Technical University of Crete

The Technical University of Crete was established by the Law 545/77 on the “Establishment of a Technological Institution under the title Technical University of Crete and other provisions”. On July 17th 1977, the first Executive Committee of the Institution convened under the presidency of Professor Perikles Theoharis and in the presence of the then Minister of National Education G. Rallis, consisting of the Mayor of the City of Chania and the President of the Western Crete Section of the Technical Chamber of Greece, representing the local element which had shown great interest in the establishment of the University. The Technical University of Crete Emblem Daedalus building wings. The emblem of the University represents Daedalus, a craftsman and an inventor in Greek mythology, to who are attributed great primordial works of architecture and sculpture. His art was said to be so exquisite that his statues looked like they would come to life and start moving. Daedalus was said to have manufactured, among others, the exemplary labyrinth for King Minos of Crete. Later, he fell into dismay with King Minas and was imprisoned inside his most perfect of his works, the labyrinth. It was then that he built wings out of wax for his son Icarus as well as himself. Icarus however flew too close to the sun and fell to his death when his wax wings melted.