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University of Crete
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University of Crete

📍 Heraklion, Crete🏗 1973-01-01

The University of Crete, or Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, is one of the island’s defining research institutions, and it was deliberately built as a multi-disciplinary university across two cities: Rethymno and Heraklion. It was established in 1973 and began functioning in the 1977–78 academic year, giving the modern university system a foothold in Crete during a period of rapid expansion in Greek higher education. What you can trace in its scale is how quickly it grew into a complex institution. It offers 16 main undergraduate programmes and more than 30 master’s programmes, supported by more than 500 faculty members and about 420 administrative staff. By 2017, the university counted 16,000 registered undergraduates and 2,500 registered postgraduates. …

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