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The Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese is housed in a modern building in the centre of the city of Corinth, on Leof. Athens & Aristotelous streets. The Department has five classrooms with modern educational equipment, a library and a fully equipped computer laboratory.
Also, in 2014, the Municipality of Sikyonia provided a modern building of a total area of 400 sq.m. The Department utilized the new infrastructure by organizing Summer Schools and lifelong learning programs. The results are encouraging for the strengthening of the Department's activities that benefit the local community.
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Library
The Department has an autonomous specialized library that follows international standards and uses, for its operation and for the electronic lending of its books, modern radio frequency systems. The library has a rich collection of specialized Greek and foreign language books, as well as a number of scientific journals.
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Also, through the Consortium of Greek Academic Libraries (HEAL-link) the library provides access to articles from international electronic journals (https://www.heal-link.gr/en/home-3/).
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Computer Room and Network Services
The Department makes extensive use of modern information and communication technologies in all its teaching and administrative activities. Students have access to an adequately equipped computer room with up-to-date IT facilities with access to specialized Greek and international electronic databases, which supports the Department’s educational and research work. Computers are available to all students throughout their studies.
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It has to be mentioned that the Department provides a fully operational distance-learning platform (http://eclass.uop.gr) by which students have access to a wide range of material and tools for every taught course, while it facilitates communication and cooperation with the teaching staff.
Moreover, the e-secretary facility (https://e-secretary.uop.gr/unistudent/) allows students to gain full access to online administrative resources essential for their studies.
- An up-to-date computer lab provides enough workstations and the necessary hardware and software facilities by which students have access to online academic resources and all the means for making their own research and writing work. It provides professional software for statistical analysis and decision-making, as well as open-coding software necessary for working with graphics etc.
- The teaching staff and students can take full advantage of the Department’s telecommunication services, made available through the University of the Peloponnese Data Network.
- These include:
- Remote dial-up connection
- E-Mail services
- Forum and News services
- Data Transfer
- www-server for website hosting (sites of Department teaching members, courses, etc.)
- Virtual Private Network facility that allows access to online bibliographical resources and academic journals,
- Distance-learning platform (through eclass),
- Online marking system (through e-secretary- universis).
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