Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese
The Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese is one of the 15 Technological Educational Institutes in Greece. Its main campus and administrative centre is in Kalamata and one department is located in Sparta.
History and departments
It was founded by Presidential Decree 94/1988 as an off-campus faculty of the TEI of Patras.The first department of the faculty was the Electrical Engineering Department which started its operation in the spring semester of the academic year 1987-88. In 1989, a further Presidential Decree established the TEI of Kalamata as a separate institution, comprising two schools, further subdivided into departments:
- School of Agricultural Technology
- * Department of Crop Production, opened in the spring semester of the academic year 1989-90
- * Department of Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture, opened in the fall semester of the academic year 1993-94, renamed in 2009 as the Department of Organic Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture
- School of Management and Economy
- * Department of Health and Welfare Unit Management, opened in the spring semester of the academic year 1989-90
- * Department of Local Government, opened in the fall semester of the academic year 1993-94
- The Department of Agricultural Product Technology within the School of Agricultural Technology, which began operating in the fall semester of the academic year 2000-2001
- The Department of Finance and Auditing at the School of Management and Economy, which began operating in the fall semester of the academic year 1999-2000.
Schools and departments
The "ATHENA" Reform Plan restructured Higher Education programmes in 2013.The institute comprises four Schools, consisting of six Departments.
Schools | Departments |
School of Agricultural Technology, Food Technology and Nutrition |
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School of Management and Economics | |
School of Health and Welfare Professions | |
School of Applied Technology |
Academic evaluation
In 2016 the external evaluation committee gave TEI of Peloponnese a Positive evaluation.An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency.