The purpose of the institution is to conduct research, to provide under-graduate and graduate educational programs in modern engineering fields as well as to develop links with the Greek industry.

[1][2][3] The Technical University of Crete consists of five engineering schools, all of which offer undergraduate and postgraduate study programmes.

(Distributed Multimedia Information Systems and Applications, Intelligent Systems, Software Technology and Network Applications, Electronics, Electric Circuits and Renewable Energy Sources, Microprocessor and Hardware, Automation, Information and Networks, Telecommunications, Digital Image and Signal Processing), School of Mineral Resources Engineering, focused on Geology and how to obtain minerals.

[10] The Technical University of Crete is among the top Greek institutions with the highest rate of research publications per faculty member.

[15] An external evaluation of all academic departments in Greek universities was recently conducted by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQAA).