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The Technical University of Crete (TUC)is a State University under the supervision of the Ministry of Education. It was founded in 1977. It is the second Technical University in Greece and admitted the first students in 1984.The purpose of the institution is to contact research, to provide undergraduate and graduate programs in modern engineering fields as well as to develop links with Greek and foreign industry. There are 132 faculty members and over 50 visiting lecturers, associate professors and assistant professors. There are ~2700 undergraduate students and over 300 graduate students enrolled at the University. The University participates in co-operative ventures with colleagues and researchers in other institutions and industries. The campus is located 7 km Northeast of Chania-Crete-Greece and covers an area of 750 acres.

The Technical University of Crete is a modern technological institution that has established an admirable reputation both in Greece and abroad. Although relatively new, the University has already contributed in many ways to the betterment of the community. The TUC’s goal is to move forward continuously striving for excellence as we firmly hold fast to the principle that knowledge, the most valuable of human resources, provides us with the single most important means from which to develop solutions to the complex and challenging problems that face humanity today.

The Technical University of Crete is comprised of six departments, five of which grant engineering degree upon completion of a five-year duration courses and diploma thesis elaboration and defence. Post graduate studies leading to MsC and PhD degrees are well established and operating in TUC several years now. The Department of Sciences provides the scientific support for the curricula.

Academic Departments

  1. Department of Production Engineering & Management.
  2. Department of Mineral Resources Engineering.
  3. Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering.
  4. Department of Environmental Engineering.
  5. Department of Architecture Engineering
  6. Department of Sciences.