Dokuz Eylül University Explained

Dokuz Eylül University
Native Name:	Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi
Established:	July 20, 1982
Rector:	Prof. Dr. Nükhet Hotar
Faculty:	2,809 (as of 2019-2020)
Students:	70,282 (as of 2019-2020)
City:	İzmir
Country:	Turkey
Campus:	Urban & suburban
Affiliations:	EUA BAUNAS IAU BSUN
Language:	Turkish, English
Colors:	White & blue
Website:	deu.edu.tr

Qs Eeca:	154
Qs Eeca Year:	2022
Qs Eeca Ref:	^[1]

Eylül University (Turkish: Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi) (DEÜ) is a university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 15 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied the problem-based learning method in Turkey, beginning in the School of Medicine in 1997.

Several components of Dokuz Eylül University have attained a goal of continuous development in education, research and practice through the ISO 9001 2000 Quality Management System certificate: Social Sciences Institute and School of Maritime Business and Management (2001), University Presidency (2003) and Medical Faculty and Health Sciences Institute (2004).

History

Founded on 20 July 1982, the university's name ("September 9th") refers to 9 September 1922, the date of the Liberation of İzmir from the Greek occupation of the city, one of the final events of the Turkish War of Independence. Seventeen previously established schools, including some of the faculties of Ege University and other institutions of higher education, were affiliated with the university the same year. The university has fifteen faculties, five schools, six vocational schools, five graduate schools, and five research institutes.

Organization

There are 16 faculties into which the university is divided:

Faculty of Education
Faculty of Literature
Faculty of Science
Faculty of Fine Arts
Maritime Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Dental Medicine
Faculty of Nursing
Faculty of Tourism
Faculty of Health Sciences

Campus sites

İnciraltı (Faculty of Medicine; University Hospital; Facult of Dental Medicine; School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation; School of Nursing; Institute of Health Science; Vocational School of Health Services; International Biomedicine and Genome Institute (iBG-Izmir); Institute of Oncology)
Alsancak (Administrative building, lifelong education facility)
Buca-Efeler (Faculty of Education, Izmir Vocational School)
Buca-Dokuzceşmeler (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; Vocational School of Judicial Practices; Buca Faculty of Education; İzmir Vocational School; Institute of Educational Sciences; School of Foreign Languages)
Buca-Tınaztepe (Faculty of Sciences; Faculty of Business; Faculty of Law; Institute of Social Sciences; Faculty of Architecture; Faculty of Engineering; Maritime Faculty; Faculty of Fine Arts; School of State Conservatory Institute of Fine Arts)
Bornova-Gökdere (Faculty of Applied Sciences; Department of Environmental Engineering)
Hatay (Faculty of Theology; Vocational School of Religion; Institute of Religious Studies)
Torbalı (Torbalı Vocational School)
Urla (Maritime Faculty)
Seferihisar (Faculty of Sports; Vocational School of Medical Services)
Foça (Reha Midilli Tourism School)

Notable alumni

Didem and Sinem Balık, (State conservatory) identical twin opera singers
Vahide Perçin, actress
Emre Aydın, rock singer
Engin Altan Düzyatan, actor
Öner Erkan, actor
Şenay Gürler, actress
Zafer İlken, academic and rector of İzmir Institute of Technology
Bülent İnal, actor
Cengiz Küçükayvaz, actor
Semih Kaplanoğlu, screenwriter, film director and producer
Betül Cemre Yıldız, female chess player
İbrahim Karagül, Turkish journalist
Mustafa Gültepe, President of Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM)

External links

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Notes and References

Web site: QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia . 15 January 2023.