The fulfillment of these early goals of the Faculty was substantially facilitated by the fact that other major Faculties of the University of Crete, as well as the Foundation for Research and Technology of Crete, had already been successfully established and had begun to create a scientific tradition.
This fact is substantiated not only by their outstanding grades during the entrance exams, but also by their subsequent performance during their University studies.
The administration and the faculty of the Faculty of Medicine are dedicated to excellence in teaching and research and strive to ensure that this Institute, on the island of Crete, will play a leading role in medical and biomedical education world wide.
The University of Crete is the principal higher education institution on the island of Crete, Greece.
The supreme administrative body of the University is the senate, which is presiding by the Rector of the University.
The University of Crete has 6,618 students (5,875 at the undergraduate level and 687 at the postgraduate level), more than 400 Faculty members and researchers as well as approximately 240 administrative staff, in Schools and their Departments in the cities of Rethymnon and Heraklion.
The Liaison Office of Technical University of Crete was established on the initiative of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Ministry of Development and is financed by the National Operational Program for Research and Technology (EPET II).
Its main objective is the promotion of the research activities and results that are developed at the Technical University of Crete, and plays the role of the interface between the university and enterprises.
The Technical University of Crete (TUC), which is the second autonomous Technical University in Greece, was established in 1977 and started to operate in 1984.
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The university, located in the cities of Rethymnon and Heraklion, is a relatively young university that exhibits a strong European orientation.
The University of Crete was established in 1973 and started functioning in the academic year 1977-78.
The university is organised in schools that are further structured in departments.
It was built by the Ministry of Health and Welfare on land that belongs to the University of Crete and was inaugurated in October 1989.
The Hospital has two main aims: first, to provide the highest level of clinical training and education to the medical students of the University of Crete, and second, to provide outstanding secondary and -mainly- tertiary specialized health care to the people of Crete and the southern Aegean islands.
The University Hospital is one of the five largest of the country, with a capacity of 820 beds in full expansion.
The ceremony was opened with welcome-addresses by Professor Maroudio Kentouri, Chair of the Department of Biology and the Vice Rector of the University, Professor Nikolaos Siafakas.
Kentouri, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the University of Crete.
He was Miller Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a Visiting Professor at the University of California Medical School, San Francisco, the University of Pavia, Italy and the University of Crete, Greece.
There is also collaboration with the University Hospital, which is very active for the exploitation of research results in the areas of Mediterranean diet and Ophthalmology, particularly laser application and medical treatment of eye problems.
This is due to the provision of post-graduate training of executives and academics from these countries as well as to the contribution to their economic development through common research and development projects.
The Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (www.imbc.gr) is one of the
The University of Crete, is multi-disciplinary, research- oriented Institution, situated in the cities of Rethymnon and Heraklion.
It is a University with a well-known reputation both nationally and internationally, with state-of-the art curricula and graduate programmes, considerable research activity and initiatives that reflect its dynamic character.
The University of Crete is developed in two cities and three campuses:
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University of Amsterdam, Department of Computer Science, attended and completed the first year of a two year Master program in Computational Sciences, 2000-2001.
Technical University of Crete, Department of Environmental Engineering, as the candidate with the highest graduate average joining the MSc program.
Participation in a cultural exchange of the Technical University of Crete with the Technical University of Luleo, Sweden, March 1999.
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
The Department of Applied Mathematics is the latest academic unit of the School of Sciences and Technology of the University of Crete.
Its mission is to provide the appropriate educational and research infrastructure for the study of problems arising in technological fields, natural sciences, business and economics.
Technical University of Crete - Decision Support Systems Laboratory
The Decision Support Systems Laboratory-ERGASYA belongs to the section of Decision Systems of the Department of Production Engineering and Management of the Technical University of Crete.
The ERGASYA laboratory is located in the modern campus of the Technical University of Crete (Chania-Crete-Greece) and disposes of modern technological equipment, which is continuously updated and enlarged with new computers and software tools.
Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, February 2005, (co-supervision with prof.
Thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, September 2000 (co-supervision with prof.
Nikos Papas, “Εξαγωγή Αναπαραστάσεων 2Δ Σχημάτων και Αλγόριθμοι σύγκρισής τους”, Diploma thesis, Department of Computer Science, University of Crete, February 2005
