University Premises

University premises in Volos

Papastratos Seafront Complex

The Papastratos Seafront Complex, consists of three buildings joined by a glass dome, which forms a covered courtyard. Exhibitions and other events are held there. The complex boundaries are formed by: the old distinctive building, landmark for the city of Volos, that used to be the Papastratos tobacco warehouse and which today houses the Rectorate and the Administrative Services. the modern Delmouzos building with its glass exterior surfaces, which houses lecture halls, the large Kordatos auditorium, the small Saratsis auditorium, the University ballroom, the Telematics Network Centre, the Foreign Languages Office and the Physical Education Office.

The Pedion Areos Complex, located where Athinon and Sekeri streets intersect, houses the Departments of the School of Engineering. The Complex includes the buildings of the former water pump manufacturing Paparrigas factory, which were restored, and the new building of the Department of Planning and Regional Development. More specifically:

The Fytoko building, located at the Municipality of Nea Ionia, on Fytokou street, is the renovated building of the Matsangos tobacco factory warehouse. The building was specially adapted to meet the needs of the two Departments of the School of Agricultural Sciences. It comprises lecture halls, three auditoriums, the School and the Departments Secretariats, the Postgraduate Studies Programmes, as well as laboratories and offices of the academic staff members. A structure was built on the same site to serve as an energy centre, a prefabricated structure and greenhouse facilities were put up for the Laboratory of Entomology and Agricultural Zoology and another building was constructed in which the laboratories are housed.

The Deligeorgis building, at the intersection of Glavani and Alexandras streets in the city centre, houses the Department of Computer and Communications Engineering, as well as laboratories and offices of the academic staff of the Departments of Primary and Pre-School Education.

The Departments of the School of Humanities also use lecture halls and auditoriums in a building at 9, Gamveta street.

The former French Institute at the intersection of G. Kartali and Rozou streets, houses the Department of Economics, while the Department Secretariat and the offices of its academic staff are located in a building at 43,Korai street.

The University Student Hall of Residence and the Student Restaurant are at the intersection of 2 Noemvriou and Vernardaki streets.

The University of Thessaly Library is on the block bordered by Dimitriados, Ermou and Skopelou streets. The neoclassical building formerly housing the Bank of Athens was used for this purpose. The building had suffered serious damage after the 1953 earthquakes. It was restored and additional sections were added in the same style and aesthetics of the initial building. The Library has the capacity for 100.000 volumes.

The Technical Infrastructure Directorate is found in the three-storey neoclassical building, the former Kavouras building, located where Oikonomaki and Gamveta streets intersect.

The old Matsangos tobacco factory, under restoration, is located where Ermou, Pavlou Mela and Alexandras streets meet in the centre of Volos.

The three-storey neoclassical mansion belonging to the Tsikriki family, under restoration, is at the intersection of Iasonos and Gamveta streets.

The Kitsos Makris Folk Art Centre is located at the house of folk art historian Kitsos Makris in Volos. After his death, and according to his wish, his family donated the house and all his collections of books, transparencies and photographs to the Library of the University of Thessaly which administers it, in order to operate a research centre and a Folk Art Museum.

St Nicolas Monastery in Paou, about 43 km in the southeast of the city of Volos and about 4 km away from the biggest village of the area, Argalasti, was established in the beginning of the 18^th century. Nearly forgotten by time, the monastery is now a conference centre where cultural events are held on behalf of the University of Thessaly.

The 11-hectare Farm of the University of Thessaly lies in the Velestino area and is used by the students of the School of Agricultural Sciences for research and practical training purposes. The farm has greenhouses, laboratories, a storage station and agricultural machinery repair workshop, student and teacher hostels, a restaurant, a lecture room, storage facilities and the director’s residence on its premises. The same lot of land at Velestino also has greenhouses where organic crops are cultivated by the School of Agricultural Sciences.

A meteorological station is set up at the village of Milies in Mount Pilion.

University premises in Larissa

Katsigra building

The Katsigra building, a former clinic at Tachydromiou Square, houses  the School of Health Sciences Secretariat and the School of Medicine, a branch of the University Library, an auditorium seating 120 people, lecture halls and offices of the academic staff members. The former Larissa Teachers’ Training College building at the intersection of Ploutonos and Eolou streets, was offered by the Organization of School Buildings to the University of Thessaly in order to house the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology.

The School of Health Sciences Complex, comprising auditoriums, lecture halls and workshops, laboratories, a library, Secretariats and offices of the academic staff members, is on a 9-hectare plot of land, a short distance from Larissa, at Mezourlo, next to the Regional University General Hospital of Larissa.

The Regional University General Hospital of Larissa at Mezourlo, has a capacity of 700 beds and operates since 1998 in modern buildings at the edge of the city.

University premises in Karditsa

Faculty of Veterinary Science

The Complex of the former Karditsa Training School for Kindergarten Teachers, at 224 Trikalon street, houses the Faculty of Veterinary Science which is part of the School of Health Sciences. The buildings comprise two auditoriums (130- and 90- seaters), lecture halls and workshops, preclinical laboratories and offices of the academic staff members, as well as the Faculty Secretariat and a branch of the University Library. The clinical laboratories of the Faculty were built and are run on a 2-hectare premises. These include the Pathology, X-Ray, Large Animal Surgery, Small Animal Surgery, Ornithology and Obstetrics laboratories, as well as an incinerator and the offices of the academic staff members.

The 52 hectares of farmland in the Arapolakes area were made available to the University in order for it to create a farm for the students’ training. The first stabling facility for large animals has already been constructed.

University premises in Trikala

Department of Physical Education and Sport Science

A building at Karyes district, about 4 km away from the town of Trikala, houses the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science. Lecture halls and laboratories, offices of the academic staff members, the Department Secretariat and a branch of the University Library are all found here. Indoor and outdoor teaching, research and training facilities are also going to be built.