Ege University
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Ege University is a public university
in İzmir
, Turkey
. It was founded in 1955 with the Faculties of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture. As such, it is the first university to start courses in İzmir
Ege University is located in Bornova
, a district of Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey and one of its principal industrial, commercial, cultural and tourist centers. Izmir is a city, which is a reference point in world history and also in its intellectual present and future. Izmir city hosts four state universities and five private universities. Being one of the largest cities of the country, it provides ample cultural and recreational activities. The city is situated in the Aegean Region near the seacoast and hence is a very accessible city with excellent road and rail links and an airport to national and international destinations.
with 17 faculties, 9 junior college-type schools and 8 Institutes. That same year, part of the university was separated into a new university, namely Dokuz Eylül University
(Dokuz Eylul University). After the division, Ege University had 7 faculties, 3 junior college-type schools and approximately 9000 students. It currently consists of 11 faculties, 7 junior college-type schools (with 4 years of curriculum), 7 vocational training schools (with 2 years of curriculum), 8 institutes and 26 research centers.
s and directions are available throughout the campus. In addition, intercity, national and international communication from the campus is possible owing to phone lines and computer network.
Since the campus is located on the crossroad of Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, intercity transportation is very fast. Apart from this, intercity transportation provided by Municipality bus and underground services enable students to reach the campus from every part of the city.
Accommodation for students is available on the University Campus. The General Directorate of Students' Credits and Dormitories administers dormitories, which provide facilities for 6000 students.
Apart from the Rectorate and University campus in Bornova
, there are vocational training schools in Tire
, Bergama
, Bayındır
and Ödemiş
, Atatürk Cultural Center in Konak
, applied educational centers in Urla
, Menemen
, Mordoğan
, Çiğli
and Özdere
, and an observatory in Kurudağ. With these facilities Ege University serves both the students and the public in terms of education, science, health, social and cultural services. In order to extend these services, West Campus of the university was recently established in Çeşme
.
The hardest faculty is engineering, especially Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering Department.
Ege University has approximately 40000 students now.
Art Gallery
was established in March 1997, and it provides a convenient place for different kinds of exhibitions. In this way, students, academic and administrative staff have an opportunity to pursue cultural activities on campus. Art Studios have been established in order to organize various fine arts courses for students.
There are 45 student clubs which are active in many diverse fields of interest. The General Directorate of Health, Culture and Sports organizes the activities of these student clubs.
One of the most favored social and cultural activities in Ege University is the traditional Sports and Arts Festival and it is organized every year during May. Concerts, sport games, cinema and theater presentations, sale and promotion stands, conferences, symposia, scientific meetings, fashion shows and various competitions take place during the Festival. Also, student groups from other Turkish universities and from foreign countries participate in the Festival.
There is students' camp located in Özdere
with a capacity of 200 beds.
There are 10 periods in the summer vacation during which students, academic and administrative staff can make use of the camp. Various activities and entertainment are organized in order to provide a comfortable and informal atmosphere for the students.
Accommodation
for students is available on the University Campus. The General Directorate of Students' Credits and Dormitories administers the dormitories which provide facilities for 6000 students. The construction of the new private student dormitories with a capacity of 2500 students located in the Campus will be completed in the near future. The Counseling and Advisory Service Department also helps to provide accommodation for the students.
Public university
A public university is a university that is predominantly funded by public means through a national or subnational government, as opposed to private universities. A national university may or may not be considered a public university, depending on regions...
in İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. It was founded in 1955 with the Faculties of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture. As such, it is the first university to start courses in İzmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
Ege University is located in Bornova
Bornova
Bornova is a metropolitan district of İzmir in İzmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in İzmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98,6 per cent, with corresponding high levels of development in terms of industry and services...
