a relevant announcement is posted by the Student Registry for the students’ information.
According to the current legislation, the students who have exceeded the n+2 years of studies are not entitled to free textbooks.
Student Affairs-Procedures of Student Services
Student Affairs Department of the University of the Peloponnese
The Student Affairs Department of the University of Peloponnese is responsible for student services which concern the students. Information is posted in the departmental website on issues of food services, scholarships- awards, the housing benefit, athletic activities etc.
Correspondence details:
Address: Academic and Student Affairs Department, University of Peloponnese, Vasileos Konstantinou 21 & Terzaki, Nafplio, 21100
Tel. +30 27520 96125, +30 27520 96126, +30 27520 96130
Url: http://foitmer.uop.gr/,
E-mail: foitmer@uop.gr
Career Office- University of the Peloponnese
The Career office in collaboration with the Departmental Academic Coordinators, provides support and information to students and graduates for issues of Postgraduate Studies, Scholarships, Career planning, counselling on issues of curriculum vitae creation, cover letter and interview preparation, Psychological Support during their studies.
At the same time, it studies the academic and professional development of students and graduates through questionnaires which are available in the link https://politech.uop.gr/surveys/index.php/896443?lang=el
Contact details:
V.Gionna- Κ. Diavoli,
Vas. Kostantinou 21,
21100, Nafplio,
Tel. +30 27520 96126,
Email: career@uop.gr
Student Registry of PEDIS
The Student Registry of the Department of Political Science and International Relations is located on the 1rst floor of the building on 1 Aristotelous street & Athinon Ave. and serves students
from Tuesday to Friday at 11:00-13:00 unless it is determined differently with an announcement for certain periods. It is necessary to show the academic identity card for all the in-person transactions of students with the Student Registry of the Department.
Information
Information on general issues is done through the bulletin board of the Department and through the website of the Department (http://pedis.uop.gr). On the website, there is and is updated all the information concerning the life at the Department, from the Academic Calendar, the Study Guide, the conferences and the events which take place, the teaching staff etc. The information concerning individual courses (exceptional postponements-replacements of lectures) is done through the e-Class platform (http://eclass.uop.gr– Module: Announcements: Undergraduate). The students are obliged to check the bulletin boards, the website of the Department and their student e-mail daily since they are assumed to have been notified since an announcement has been posted in the intended means of communication.
Issuing attestations-certificates
Students can submit their applications (available in the Student Registry and the website) in person during the hours that the Student Registry serves students or through the service Student Web, as it is described below, and they receive the attestations or /and the certificates that they ask for, by showing their academic identity card within three (3) working days from the day they submit the relevant application. Students’ applications can alternatively be submitted and handled through the Citizen’s Service Centres (KEP). All the transactions are done by the students themselves or by a legally-appointed representative.
Electronic Services
[All students obtain at the beginning of their studies an Institutional account, which they must activate IMMEDIATELY, in order to have access to the following electronic services. The first-year students are informed about their institutional account after the completion of their registration and the comparison of their data to the lists of the Ministry]
Institutional Account
On the website, https://studentaccount.uop.gr guidelines are included regarding the activation of the institutional account as well as technical support for any problem the students face in the use of the institutional account.
On the website https://uregister.uop.gr the activation of the institutional account by the students is done, after the identification of their data and the relevant communication by the Student Registry.
On the Website https://mypassword.uop.gr the management of their institutional account is done by the students.
Online Services, after activating the Institutional account
Step 1: Log in to studentsweb (https://e-secretary.uop.gr/UNIStudent/)
In the studentsweb service, students see their Registration Number (ID), which has 13 digits and starts from 3033….
The students of the department PSIR have the opportunity to use the service Student Web, which gives them access through the internet to various services of the Student Registry (e.g. applications for certificates, module grades, modules selection etc). The access to the service is done either from the relevant link in the website of the department (http://pedis.uop.gr) or directly from the address of the service, which is: https://e-secretary.uop.gr/UNIStudent/ with the credentials of their institutional account.
Step 2: Enter the student e-mail of the University of the Peloponnese
All students are provided with a student email in the form username@go.uop.gr, where username the username in the institutional account. To enter the email account go to mail.go.uop.gr (using a browser (FireFox, Chrome, etc.) and have access to the new email and tools of the GSuite platform.
The communication with the University of Peloponnese, the professors, the administrative services, the Student Registries of the Departments must be made from the institutional email username@go.uop.gr
Step 3: Application for issuance of academic ID https://submit-academicid.minedu.gov.gr/)
The Ministry of Education, Research and Religions has developed a central information system for the issuance of academic IDs for students. Issuance of academic ID is MANDATORY.
The academic identity card proves the academic capacity of every student. It includes the Student Ticket (“PASO”) (for those who are entitled to it), which is no longer used as a separate document. In order to issue the new cards (Academic identity card with the incorporated “Student Ticket”), the students can submit their application electronically at the address http://academicid.minedu.gov.gr. Especially for first-year students, the application is submitted after their registration has been completed, with the credentials of their institutional account.
Step 4: Enter the eclass (http://eclass.uop.gr/)
The platform UOP eClass (https://eclass.uop.gr/) is a complete System of Management of Online Lessons. It is used by the teaching staff for the reinforcement and facilitation of the educational procedure, in an environment of interaction and continuous communication between teaching staff and students. Through the platform students have access to the teaching material that the instructors upload, regardless of space and time.
Library-electronic sources
The students have access to the material of the Library after their registration by showing their academic identity card. Using the credentials of their institutional account, the students have access to the electronic services of the Library, such as information and research sources, bibliographical bases as well as open-access digital collections.
Tel. Library communication: 27410 40041
E-mail: lib.pedis@uop.gr
Access to the computer lab
Access to the workstations of the computer lab is done with the use of the credentials of the institutional account of every student.
Contact tel. with the Technical Support Manager: 2741040048
E-mail: pedislab@uop.gr