Çankaya University was established on August 27, 1997, by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey

Turkey

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. The university began its teaching in the Fall 1997 semester. Sıtkı Alp is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

History

Çankaya University is a university owned by a private foundation in Çankaya, Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, 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...

. The university was established by Sıtkı Alp, as a transition of his secondary education level school, the Arı Koleji, into a higher education institute, and opened by the former president of Turkey, Süleyman Demirel

Süleyman Demirel

Sami Süleyman Gündoğdu Demirel, better known as Süleyman Demirel , is a Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister seven times and was the ninth President of Turkey.-Life:Demirel was born in İslamköy, a town in Isparta Province...

, in 1997.

Being established in the old campus of the Arı College, Çankaya University's new campus is under construction. The new campus is expected to open in 2010, which will be the third largest in Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

 after the campuses of the METU

Middle East Technical University

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 and Bilkent University

Bilkent University

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.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

• Mathematics and Computer Sciences Department
• English Language and Literature Department
• Translation and Interpreting Studies (English) - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gürkan Dogğan

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture - Dean: Prof. Dr. Levent Kandiller

• Computer Engineering Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Reşit Tolun
• Industrial Engineering Department
• Electronics and Communication Engineering Department - Chairman:Assoc. Prof. Dr Celal Zaim ÇİL
• Interior Architecture Department

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

• Political Science and International Relations Department - Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanel Demírel
• Economics Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. F.Dilek Özbek
• International Trade Department - Chairman: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer Yurtseven
• Management Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hasan Isin Dener

Faculty of Law - Dean: Prof. Dr. Turgut Önen

• Chairman: Prof. Dr. Erzan Erzurumluoğlu

Çankaya Vocational Training School

• International Trade Management Department

Graduate Schools

• Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
• Graduate School of Social Sciences

Preparatory School

• Preparatory School (Prep of English)

Research centers

• Center for Research and Application in Law
• Center for Research and Application in Women's Studies
• Center for Research and Application in Atatürk's Principles and the Revolutionary History
• Center for Continuing Education, Consultation and Application

External links

• Official website