- Democritus University of Thrace
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Democritus University of Thrace Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης 
Established 1974 Type Public Students approximately 30,000 Location Xanthi, Komotini, Alexandroupoli, Orestiada, Greece Website www.duth.gr Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) was established in July 1973. It is based in Komotini, Greece and has campuses in the Thracian cities of Xanthi, Alexandroupoli and Orestiada. The university accepted the first students in the academic year 1974–1975. It was named after the ancient Greek philosopher Democritus who was born in the city of Avdira.
DUTH has two faculties and twenty departments in four cities — nine in Komotini, five in Xanthi, four in Alexandroupoli and two in Orestiada. The total number of students is approximately 30,000.
As a university it is state-owned and fully self-administered. It is thus supervised and subsidized by the Greek State and the Minister for National Education and Religious Affairs.
Faculties and departments
- Xanthi 41°08′31″N 24°53′25″E / 41.142079°N 24.890213°E
- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Department of Environmental Engineering
- Department of Architectural Engineering
- Department of Production Engineering and Management
- Faculty of Engineering
- Komotini 41°08′12″N 25°22′20″E / 41.136585°N 25.372281°E
- Department of Law
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science
- Department of History and Ethnology
- Department of Greek Literature
- Department of Social Administration
- Department of International Economic Relations and Development
- Department of Languages, Literature and Culture of the Black Sea Countries
- Department of Business Administration
- Department of Political science
- Alexandroupoli 40°51′43″N 25°48′07″E / 40.861927°N 25.801992°E
- Department of Medicine
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Department of Primary Level Education
- Department of Education Sciences in Pre-School Age
- Orestiada 41°30′38″N 26°32′04″E / 41.510433°N 26.534429°E
- Department of Agricultural Development
- Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources
See also
- Balkan Universities Network
- List of universities in Greece
External links
Categories:- Universities in Greece
- Educational institutions established in 1973
- Western Thrace
- Komotini
- Xanthi 41°08′31″N 24°53′25″E / 41.142079°N 24.890213°E
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