, a district of Izmir, the third largest city in Turkey and one of its principal industrial, commercial, cultural and tourist centers. Izmir is a city, which is a reference point in world history and also in its intellectual present and future. Izmir city hosts four state universities and five private universities. Being one of the largest cities of the country, it provides ample cultural and recreational activities. The city is situated in the Aegean Region near the seacoast and hence is a very accessible city with excellent road and rail links and an airport to national and international destinations.
History
By 1982, Ege University was one of the largest universities of TurkeyTurkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
with 17 faculties, 9 junior college-type schools and 8 Institutes. That same year, part of the university was separated into a new university, namely Dokuz Eylül University
Dokuz Eylül University
Dokuz Eylül University is one of the preeminent universities in Turkey. It is located in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 10 schools...
(Dokuz Eylul University). After the division, Ege University had 7 faculties, 3 junior college-type schools and approximately 9000 students. It currently consists of 11 faculties, 7 junior college-type schools (with 4 years of curriculum), 7 vocational training schools (with 2 years of curriculum), 8 institutes and 26 research centers.
Faculties
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Letters
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Science
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Faculty of Communication
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Fisheries
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Agriculture
Institutes
- Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
- Institute of Solar Energy
- Institute of Drug Addiction, Toxicology and Drug Sciences
- Institute of Nuclear Sciences
- Institute of Health Sciences
- Institute of Social Sciences
- Institute of Turkish World Studies
- International Computer Institute
Campus
Bornova Campus of Ege University is situated on an area of 370 hectares. The campus covers wide range of facilities including culture, sport and social services. Car park, road and traffic signTraffic sign
Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of roads to provide information to road users. With traffic volumes increasing over the last eight decades, many countries have adopted pictorial signs or otherwise simplified and standardized their signs to facilitate international travel...
s and directions are available throughout the campus. In addition, intercity, national and international communication from the campus is possible owing to phone lines and computer network.
Since the campus is located on the crossroad of Ankara, Istanbul and Izmir, intercity transportation is very fast. Apart from this, intercity transportation provided by Municipality bus and underground services enable students to reach the campus from every part of the city.
Accommodation for students is available on the University Campus. The General Directorate of Students' Credits and Dormitories administers dormitories, which provide facilities for 6000 students.
Apart from the Rectorate and University campus in Bornova
Bornova
Bornova is a metropolitan district of İzmir in İzmir Province in Turkey. It is the third largest district in İzmir's Greater Metropolitan Area of and is almost fully urbanized at the rate of 98,6 per cent, with corresponding high levels of development in terms of industry and services...
, there are vocational training schools in Tire
Tire
A tire or tyre is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance by providing a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground...
, Bergama
Bergama
Bergama is a populous district, as well as the center city of the same district, in İzmir Province in western Turkey. By excluding İzmir's metropolitan area, it is one of the prominent districts of the province in terms of population and is largely urbanized at the rate of 53,6 per cent...
, Bayındır
Bayindir
Bayındır is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey and the central town of the district which is situated in the valley of the Küçük Menderes. Its name in antiquity was Caystrus. Its present name derives from the first Turkish settlers in the region who were members of the Bayındır clan, one of the...
and Ödemiş
Ödemis
Ödemiş is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. North of Ödemiş, which is 113 km southeast of İzmir, are the ruins of Hypaiapa...
, Atatürk Cultural Center in Konak
Konak
Konak can refer to:* Konak , a large house, a mansion in Turkey, possibly also fulfilling administrative functions, such as a governor's mansion* Konak, İzmir, a district of İzmir Province, Turkey, central district of İzmir metropolitan area...
, applied educational centers in Urla
Urla
Urla may refer to:* Urla, İzmir, a district of İzmir Province inf Turkey* Urla, Raipur - a town in Chhatisgarh, India...
, Menemen
Menemen
Menemen is a district of İzmir Province in Turkey as well as the district's central town. The district extends on a fertile plain formed by the alluvial soil carried by the Gediz River...
