Kozani is the home the University of Western Macedonia, with about 15,000 students from all over Greece and other places. The departments are : International and European Studies, Administrative Science and Technology, Electrical Engineer and Engineering Computers, Accounting and Financing, Mechanical Mineral Resources, Engineering Product and System Design ,Engineering Engineering, Regional and Cross-Border Development, Chemical Engineering.

Kozani is a city in northern Greece, capital of Kozani regional unit and of West Macedonia region. It is located in the western part of Macedonia, in the northern part of the Aliakmonas river valley.

It is also the seat of West Macedonia’s court of appeal, police department, fire brigade, the seat of the 1st Army Corps of the Hellenic Army and of the Bishop of Servia and Kozani.

One of the most important aspects of local folklore is Kozani’s carnival at the end of the winter, which retains much of the profanity of the ancient Dionysiaccult.Kozani is renowned in Greece and abroad for the production of Saffron (Krokos Kozanis), in the nearby town of Krokos.