The Technical University of Crete is an Institution of higher education, which gives emphasis on both teaching and research. The six academic departments established after 1984 have set very high scopes. The fifty seven laboratories are very well equipped with high technology infrastructure and well skilled personnel. Concerning the faculty members, most of them had already an international carrier, before coming to Chania. There are five engineering departments, that is the Department of Management & Production Engineering, the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, the Department of Electronic Engineering & Computer Engineering, the Department of Environmental Engineering and the Department of Architectural Engineering. In addition, we have the Department of Sciences, which offers only postgraduate studies. All of our departments offer post graduate studies, which include course work and examinations, as well as doctoral degrees.