The TEI of West Macedonia is the largest educational institution in the region of West Macedonia. History: 1976 Established as Higher Technological Education Centre of Kozani (KATE, in Greek) 1977 Transition to Higher Technological and Vocational Education Centre (KATEE, in Greek) 1983 Established as Technological Education Institute (TEI) of Kozani, integrating formerKATEE of Kozani and Florina 1999 Renamed to TEI of West Macedonia 2003 First Postgraduate course in Applied Informatics (partnership with the University of Macedonia) 2005 Postgraduate course in Mechatronics (M.Sc.)- (partnership with the Polytechnic University of Cataluña) 2008 Postgraduate course in Business Administration (MBA), Kastoria (partnership with the National Economic University, Ternopil, Ukraine) 2012 Postgraduate course in Public Relations and Marketing with New Technologies (MA). 2013 4 Schools, 11 Departments in five cities in West Macedonia.