Technological Educational Institute of Epirus

In its user-friendly and welcoming environment, the user can be informed about the history of our Institution, get valuable information about our Academic Departments, about the studies provided, our students and student care, the teaching and management staff, building and laboratory infrastructures as well as for our scientific, research, cultural and social activities.

The Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, through its over 20 years of experience, has succeeded in articulating an important scientific discourse, with a high priority in providing a high level of education to our young people. We hope our website will act as a portal for creative communication and exchange of views and ideas.

The Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Epirus was founded in 1994 in the northwestern part of Greece. It is a Public Institution, completely self-governed, and belongs to the technological sector of Greek Tertiary Education. It functions under the supervision of the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs. It has its main Campus and administrative centre in Arta and Departments in Ioannina, Preveza and Igoumenitsa.

The Institute hosts today more than 10.000 students; it employs 87 members of academic staff, 22 members of technical staff, 4 members of laboratory teaching staff (musicians) and 94 members of administrative staff.

Courses are taught in Greek. Occasionally, exchange students (i.e. Erasmus) may be allowed to carry out assignments in English (or another language) or attend tutorials (in small groups or individual sessions) led by members of the academic staff.

The duration of studies is eight semesters (including Work Placement). There are no tuition fees charged to students (Greek, international or exchange students).

The Institute has and actually is co-organising three (3) MSc Programmes with Greek Universities (University of Ioannina and University of Thessaly).

Currently it has formal exchange agreements with a large number of Universities through the well-established Erasmus programme of the European Commission.

T.E.I. of Epirus welcomes foreign students who wish to expand their academic horizons by spending a semester or a year studying at its Departments.

Our institution has succeeded in becoming a dynamic regional Technological Institute that aims at offering high-quality education despite its geographic location. Its curriculum covers the modern scientific fields which offer professional development.

It has perfect infrastructure, modern laboratory equipment, organized libraries and excellent academic and research staff that has succeeded nationally and internationally, while the administrative support is of a high level.

The basic training period at Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Epirus is the teaching semester. Each academic year, which begins on September 1st and ends on July 5th, consists of two separate semesters: the winter semester, which begins the first Monday after the September exams and the week of enrollments and, the spring semester, which begins after the exams of the 2nd period of the winter semester and the week of enrollments.

Students of the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Epirus can move to other countries of the European Union for their work placement through a consortium in which the Technological Educational Institute (T.E.I.) of Epirus is a partner. The ERA-Places Action allocates grants to students who wish to work abroad. The amount of the money changes according to the cost of living in each country.