The University of the Peloponnese was founded by Presidential Decree 13/2000. It is based in Tripoli and is developed at the level of integrated Schools in the capitals of the Prefectures of the Peloponnese, Tripoli, Kalamata, Sparta, Nafplio and Corinth as well as in Patras.
The operation of the University was inaugurated on September 20, 2002 with the opening of the Department of Computer Science and Technology and the Department of Telecommunications Science and Technology of the Faculty of Arts and Technology.
In May 2019 with the Law 4610 on Synergies of Universities and T.E.I., both the former T.E.I. Peloponnese in the city of Kalamata as well as the School of Technological Applications of the former T.E.I. of Western Greece in the city of Patras, joined the Peloponnese University.
The aim of the establishment and operation of the University of Peloponnese is to make a creative contribution to the development of higher education in the Greek region, with high quality standards that meet the requirements of a modern University with national, European and international scope.
The University of the Peloponnese refers to Greece and Hellenism, aspiring to acquire strong ties with the Greek diaspora and to become a pole of cooperation and intellectual creation for Greeks everywhere.