History of the Division of Dental Technology

The Department of Dental Technology has been in function since 1983 by the establishment law for TEI (Technological and Educational Institute) 1404/83, which set the structure and function of the Technological Educational Institutions and is the continuation of the Dental Technicians Department which had been in function since 1973 under KATE-KATEE (Centres of Higher Technological and Professional Education), in the area of higher education.

It belongs to the School of Health and Care  Sciences of the University of West Attica of Athens and is the only division in university department which provides complete education in the field of DENTAL TECHNOLOGY.

Students are admitted to the Department either after having passed successfully the country wide Entrance Exams or according to the current laws and regulations about transfer from one school or institution to another.

Today, the number of students who are admitted by the Department of Biomedical Sciences, is 400 and the total number of students who attend our studies program of the Division of Dental Technology is about 259.

The studies in the Division of Dental Technology, according to the new, revised curriculum which, lasts eight (8) semesters in which students take theory and laboratory courses.

Τhe academic year which lasts from September 1 until July 6, consists of two semesters.

The winter semester begins in late September and the spring in late February. The exact beginning and end dates are determined each time by decisions taken by the Council of  the University of West Attica and are announced at the beginning of each year. After the completion of the courses, at the end of each semester, there is a two week testing period.