AKMI SA

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The Institute of Vocational Training AKMI was founded back in 1989 and today it is one of the leading Vocational Training Institutes in Greece providing post-secondary education, with more than 37.500 m2 of infrastructure in various cities in Greece, including one of the most highly profiled Campuses in the Country. Every year, approx. 14,000+ active students are enrolled with the aim to study one of the 107 specialties, in more than 340 laboratories offered in 6 cities across Greece: Athens, Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Crete, Larissa, and Rhodes. The fields of study on the campuses of Athens are numerous and in all of them, AKMI SA gives the students tools to collaborate and problem-solve, brainstorm and reflect and encourage them to use their passions for good. Apart from the technical part of learning, the experienced educators ensure an inclusive community among the students and cultivate a safe environment, allowing them to open up, discover new directions, and ultimately, help them create a new mindset. With the help of the education that AKMI SA provides, the youth can promote competitive issues like analytical precision, envisioning future scenarios, and decision-making. Social Inclusion and Gender Gap are other important issues that the youth can reform and that way resolve through education. Creating suitable peaceful conditions and working for security are the other developments that the youth can achieve through education.

In one word, AKMI SA hopes that with proper education, the youth can become productive, scientific-oriented, broad-minded, and ideal citizens of the society as the society is significantly influenced by this category of people. The abovementioned cities consist up 80% of the total population in Greece and AKMI S.A. represents almost 60% of the total Private VET sector in Greece. It is the most appropriate partner to take on the designing of the study material, the training, and the examination of the supervisors.

Excellency has been proven for AKMI S.A. multiple times with International and National Awards, including

  • Golden Award for Facility Design and Laboratory excellence
  • Golden Award for providing access to the labor market services in the 2017 Education Business Awards!

Success has been acknowledged with the Diamonds of the Greek Economy Award 2016, a significant distinction where AKMI was for its educational excellence, a high level of infrastructure and equipment, and business innovation that brought it to the country's largest educational strength. Innovation has been approved through the Global Education Innovation Award in 2015 from PRAXIS MMT, while all Studies have been accredited by the European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM). AKMI also has numerous accreditations from different institutes and sectors e.g. Alain Ducasse Education, Pearson- The world’s leading learning company, ITEC- Education & Media Services, AHLEI- American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, etc.

Overall the Institute employs approximately 950 people as permanent staff, while it is collaborating with a multitude of teachers who are entrusted with the delivery of courses to students. The permanent administrative staff of the AKMI institution is 170 professional individuals, expertise to inspire educators and academic staff recognized for their innovative research and teaching standards, thus forming an enthusiastic and highly-motivated community in the Educational Training Center. The qualified educators are 600+ in number having critical and evaluation skills in collaborating with the admin staff for the division of the students into groups and classes according to their qualifications, language knowledge, critical thinking, and mindset. The majority of the educators cooperate and manage, in collaboration with the admin office, the total administration of the summer schools, mobility programs, training seminars and lectures, and social and cultural events.

Website: https://iek-akmi.edu.gr/