Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece


The Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece was a university founded in 2013, had a main campus in the City of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece, and four branch campuses. The name variants include Technological Institute of Central Greece, Central Greece Institute of Technology, Central Greece University of Applied Sciences, TEI of Central Greece, TEICG, TEISTE.
An institution of higher education of the State University System of Greece, having full self governance and functions under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, laws 2916 on 11.6.2001 and 3549 on 20.3.2007. Technological Institute of Central Greece has abolished on January 29, 2019 and ceased to be a university in its own name status by an Act of Hellenic Parliament, Law 4589/29.01/2019., "Synergies between National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Agricultural University of Athens, University of Thessaly with the TEI of Thessaly and TEI of Central Greece, Panlimniako Fund and other provisions" Educational departments absorbed by the Agricultural University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Thessaly.
It offered 4-year undergraduate degree programmes with awarded qualification πτυχίο, in line with the Bologna process legally equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, and 1½ years, one-and-a-half-year full-time or 3-year part-time, postgraduate degree programmes with awarded qualification μεταπτυχιακό δίπλωμα ειδίκευσης, postgraduate specialised diploma, legally equivalent to a Master's degree. The postgraduate programmes have statutory tuition fees. The undergraduate degree studies was previously 3½ years, three-and-a-half-year confers a legally equivalent to an Ordinary Bachelor’s degree. The Centre of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning, a separate unit within TEICG, is a continuing and professional adult education division offers Lifelong Learning courses with tuition fee to individuals, offered off-campus online by distance e-learning and/or on TEICG's campus. It is certified by the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance.

History

The TEI of Larissa was an institution of higher education which was founded in 1983 under Parliament Act 1404/1983 for TEIs. In 1994, the City of Lamia regional campus of the TEI of Larissa became the independent university of the TEI of Lamia awarding its own name degrees.
In 2015, TEI of Lamia and the TEI of Chalkida agreed to a merger, Presidential Decree 100, Government Gazette 135 Α'/05.06.2013. The founded institution was named TEI of Central Greece with the City of Lamia Campus becoming the university main campus. As the European Union determined, in October 2017 the Ministry of Education specified all TEIs will be merged with the corresponding universities and each TEI department will be absorbed by a corresponding department. On January 17, 2019 the Hellenic Parliamentary Committee Session has voted the submitting draft law on December 28, 2018, and corresponding law 4589 has been published on the Government Gazette No 13 Α'/29.01.2019.
The TEI of Central Greece abolished and admitted its last students in the 2018-2019 academic year. Subsequently, the University of Thessaly absorbing the Departments of Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Nursing, Physiotherapy, and the TEI of Central Greece Main Campus in the City of Lamia was transferred and joined to University of Thessaly at the City of Lamia Campus and became its campus part. The campus has, since the integration, been located into two parts, on the North Site and on the South Site in what has since become the main campus of the University of Thessaly at the City of Lamia. University of Thessaly, City of Lamia, is the most southerly branch campus of the University of Thessaly.

Organisation

The academic year is divided in two semesters, a semester lasts 13 full weeks and it can be extended up to two weeks, Law 4009/2011, Government Gazette 195/A, 06.09.2011. One academic year corresponds to 60 ECTS credit points. For UNESCO's ISCED International Standard Classification of Education, European Qualifications Framework, and National Qualification Framework of Greece named Hellenic Qualification Framework, the classification of qualification level for Bachelor‛s degree is at Level 6 and for Master‛s degree is at Level 7. The Senior Project has 20 ECTS. A graduate of specially engineering disciplines only, it can hold the state-granted and approved professional title of "Licensed Engineer", when meet the criteria and pass the qualification exams by the National Engineering Accreditation Council of Greece State Department of Regulatory Authority. A professional qualification is indicated by the post-nominals LEng designation authorizes a regulation and licensure in engineering with a number of register ID license. The Technological Educational Institute engineering graduate is a technological or technologist engineer, known as engineering technologist. The Licensed Engineer LEng should not be confused with Technologist Engineer which is legally regulated and limited to Technological Education Institute graduate.

