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Hellenic Open University

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Greek university (1992-)

The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, ΕΑΠ) was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance-learning public 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.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Hellenic Open University (HOU; Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο, ΕΑΠ) was founded in 1992 in Patras and is the only online/distance-learning public 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.2

The story

The Hellenic Open University was founded in 1992 in Patras, but remained defunct until 1997 at which time legislation was enacted with the Law 2552/23-12-1997 (Government Gazette A' 266/24-12-1997) 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). The 1st Panhellenic Conference on Open and Distance Learning was held on 20-22 June 2001.

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