TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION (TEI) OF THESSALONIKI.




GENERAL INFORMATION

Tertiary Education in Greece is provided by the Universities (AEI) and the Technological Educational Institutions (TEI).
The Technological Educational Institutions were established in 1983 under Parliamentary act 1404/83 «Structure and function of Technological Educational Institutions (TEI)». They are independent, self-governed legal entitles, supervised by the Minister of Education and Religion. They are mainly concerned with the assimilation and application of scientific, technological, artistic or any other form of knowledge and skills in the various professions and as just they contribute an autonomous, individual entity in the educational system.

The TEI of Thessaloniki is located in an area of approximately 425 acres, near the village of Sindos, at a distance of seventeen kilometers from the center of Thessaloniki.

It comprises five schools each incorporating three to five Departments of different specialties and two general Departments.

Members of teaching and staff-work full-time or part-time are classified into three grades : Professors, Associate Professors and Professors of Applications according to their academic qualifications, teaching and professional experience.

There are also technical supporters employed in the lab work as well as administrative staff.

The TEI of Thessaloniki has a student population of approximately 17,000 which places in the fourth position among the Tertiary Greek Educational Establishments.

It comprises :



SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY


1. DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION

Graduates of this Department can be self-employed or co-operate with other scientists in the study, research and application of technology on contemporary and specialized areas of Animal Breeding Science such as production, handling, marketing, preservation, packaging, management of animal products and animal nutrition as well as animal protection and reproduction.

2. DEPARTMENT OF CROP PRODUCTION

Graduates of this Department deal with the study, research and application of technology on contemporary and specialized fields of Agriculture and the process of plant production which are : cultivation, handling, marketing, preservation, packaging and management of agricultural products as well as reproduction (seed-production nurseries).

3. DEPARTMENT OF FARM ADMINISTRATION

Graduates of this Department are entitled to employment in the whole spectrum of management and administration of agricultural and animal husbandry units.


SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMICS


1. DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTANCY

Graduates of this Department deal with accounting in the private and public sector, specifically with book-keeping and computerised accounting methods. They are in a position to check and endorse the reports of the Authorized Internal Revenue Services as well as reports on Income Tax and Value Added Tax, submitted by people in charge of A, B, C clan books of the Tax Accounts.

2. DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARIANSHIP

Graduates of this Department deal professionally with the study, research and application of contemporary technology on the organisation and operation of libraries, which includes the National Library, Central Libraries, specific research libraries as well as Documentation Centers.

3. DEPARTMENT OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

Graduates of this Department are professionally involved with the study, research and application of technology on contemporary and specialized areas of marketing and advertising such as market surveys, sales increase, advertisement and promotion.

4. DEPARTMENT OF TOURIST INDUSTRY

Graduates of this Department deal professionally with the study, research and application of contemporary technology on tourism economy and specifically with the production and supply of tourism goods and services as well as administration in various units and travel agencies.


SCHOOL OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY AND NUTRITION


1. DEPARTMENT OF FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Graduates of this Department deal professionally with the study, research and application of contemporary and specialized areas of food science and the process of preservation, processing and quality control of food as well as the by-product exploitation. They also participate in the waste treatment of food industry.

2. DEPARTMENT OF NUTRITION

Graduates of this Department are entitled to be employed in the following fields:
a. Testing of nutritional value of foods
b. Food labeling
c. Participation in the establishment of new products’ standards
d. Diet planning and supervision of their application
e. Supervision of catering


SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL CARE


1. DEPARTMENT OF BABY / INFANT CARE

Graduates of this Department are employed in nurseries-kindergartens. They have deep knowledge on the fields of pre-school education, raising infants and health care in general.

2. DEPARTMENT OF COSMETICS

Graduates of this Department are entitled to employment in the theatre, cinema and television, in enterprises which manufacture or sell cosmetics, in hospitals and in cosmetics’ laboratories.

3. DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY STUDIES

Graduates of this Department are in charge of medical laboratories in the public and private sector : i.e. microbiology, hematology, histopathology, cytology, general immunology, virology, radioisotopes, laboratories, as well as in blood banks.

4. DEPARTMENT OF MIDWIDFERRY

Graduates of this Department can be employed in the following sectors : family planning centers, GYN and maternity departments, out-patient departments specialized in infertility, oncology, pre-natal and post-natal care. They can also work in new born, intensive care units.

5. DEPARTMENT OF NURSE TRAINING

Graduates of this Department are entitled to employment as members of hospitals and clinics in the private and public sector, in the whole spectrum of medical care provision.

6. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY

Graduates of this Department are in a position to work out the appropriate therapeutic program using natural means as massaging and movement. The medical specialization’s in which a chartered physiotherapist takes part are : Orthopedics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, General Surgery Pediatrics, Gynecology, Mid-wifery, Sports Medicine, Traumatology, Cardiology, Cardiosurgery, etc.


SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS


1. DEPARTMENT OF AUTOMATION

Graduates of this Department can be employed to control electronic arrangements used to adjust power for the automation of assembly lines where they can also improve the efficiency of installation general. They have a wide range of activities wherever production requires the application of automatic control.

2. DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL WORKS TECHNOLOGY

The potential activities of those graduating the Department of Civil Works Technology are :



3. DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS

Graduates of this Department deal with the study, research and application of technology on contemporary and specialized fields of electronics (telecommunications, audiovisual aids, radio and television, automatic control systems, computers) as well as with the production of electronic components, arrangements, appliances and systems for the manufacture of other products.

4. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS

Graduates of this Department are employed in the private and public sector in the areas of providing software services as well as in the production of software products (programs and tools).

5. DEPARTMENT OF VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY

Graduates of this Department are in charge of work covering the whole spectrum of activities related to vehicles (cars, motorcycles and mopeds) in the private and public sector.

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