Education/Research
Educational institutions located at the greater area of the city are:
- The Technical University of Crete . It is the largest educational institution in Chania with around 2600 undergraduate and 700 postgraduate students. It is focusing on Electronic and Computer Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Production Engineering and Management, Mineral Resources Engineering, Sciences and Architecture. Future plans include a Civil Engineering and a Fine Arts department.
- The Chania branch of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete
- The Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania
Other research and intellectual institutes and societies in Chania are:
- The National Research Foundation "Eleftherios K. Venizelos"
- The Mediterranean Architecture Centre (KAM)
- The Institute of Olive Tree and Subtropical Plants of Chania
- The Institute of Cretan Law
- The Historical, Laographical and Archaeological Society of Crete
- Institute of Regional Press, Chania
Primary and secondary schools are mainly public in Chania (as in all cities in Greece). However there has been a slow development of some private high schools recently. Among the "Eniaia Lykeia" (Unified Upper Secondary Schools) of the town there is an autonomus Ecclesiastical Lyceum in Agios Mattheos.
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