Technological Educational Institute of Western Greece

This law comes to renew the map of Higher Education by creating, merging and removing schools and departments.

[1] The Technological Educational Institute of Patras (TEIPAT; Greek: Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Πάτρας) was founded in 1970 as a higher technological educational center, located 4 km from the city center of Patras, in a 100 acres (0.40 km2) campus.

It was founded as an independent and self-governed public body that belonged to the Greek higher education according to Laws 2916/2001, 3549/2007, 3685/2008 and 3794/2009.

The former TEI headquarters Western Greece is located in the suburb Koukouli of Patras and is surrounded by the streets of Alexander the Great, Dominicos Theotokopoulou, Nikolaos Gyzi, Emmanouil Panselinou and Kalavryta.

[1] An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA).