NARIC guide on Higher Education Systems in the European Union

Non-university higher education
(1) Scholi Ekpaideftikon Leitourgon Epangelmatikis kai Technikis Ekpaidefsis — Selete (Vocational and Technical Teacher
Training Academy)
Selete comes under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Education, and under its constitution is responsible for the
technological and pedagogical education and training of those wishing to become teachers in technical-vocational training
schools; it is also responsible for the pedagogical and technological in-service training of graduates who already work in
technical-vocational training.
Selete consists of the following faculties and departments:
(a) Paidagogiki Techniki Scholi — PATES; Technical teacher training college. This school does not belong to any
specific level of the Greek educational system. It is only a training school and has the following departments:
department for AEI graduates;
department for TEI graduates;
department for graduates from secondary education schools.
(b) Anoteri Scholi Ekpaideftikon Technologon Michanikon — Asetem; Higher engineering training college which
includes the following specialised departments:
Civil, mechanical, electrical and electronic engineers.
(2) Anoteri Scholi Touristikon Epangelmaton Rodou (Higher school of tourist businesses of Rhodes)
The aim of the school is to provide training, in the area of hotel catering and institutional management as well as other
related areas of the tourism industry (L. 151/1971 FEK. 52/ A/16-3-1971). Admission to the school is the same as for the
universities and technological educational institutions and other higher schools.
(3) Anoteri Ekklissiastiki Scholi Athinon (Athens higher school of religious studies)
Candidates are accepted for entry to this school after special exami-nations which are held in September each year. The
duration of
studies is three years and attendance at classes is compulsory. A certain percentage of graduates may be admitted to
universities or other higher education institutions. The school is under the authority of the Ministry of National Education
and Religious Affairs.
(4) Anoteres Dimosies Scholes Emborikou Naftikou — ADSEN (Higher State academies for the merchant navy)
Studies at the ADSEN for aspiring captains and engineers in the merchant navy last three years (six semesters). Besides
their theoreti-cal training, the students receive five to seven months of supervised practical training on board merchant
ships before the second and the fourth semesters of their studies. At the end of their (theoretical and practical) training,
and after passing their examinations, gradu-ates receive the diploma Dokimou Axiomatikou (diploma of third officer or
third engineer). After a certain period of service in the merchant navy (depending on the school from which they
graduated) ADSEN graduates can rise to the highest ranks of their specialisation, obtaining the corresponding diplomas
(first officer — first engineer). It must be noticed that those Schools operate under the supervision of the Ministry of
Merchant Navy.
(5) Anoteres Scholes Kallitechnikis Ekpaidefsis (Higher education at schools of fine arts)