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Starting from the 2026–2027 academic year, the Department of Tourism of the School of Economic Sciences at the Ionian University is introducing three new elective courses on Artificial Intelligence into its Undergraduate Study Programme, responding to rapid technological developments and the evolving needs of the contemporary tourism sector.

The Department of Tourism of the School of Economic Sciences of the Ionian University announces the conferral of the title of Doctor upon Mr. Ilias Kalis, the first doctoral graduate in the history of the Department.

The academic calendar for the year 2026-2027 is published with dates on tuition, exams and holidays.

Ionian University Library & Information Centre publishes the bimonthly bulletin on the productivity of Ionian University's researchers, based on Scopus and MDPI.

The Hellenic Authority for Higher Education (HAHE) Evaluation and Accreditation Council has accredited the Postgraduate Study Programme 'Digital Technologies in Hospitality Management and Tourism' of the Department of Informatics of the Ionian University as fully compliant to the Standards for Quality Accreditation of Postgraduate Study Programmes of the HAHE and to the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) for study level 7 of the National and European Qualifications Framework.

On Wednesday, 27 May 2026, the graduation ceremony of the graduates of the Undergraduate Programme of Studies of the Department of Tourism of the School of Economic Sciences of the Ionian University was held at the Ionian Academy, in the “Georgios Grammatikakis” Hall, in Corfu.

Two workshops titled "Analysis of Needs and Priorities for AI-Enabled Skills Development in Tourism and Hospitality" were successfully completed as part of the European Erasmus+ project "AI-Enabled Skill-Building for Tourism and Hospitality: Bridging the Industry–Academia Divide (BIAD)."

Ionian University Library & Information Centre publishes the bimonthly bulletin on the productivity of Ionian University's researchers, based on Scopus and MDPI.

We invite undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as PhD candidates, to participate in the online workshop entitled: “Needs and Priorities Analysis for Skills Development through Artificial Intelligence in Tourism and Hospitality”, organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ Alliances for Innovation project “AI-Enabled Skill-Building for Tourism and Hospitality: Bridging the Industry–Academia Divide (BIAD)” (WP2).

The International Conference "Towards Resilient Destinations: Integrating Nature, Culture and Tourism for Sustainable Futures (NEST)", co-organised by the Ionian Environment Foundation (IEF) and the Ionian University, was successfully held in a hybrid format on April 23–24, 2026, at the historic Ionian Academy in Corfu.

We invite all students to participate in the 1st workshop titled: "Analysis of Needs and Priorities for Skills Development Using Artificial Intelligence in Tourism and Hospitality" organized within the framework of the Erasmus+ project "AI-Enabled Skill Building for Tourism and Hospitality: Bridging the Industry–Academia Divide (BIAD)".

Participation of faculty members of the Ionian University as Guest Editors in the Special Issue entitled “Intelligent and Multimodal Human–Computer Interaction: From Brain–Computer Interfaces to Assistive Systems,” published in the international scientific journal Multimodal Technologies and Interaction (ISSN 2414-4088, Impact Factor 2.4).