The School of Pedagogical & Technological Education (ASPETE)wasfounded in Athens in June 2002 (article 4, Law 3027/2002) as the successor of SELETE, a Technical & Vocational Teacher Training Institute, founded in 1959 (Law 3971/1959). 

ASPETE is a self-administered public legal entity operating in accordance with article 16, para. 5 of the Constitution, the provisionsof article 4 of Law 3027/2002 as amended by the Presidential Decree 101/2013 and article 29 ofLaw 4186/2013.

Today ASPETE has the following Academic Departments:

• Department of Education
• Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering Educators
  • Degree Option: Electrical Engineering Educators
  • Degree Option: Electronic Engineering Educators
• Department of Mechanical Engineering Educators
• Department of Civil Engineering Educators