Centre located in the Medical Sciences complex. Two buildings accommodate the Student Residence Halls, both being close to the Student Union building; a multi-purpose building that houses the student restaurant and a large Hall of Ceremonies together with "Phegos"; a restaurant where the academic community and visitors can eat or celebrate special occasions, such as the graduation day. One of the most attractive places on the campus is the old Monastery of Dourouti, an 18th-century building, which is being renovated to serve as a guest house for visitors to the university. Schools and departments As of 2017, the University of Ioannina consists of seven schools and fifteen departments. Academic excellence and rankings The University is ranked 501st-600th in The Times Higher Education (THE) annual list. According to the 2017 Leiden rankings the University of Ioannina is ranked #2 overall in Greece. According to the 2014 Leiden ranking of Greek Universities, the University of Ioannina is ranked #1 in Medicine and Life Sciences, #2 in Physics, #2 in Mathematics, #2 in Computer Science, #3 in Earth Sciences and #2 overall. According to 2010 rankings published in Springer's journal Scientometrics, the Physics department at the University of Ioannina is ranked #2 in Greece, the Material Science department #3, and the Chemistry department #4. State academic evaluation In 2015 the external evaluation committee gave University of Ioannina a Positive evaluation. An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA). The following Ioannina departments have been evaluated: Department of Physics (2010) Department of Mathematics (2011) Department of Chemistry (2011) Department of Computer Science and Engineering (2011) Department of Materials Science and Engineering (2011) Department of Biological Applications and Technologies (2011) Department of Medicine (2013) Department of Primary School Education (2013) Department of Pre-School Education (2013) Department of Plilosophy, Education & Archaeology (2013) Department of Philology (2014) Department of History and Archaeology (2014) Department of Economics (2014) Department of Plastic Arts and Arts Sciences (2014) Research institutes Research indicators refer to any work published by the University of Ioannina on all scientific disciplines and to research projects launched through the UoI Special Research Fund. Ioannina Biomedical Research Institute The Biomedical Research Institute (BRI) was founded in 1998. It operated as an autonomous institute until 2001, under the name Ioannina Biomedical Research Institute (IBRI). From September 2001, the institute was merged with the Foundation