Admission into a Public IEK’s programme is selective, subject to fulfilling the entry criteria. It has to be granted on the basis of the senior secondary leaving certificate grade and other criteria include age, the social insurance stamps of applicants having prior employment relevant to the subject of the study applied for, and specific criteria on an individual basis will be assessed. All Public IEKs are government-funded have free education, without any payment of tuition fee. Prescribed textbooks and some required materials are not provided by the IEKs, and will have to be purchased at student its own cost, subject to the chosen specialty. The VAT number (, registration code for tax purposes) and SSRN (AMKA, Social Security Registration Number) are required from the student for its admission. Up until the 2012-2013 academic year, all public IEK students were required to pay up to €367 statute fee for every semester, that has been repealed since 2013-2014 academic year. The work placement is a paid contract CDD compulsory by law at an employment position. It can be an Internship () 960 hours workplace’s work practice training considered upon 4th semester graduation or during 3rd or 4th semester; or it can be an Apprenticeship (): 192 hours Apprenticeship at IEK school (classes) 1 day per week with 8 hours per day and 768 hours Apprenticeship at a Work Placement 4 days per week with 8 hours per day considered upon 4th semester graduation, Public ΙΕΚ school is not responsible for finding internships for its students, and it is determined individually by each public IEK student to find.