This is NOT an official HOU university page. Η παρούσα, ΔΕΝ είναι επίσημη πανεπιστημιακή ιστοσελίδα του ΕΑΠ. --- The Hellenic Open University (Greek: Ελληνικό Ανοικτό Πανεπιστήμιο - ΕΑΠ) is a multi-school public university run by the Greek State. The institution, which is based in Patras, is unique in the Greek context in that it exclusively provides distance education at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The Hellenic Open University was founded in 1992 in Patras, but remained defunct until 1997 at which time legislation was enacted (Act 2552/97) 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). HOU is organised in four schools: *) School of Humanities, *) School of Social Sciences, *) School of Science and Technology, *) School of Applied arts and offers 32 distinct undergraduate and postgraduate programms. [ source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic_Open_University ]