, Mordoğan
Mordogan
Mordoğan is a sea-side township with own municipality in Karaburun district in Turkey's İzmir Province. The town is situated on the eastern shoreline of Karaburun Peninsula within the Gulf of İzmir at about twenty kilometers to the south of the district center of Karaburun...
, Çiğli
Çigli
Çiğli is a metropolitan district of the city of İzmir in İzmir Province, Turkey. Its area covers the northern end of the boundaries of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. Çiğli district area neighbors that of Karşıyaka, another metropolitan district, to the south and the west, and that of İzmir's...
and Özdere
Özdere
Özdere is a Turkish town in the Menderes district of İzmir Province on the Aegean coast. It has a population of around 13.500 and has a municipality. It is located approximately west of Kuşadası and to İzmir. It is a quiet holiday resort. It is on the Kuşadası-Selçuk-Seferihisar-Urla road....
, and an observatory in Kurudağ. With these facilities Ege University serves both the students and the public in terms of education, science, health, social and cultural services. In order to extend these services, West Campus of the university was recently established in Çeşme
Çesme
Çeşme is a coastal town and the center-town of the district of the same name in Turkey's western-most end, on a promontory on the tip of the peninsula which also carries the same name and which extends inland to form a whole with the wider Karaburun Peninsula...
.
The hardest faculty is engineering, especially Electrical-Electronics and Computer Engineering Department.
Ege University has approximately 40000 students now.
Student Life And Culture
Ege University offers opportunities for personal, cultural, social and professional development that complement the richly complex and challenging academic life of the University. These activities take place in the newly restored Culture and Arts Hall with accommodation for 330 spectators, the Amphitheater with accommodation for 5000 spectators, Atatürk Cultural Center (The Center has 2 auditoriums with accommodation respectively for 654 and 628 spectators, 4 seminar rooms with accommodation for 45 spectators, a theater hall, 8 workshop rooms with accommodation for 12 spectators, and an exhibition gallery with a capacity of 800 guests) and the Conference Halls of Faculties and Schools At the beginning of each academic year and during the weekend, various parties are organized for students' enjoyment as a change of pace from academic routine. Excursions to various historical and tourist sites are organized for the students as a change of pace from the daily academic routine.Art Gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
was established in March 1997, and it provides a convenient place for different kinds of exhibitions. In this way, students, academic and administrative staff have an opportunity to pursue cultural activities on campus. Art Studios have been established in order to organize various fine arts courses for students.
There are 45 student clubs which are active in many diverse fields of interest. The General Directorate of Health, Culture and Sports organizes the activities of these student clubs.
One of the most favored social and cultural activities in Ege University is the traditional Sports and Arts Festival and it is organized every year during May. Concerts, sport games, cinema and theater presentations, sale and promotion stands, conferences, symposia, scientific meetings, fashion shows and various competitions take place during the Festival. Also, student groups from other Turkish universities and from foreign countries participate in the Festival.
There is students' camp located in Özdere
Özdere
Özdere is a Turkish town in the Menderes district of İzmir Province on the Aegean coast. It has a population of around 13.500 and has a municipality. It is located approximately west of Kuşadası and to İzmir. It is a quiet holiday resort. It is on the Kuşadası-Selçuk-Seferihisar-Urla road....
with a capacity of 200 beds.
There are 10 periods in the summer vacation during which students, academic and administrative staff can make use of the camp. Various activities and entertainment are organized in order to provide a comfortable and informal atmosphere for the students.
Accommodation
Lodging
Lodging is a type of residential accommodation. People who travel and stay away from home for more than a day need lodging for sleep, rest, safety, shelter from cold temperatures or rain, storage of luggage and access to common household functions.Lodgings may be self catering in which case no...
for students is available on the University Campus. The General Directorate of Students' Credits and Dormitories administers the dormitories which provide facilities for 6000 students. The construction of the new private student dormitories with a capacity of 2500 students located in the Campus will be completed in the near future. The Counseling and Advisory Service Department also helps to provide accommodation for the students.