Student review [#12921] for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
at Democritus University of Thrace

Depending on your interests in the curriculum, the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of Democritus University of Thrace (which is located in Xanthi, not Komotini) can be proven quite a good choice for its students. Much like most universities, there are some professors that possess a great level of domain knowledge and connections to the market or other universities. On the other side, some parts of the curriculum are not taught by experts on the domain, rather by the people from the existing personnel that have the most relevant experience, which makes them less appealing and requires way more personal effort to actually learn more advanced parts. That may lead to some professors monopolizing interest in both attending courses and having as thesis supervisors.
In general the curriculum is quite broad; someone would really dislike EE&CS to not find something interesting for their taste. Also, on the 4th year all students have to choose their specialization, which is split in three categories: Electronics and Programming, Power and Energy and Telecommunications; all three have more specialized courses and the workload becomes bigger by that time. And of course, students need to write and defend their thesis in order to graduate.
A big minus of the university is the facilities it possesses, as most of the laboratory equipment is quite old or deprecated, which leads to having a diminished experience in the practical part of our studies. However, some exercises are pretty well built and actually make an impact to the average student.
Lastly, regarding student life, Xanthi is a small city, which limits the options for going out, but it is full of students, so there is no way that someone goes out and does not meet some people they know. The city has quite a friendly vibe and as a bonus, there are other cities nearby, which can be visited at a pretty low cost and they provide a change of scenery!