The Department of Special Education (SED) founded in 1993 started its operation in September 1998. It is part of the School of Humanities of the University of Thessaly and is located at the city of Volos, Greece.

SED is the only public university department in Greece fully specialized in Special Education.

SED’s main mission is to educate special teachers for pre-school and primary education, as well as advance research and development in special education. SED’s program of studies offers specialization in the education of the following categories of people with special needs:

• students with learning disabilities
• hard of hearing and deaf students
• students with visual impairments
• students with mental retardation
• students with autism spectrum disorders

Head of SED Department: Professor Argyris Karapetsas
Deputy Head of SED Department: Associate Professor George Kleftaras

Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly
Argonauton & Filellinon Street, Volos, GR-38221 Greece
Tel: +30-24210-74789 & 74787, Fax: +30-24210-74799, E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it