DYPA Vocational Training Institutes (IEK)

DYPA runs 31 Vocational Training Institutes (IEK) around Greece, which provide 47 contemporary fields of study / specialties and are attended by 3,800 students.

Supervised by the General Secretariat of Lifelong Learning of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, the DYPA IEK provide Initial Vocational Training.

Aim: By supporting the development of necessary skills and qualifications, and providing scientific, technical, vocational and practical knowledge, the DYPA IEK aim at smoothly integrating their trainees into production.

Studies at the DYPA IEK last 5 semesters:

• • 4 semesters of theoretical and laboratory-based training of a total duration of 1,200 teaching hours in the relevant field of study/specialty, in accordance with the respective curricula;
  • 1 semester of Internship or Apprenticeship, of a total duration of 960 hours. Internship or Apprenticeship at the DYPA IEK is conducted in accordance with Joint Ministerial Decision No. 139931/Κ1/2015 (Official Government Gazette issue No. 1953/Β/2015).

Certificate: DYPA IEK graduates are awarded (upon successful completion of Initial Vocational Training Certification exams) a Level 5 Specialty Diploma.

More information about IEK certification can be found at the website of the National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance / EOPPEP.