The University Center of International Programmes of Studies (UCIPS) is part of the International Hellenic University (IHU) and offers academic programmes taught exclusively in English. IHU was initially established by Law No. 3391/2005 (and re-established by Law No. 4610/2019) and is based in Thessaloniki, comprising multiple schools and departments across Thessaloniki, Serres, Katerini and Kilkis. UCIPS includes the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Economics and the School of Science and Technology, and is located on a 16,000 m² campus outside Thessaloniki. Its state-of-the-art facilities—virtual classrooms, an electronic library, IT labs, a Digital Manufacturing and Materials Characterization Laboratory, a Molecular Ecology/Molecular Biology Lab and a storage room for archaeological finds from Neo Rysio—support modern learning, research and international postgraduate programmes.