The Natural History Museum of Crete (NHMC) was established in the early ‘80s as a department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Crete (UoC) whichis a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented University with a well-known reputation both nationally and internationally, with state-of-the art curricula and graduate programs, considerable research activity and initiatives that reflect its dynamic character. It has 17 Departments in 5 Faculties, around 13,000 undergraduate& 2000 postgraduate students, 540 academic staff & 400 administrative and technical staff.
NHMC consists of five divisions. The Zoological, the Botanical, the Geological and Paleontological, the Mineralogical and the Anthropological one. At present, four departments are fully operational: The Zoological, the Botanical, the Mineralogical and the Geological combined with the Paleontological department. All NHMC staff is operating under the UoC operational chart.
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