The premises of Democritus University of Thrace are dispersed throughout the cities of Komotini, Xanthi, Alexandroupolis and Orestiada.
More specifically, the University Campus in Komotini is located at a distance of 5 km away from the center of the city and spreads in an area of 2, 985,000 m2, of which 77,028m2 is a building area. Τhis part of the campus houses the Law School, the School of Physical Education and Sports, the Department of Economic Sciences and the Department of Greek Language and Literature, the Administration Building, the Central Amphitheatre, the Restaurant, the Student Residences, the Swimming Pool and the Indoors Gym.
The Departments of Social Administration and Political Science and of Languages, Philology and Culture of the Black Sea Countries are situated at the centre of Komotini in an area of 29.592m2, of which 8.914m2 have been used to house the two departments. Additionally, the Manea art gallery is located at the center of the cityinPatriarchouIoakeim3rdstreet.
The University Campus in Xanthi is located in the areaofKimmeria to the east of the city and within a distance of 3 km from the centre of the city. It extends in an area of 1.354.340 m2, of which 38, 791 m2 is a building area where one can find the Department of Civil Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Student Residences, the Student Club, the Amphitheatre for Ceremonies and Events, the Laboratories of the Department of Environmental Engineering as well as Energy Center, the Library of the Polytechnic School, the Laboratory of Reinforced Concrete and the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics and Foundations, of Transportation Technique and of Engineering Geology.
The Departments of Production Engineering and Administration, of Environmental Engineering and of Architecture Engineering as well as the Computer Center and the Amphitheatre are all located at the centre of the city of Xanthi in an area of 22.275m2 and they are properly housed in a structured surface of 18.409m2.
The University Campus in Alexandroupolis is situated within a distance of 6 km from the centre of the city of Alexandroupolis, in the area of Dragana, and extends in an area of 773,000 m2, of which approximately 27,700 m2 have been used for construction purposes. This area houses the Department of Medicine, the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, the Amphitheater, the Library of the School of Health Sciences, the Administration building, the Indoors Gym and the Playing Field.
The Department of Primary Education and that of Education Science in Early Childhood are both situated in the suburb of New Chili in Alexandroupolis within a distance of 2 km far from the city centre in an area of 30, 757 m2 of which 6,213 m2 have been used for the creation of the University infrastructures. The Student Restaurant and the Amphitheatre are also there.
The Department of Mental Health of the University is housed at the city centre of Alexandroupolis while the facilities of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics are in Dimitras street in a total surface area of 2,689 m2.
Finally, within an area that extends over 6,115 m2 situated at a distance of approximately of 1 km from the city centre of Orestiada,thereexistthemain infrastructuresof the University campus in a total surface area of3,434 m2 that include the Department of Agricultural Development, the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources as well as the Administrative Services. The laboratories of the School are housed in an adjacent area of 1,671 m2, in a total surface area used for construction purposes that reaches 1,344 m2. The Student Residences are housed in two stand-alone buildings in the south-east end of the city in a total surface area of 3,094 m2 along with the Restaurant that is built in an area of 3,428 m2. Additional laboratory areas that are used to meet the educational needs of the School of Agricultural and Forestry Sciencesare also housed in the same location, in a neighbouring block in area of 3.434 m2. The totalsurface area used for construction purposes amounts to 791 m2.