University of Crete

The University of Crete is the principal higher education institution on the island of Crete, Greece, and one of the most academically acclaimated and reputable ones. According to a report from the University of Leiden, it is ranked amongst the top 500 universities in the world. The University of Crete, is a multi-disciplinary, research- oriented institution, located in the cities of Rethymno and Heraklion, in the island of Crete. It is a University well-known both nationally and internationally for its state-of-the-art research, undergraduate curricula, and graduate programmes. It is... considered the best University in Greece by The Times Higher Education mainly due to its research influence in which it ranks 145 out of the top 400 Universities of the World, it is notable that it achieves this distinction although it has less than 30% of the faculty members in comparison to the largest University in Greece, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, which ranked 177 in the world according to the University rankings from the same news publisher in 2009. The University was established in 1973 and started functioning in the academic year 1977-78.
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