Beside the educational process, a very important activity of the Department is the research and development that take place in the instistution. The research is typically conducted in the Department’s Laboratories as part of programmes of research.
These programmes are funded by current capital grant, such as Regular Budget, Public Investments, the levy of Pension Fund of Public Project Engineers (TSMEDE).
Moreover, they are funded by non-institutional carriers that financially support research and development, such as the General Research and Technology Secretariat, the Industry, the European Union and others.
Since its foundation the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering has developed increased activity in the area of research, resulting in numerous publications on international magazines and conference proceedings. Also, the cooperation with other Universities and Research Centers in Greece and abroad as well as the Industry has accented the Department to a research activity center with international recognition. At the same time, a great number of doctoral theses has been conducted by new scientists.
The systematic operation of the Postgraduate Studies Programme has started since 1994-95 providing a Doctoral Degree (PhD).