Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece
Institution of higher education of the State University System of Greece. It has abolished by Law 4589/29-1-2019. Its main campus in the City of Lamia was incorporated into the University of Thessaly (UTH).
The Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Central Greece (Greek: Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Στερεάς Ελλάδας, ΤΕΙ) was a university founded in 2013, had a main campus 15.81 acres (0.0640 km2) in the City of Lamia, Phthiotis, Central Greece, and four branch campuses. 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. The Technological Institute of Central Greece has abolished on 29 January 2019 and ceased to be a university in its own name status by an Act of Hellenic Parliament, Law 4589/29-1-2019. Educational departments absorbed by the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), University of Thessaly (UTH).
It offered 4-year (full-time) undergraduate degree programs with awarded qualification πτυχίο (latinised: Ptychion), 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 programs with awarded qualification μεταπτυχιακό δίπλωμα ειδίκευσης, postgraduate specialised diploma, legally equivalent to a Master's degree. Postgraduate programs have statutory tuition fees. The undergraduate degree studies was previously 3½ years, three-and-a-half-year (law 1404/24-11-1983, 1983–1995) confers a legally equivalent to an Ordinary Bachelor’s degree (Ord).
The Centre of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning (KEDIVIM; Κ.Ε.Δi.Βi.Μ.; Κέντρο Επιμόρφωσης και Δια Βίου Μάθησης), is a separate continuing and professional adult educational unit within Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Central Greece offers Lifelong Learning short-term courses in a wide range of subjects, at non-formal education (NFE) (Greek: φορέας μη τυπικής εκπαίδευσης), although it is fully or partially regulated by the state and lead to officially recognised qualifications, with tuition fee at on-campus (instruction in the classroom) or off-campus (synchronous participation in the classroom remotely) through online live streaming by Distance e-Learning Mode mediated via real time Distance Learning Platform.
The Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Central Greece's Centre of Continuing Education and Lifelong Learning (KEDIVIM) is certified by the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP; Greek: Εθνικός Οργανισμός Πιστοποίησης Προσόντων και Επαγγελματικού Προσανατολισμού; Ε.Ο.Π.Π.Ε.Π.). In Greece, adult education and lifelong learning education is offered to students of all adult ages.
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