The IEEE Student Branch was founded in 2012 with Counselor Dr. Angelos Michalas a Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Western Macedonia and since July 2019 officially operates as IEEE Student Branch University of Western Macedonia in Kastoria. It has been awarded for two consecutive years, 2019, 2018, as an exemplary student branch in Region 8 with the IEEE Regional Student Branch Exemplary Award and in 2017 it was distinguished as one of the most active in Greece. It is hosted by the Laboratory of Telecommunications, Networks and Distributed Systems.