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According to the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings, which was published on Wednesday, the University of Crete takes first place among all of Greece's higher education institutions for the academic year 2019-2020. This specific ranking uses a total...

The fire that broke out in a building belonging to the University of Crete at 8:50 on Sunday morning has been completely extinguished, the university's rector Achilleas Zoras told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA) on Sunday. "Everything indicates that there...

Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Literature Department of the University of Crete on May 4, 2018, the university said on Tuesday. The decision was made by the university's professors who wanted to honour...

The University of Crete maintained its status as the top Greek Higher Education Institution according to the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The University of Crete is ranked in positions 301-350 in the world, followed by the Aristotle...

The Times Higher Education's global league table of universities released its international rankings placing the University of Oxford in the top position, pushing the California Institute of Technology into second place. Greek universities lagged behind the 301st position, with the...

The Times newspaper published their annual Times Higher Education World University Rankings in which six Greek universities made the cut. The newspaper places the University of Crete, located in the city of Rethimno, clearly ahead of other Greek universities.The British publication...

The Times Higher Education (THE) annual list of the leading 100 universities founded in the past 50 years, classified the University of Crete in 48th place. However, the Cretan university was classified significantly lower in a list including the top 400...

Thirty Greek Diaspora teachers coming from Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Mozambique and Uruguay participated in the seminar for Training Greek Diaspora Teachers, organized by the University of Crete. The program is funded by the European Union and the Ministry of...

The “Times Higher Education World University Rankings” ranked the University of Crete 276th in the annual supplement compiled by UK newspaper The Times listing the world’s top 400 universities. The University of Crete was the only Greek participant in the...

An ambitious and innovative project, which will complete and enrich the education of expatriate Greeks, will be finished by December, 2013. The project is an e-learning method for Greek Diaspora on which the Center of Intercultural and Migration Studies (E.DIA.M.ME) of...

A huge fire has engulfed the University of Crete campus in the capital Heraklio. Dozens of fire fighters are at the scene while thick smoke has covered the area. There are no reports of injuries. The police blocked off road access to...

An important center of literature and education of the Byzantine years, which could be considered as the first Greek university, was excavated by Professor Ath. Paliouras in the location Losoudi of Asterousia, in Heraklion regional unit, at an altitude...

The impressions had been made by hominids on Crete 5.6 million years ago, making them by far the oldest footprints ever discovered in Europe.

The President of Columbia University in New York, Lee Bollinger, announced the foundation of an International Education Center in Athens on Sunday, November 6. The news came as part of a delegation of 30 leading US Universities currently visiting Greece. The...

Greek seismologists stated on Monday that they had been were expecting an earthquake on Crete, but were stunned by its magnitude, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, which left houses ruined, rocks lying on roads and one person dead...