Established 1989 Address Kalamata 241 00, Greece Undergraduates 12,000 | Website www.teikal.gr Founded 1989 | |
Location Kalamata, Peloponnese, Greece Similar University of Central Greece, University of Peloponnese, Technological Educational Institute o, Technological Educational Institute o, University of Western Macedonia | ||
Located in Kalamata, the Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese (Greek: Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Πελοποννήσου; formerly Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata, Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Καλαμάτας, TEIKAL) is one of the 15 Technological Educational Institutes in Greece.
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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:
Two new departments were founded in 1999, one in each School:
Further, in 2004, the TEI of Kalamata established the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications as an off-campus department at Sparta. In 2009, the School of Health & Welfare Professions opened, comprising the Department of Speech Therapy (opened in 2009) and the Department of Radiation Technology, which will start admitting students from the academic year 2010-2011.
Academic evaluation
An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities will be conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA) in the following years.