Expressing its strong support for the establishment of the World Institute for Engineering and Technology Education (WIETE), which is the successor of the UICEE, the Technological Education Institute of Piraeus (TEI-Piraeus), Piraeus-Athens, Greece, decided to join the WIETE as its first Member/Partner Institution.

It should be pointed out that the Partnership was facilitated by Prof. George Metaxas, Dean of the School of Engineering at the TEI-Piraeus, an active member of the UICEE and now an Honorary Member of the WIETE.

The TEI-Piraeus is a relatively young academic institution in Greece, but under the leadership of its President, Prof. Lazaros Vrizidis, has strengthened and expanded its international programme, with particular emphasis on joint postgraduate courses that are carried out in close collaboration with several EU universities, including Kingston University, London, UK.