| Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University | |
| Native Name: | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi |
| Established: | 2006 |
| Type: | State University |
| Head Label: | Rector |
| Head: | Dr. Hüseyin Karaman[1] |
| City: | Rize |
| Country: | Turkey |
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| Campus: | Rize |
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| Website: | erdogan.edu.tr |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (Turkish: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi) is a state university founded on 17 March 2006 in Rize, Turkey.[2] The university is predominantly science and health oriented. The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.[3]
The history of the university dates back to Rize Vocational School,[4] founded on March 1, 1976. The school later continued to grow through the foundation of Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Fisheries in 1992; and then Fındıklı Vocational School in 1996 and the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Science and Literature in 1997.
Being part of Karadeniz Technical University, the university was later chartered as Rize University with its Faculties of Fisheries, Theology, Science and Literature, Education, and Rize Vocational School (later divided into two schools).
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University continues its activities with its 3 Institutes, 13 Faculties, 5 Schools, 7 Vocational Schools, 7 Research and Application Centre, and 6 departments within rectorate.