Specialisation semester

The Co-operative Education Employment-integrated Programme, also known as specialisation semester of supervised experiential learning work. It is an off-campus undergraduate semester where the student is a trainee-in-practice has employment and practical training for 10 ECTS credits, 960 hours in a specialised subject of free-choice. It can also be a concentration splits into specialisations within the internship subject. TEI Internship is a government subsidy industry placement of fixed-term contract for students recruited by employers. The students should find itself an internship term placement. The TEIs are not responsible for finding internships. The Educational Collaboration Agreement of internship is a paid CDD employment contract signed between a student, and the co-op employer, accredited by the university, under the tutelage of a supervised TEI professor. It is funded by the Workforce Employment Organisation of Greece - OAED. The co-op employer must register internship student into the Social Security System, while at the internship end receives reimbursement.

Εxchange programme

An exchange student is an incoming from abroad or outgoing to abroad, at an affiliated HE Institution of the TEI of Central Greece.
The duration of exchange is 1 term or 1 academic year. The affiliated institution can be a partner HEI located in Erasmus partner countries through inter-institutional agreements between HEIs. Official language of instruction at ΤΕΙ is Greek. It generally requires a B2 English Language Level, unless it is stated otherwise in the Inter-Institutional Agreement. The B2 English Language level is equivalent to a total score of 72 in TOEFL or a total score 6 score in IELTS. Before applying to the TEICG's Erasmus Office, it needs to be nominated by student's home institution having a valid bilateral agreement between TEICG institution.
The European Health Insurance Card from their home countries is obligatory for Erasmus EU/EFTA students. If they do not have national health insurance in their home country then have two options, they can purchase health insurance in their home countries or join the Greece National Health System. Students from any other non-EU/EFTA country must have a private health insurance. The TEI does not offer accommodation, and students have to make house arrangements by themselves. Non-EU/EFTA students must follow the visa regulations foreseen for every specific country. The TEICG has a student restaurant in its South Site where Erasmus students can have meals at a reduced price. The Erasmus Student Network Greece is a non-profit organization for the Erasmus Student Affairs.

Academics

Undergraduate

; Faculty of Health and Caring
  • Department of Nursing
  • Department of Physiotherapy
; Campuses
  • City of Lamia, Phthiotis Region
  • City of Lamia, Phthiotis Region
; Faculty of Technological Applications
  • Department of Computer Science
  • Department of Aircraft Engineering
  • Department of Electrical Engineering
  • Department of Electronic Engineering
  • Department of Automation Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
; Campuses
  • City of Lamia, Phthiotis Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • City of Lamia, Phthiotis Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
; Faculty of Business and Economics
  • Department of Marketing
  • Department of Logistics Management
  • Department of Business Administration
  • Department of Accounting and Finance
  • Department of Culture and Tourism Business Management
; Campuses
  • Amfissa, Phocis Region
  • Thebes, Boeotia Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Amfissa, Phocis Region
; Faculty of Agriculture Technology, Food Technology and Nutrition
  • Department of Forestry
; Campuses
  • Karpenisi, Evrytania Region

    Graduate

  • Advanced Physiotherapy
  • Ecology and Management of the Environment
  • Advanced Control Systems and Robotics
  • Design and Manufacturing of Sports Vehicle Systems
  • Intelligent Management of Renewable Energy System
; Campuses
  • City of Lamia, Phthiotis Region
  • Karpenisi, Evrytania Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
  • Psachna, Euboea Region
; Coordinated by the Departments
  • Department of Physiotherapy
  • Department of Forestry
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Department of Mechanical Engineering

    Diploma supplement

As part of the Bologna Process, European Commission, the Europass Diploma Supplement is issued and awarded by Higher Education Institutions upon graduation of a course of studies, free of charge, in both Greek and English, accredited by National Europass Centre of Greece, the EOPPEP organisation. A Diploma Supplement is an accredited document has a standardised description of the content and status of the studies completed by its holder that are commonly easily understood, especially outside the country where they were awarded – it is not a substitute qualification for the original, nor a CV, nor guarantee recognition.