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Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας | |
Former name | Technological Educational Institute of Serres (1983–2013) |
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| Type | Public Higher Education Educational Institution Greece University System |
| Active | 2013–2019 |
| Rector | Dimitris Chasapis |
Academic staff | 400 |
| Students | 14,000 |
| Location | |
| Website | www.teicm.gr |
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The Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (TEICM; Greek: Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, TEIKM)[1][2] was a higher-educational institute supervised by the Ministry of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs.
It was founded in 1983 as Technological Educational Institute of Serres (TEISER; Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Σερρών, ΤΕΙΣΕΡ)[3][4][5] and is located in the city of Serres with campuses operate also in Katerini and Kilkis. The Technological Educational Institute of Serres (TEISER) was renamed Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia (TEICM; Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας, TEIKM) in 2013.[6] It was consisted the School of Technological Applications, the School of Administration and Economics, and the independent Department of Graphic Arts and Design.[7][8] The School of Graphic Arts and Design of the Technological Educational Institute of Serres was abolished in 2013, and then the Department of Graphic Arts and Design (2009-2018) became independent and since 2018-2019 academic year was incorporated into the School of Technological Applications.[9][10][11] In 2019,[12] the TEI of Central Macedonia, the TEI of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, and the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki merged into International Hellenic University.
The ATHENA Reform Plan restructured the institute's departments in 2013.[13][14][15]
The university comprises three Schools and seven Departments, to be reduced tο six by 2018.[16]
| Schools | Departments |
|---|---|
| School of Technological Applications | |
| School of Administration and Economics | |
| School of Graphic Arts and Design |
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In 2015 the external evaluation committee gave TEI of Central Macedonia a Positive evaluation.[8]
An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA).[18][26][20][22][30][28][24]
TEICM addressed its vision, mission and goals in an appropriate manner. The Institution could further develop the cooperation with the industry and other institutions. The EEC has the opinion that the infrastructure, skills and potential to improve are present and the EEC is confident it will inevitably do so.