Sponsor and Organiser

5th Mediterranean Seminar

Engineering and Technology Education

Educating – Networking – Evolving

Sponsor and Organiser

The WIETE - Seminar Sponsor and Organiser

The Seminar Sponsor and Organiser, the WIETE is a global hub of engineering and technology education. It intends to develop and maintain an independent global network of individuals and institutions concerned with the quality of engineering and technology education. The WIETE seeks to promote international collaboration and the dissemination of information on research and development in this area of academic endeavour.

The main objective of the WIETE is to facilitate the transfer of information, expertise and research on engineering education and industrial training, with a specific mission to assist developing countries throughout the world.

The WIETE’s motto is: Serving the International Engineering and Technology Community.

The Host and Co-organiser

Piraeus University of Applied Sciences (PUAS) (TEI-Piraeus), which hosts the Mediterranean Centre for Engineering and Technology Education (MCE&TE) and the present Seminar, is located near the port of Piraeus and within the metropolitan area of Athens. Regular buses and the metro line nearby connect it with the centres of Athens and Piraeus, and the rest of Attica.

Seminar Co-Sponsors and Supporters

At this stage, Seminar co-sponsors include the following WIETE Partner Institutions:

Association of Taiwan Engineering Education and Management (ATEEM), Taipei, Taiwan
Commonwealth Science and Technology Academy for Research (C-STAR), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Faculty of Architecture, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York, USA
Piraeus University of Applied Sciences (PUAS), Piraeus-Athens, Greece
University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

It is anticipated that the number of co-sponsors and support organisations will change as several other institutions consider becoming involved in this endeavour.