University of Crete
Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης University of Crete |
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founding | 1973 |
Sponsorship | state |
place | Heraklion and Rethymno , Crete Greece |
Rector | Odysseas Zoras |
Students | approx. 17,000 |
Employee | about 500 |
Website | www.uoc.gr |
The University of Crete ( Greek Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης ) is a Greek university on the island of Crete with locations in Rethymno and Heraklion .
history
The university was founded in 1973. The long-standing plans to found a university in Crete entered a decisive phase in the 1960s. The larger Cretan cities fought bitterly over the seat of the university. General Stylianos Pattakos , who came from Rethymno and who as Minister of the Interior for a long time from 1967, was the “second man” of the Greek military regime , succeeded in first assigning the seat to his hometown. This decision was called into question again after the collapse of junta rule in 1974. Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis resolved the dispute through a compromise: Heraklion received the medical and natural science faculties and Rethymno the humanities faculties of the University of Crete, Chania became the seat of the State Technical University of Crete ( Greek Πολυτεχνίο Κρήτης , "polytechnic").
Faculties
Besides the Technical University of Crete, the university is the only university on the island and offers a total of 20 subjects at five faculties ( Greek σχολές , “schools” ).
- Philosophical Faculty (Rethymno)
- Faculty of Social Sciences (Rethymno)
- Pedagogical Faculty (Rethymno)
- Natural Science Faculty (Heraklion)
- Faculty of Medicine (Heraklion)
Personalities
Professors
- Jorgos Canacakis (* 1935), psychologist and psychotherapist
- Hagen Fleischer (* 1944), historian
- Skevos Papaioannou (* 1947), sociologist
- Walter Puchner (* 1947), theater scholar
- Petros Themelis (* 1936), classical archaeologist
- Christos Yannaras (* 1935), philosopher, visiting professor
Alumni
- Ulrich Moennig (* 1961), Byzantinist and Neo-Greekist, guest auditor and guest lecturer
Doctores honoris causa
- Kyriacos Costa Nicolaou (born 1946), chemist