Student support services

The UoI Counselling Centre was established in 1988, but operates on a regular basis since 1996. It is a counselling structure that offers services to undergraduate and postgraduate students, free of charge, throughout the academic year.

Its staff consists of two professional psychologists, who work according to the Psychologists’ code of conduct, in order to help students deal with their problems more efficiently. These problems could relate to personal or relationship issues and/or adaptation to University environment, and daily concerns, or even more complex mental health issues. Our psychologists try to help students identify and understand the difficulties that they express, in a supportive rather than judgmental manner, and to discover more functional ways of coping with these problems. At the same time, relevant research is carried out for our counselling activities to meet the students’ specific needs.

The University of Ioannina, respecting the value of equal access to all its students in the educational process, has since May 2019 an Accessibility and Social Support Unit for students with Disabilities (PvA) and students from Vulnerable Social Groups (VSS).

The Unit’s mission is to create a favorable educational environment within the University to support students who, for medical or other social reasons, face functional and educational difficulties in completing their studies.

The Unit seeks to facilitate students with special educational needs, so that they can finish their studies on time and successfully, while at the same time it aims to immediately and effectively solve the problems they face in their daily academic life. In this way, the achievement of their academic, research and professional goals is strengthened in practice and in an organized manner.