Marmara University
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Marmara University is a public university in Turkey. Situated in Istanbul, Marmara University has succeeded in becoming the second largest university in the whole country. The University's mission is to impart and promote knowledge and values consistent with universal standards, to meet the technological, social and cultural challenges of a global society, to contribute to the creation of an informed society, which learns about and shares this knowledge and values and to emphasize the European dimension in the delivery of educational opportunities. The present Rector of Marmara University is Prof. Dr. Tunç Erem (since 2002).
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History
Marmara University is an institution with roots extending back into the 19th century when the Hamidiye College of Higher Commercial Education was established in the Cagaloglu district of Istanbul on the 16th January 1883. At the time, it was the only leading higher education institution for studies in Commerce and Economics. From 1923 to 1959, the college was called the Higher Education School of Economics and Commerce and became the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences in 1959.Marmara University was formally established in 1982, when the Istanbul Academy of Economic and Commercial Sciences was consolidated with several schools of higher education offering undergraduate-level study in medicine, dentistry, law, and fine arts. To these were added faculties of arts and sciences, education, and a school of foreign languages to provide a full complement of university courses.
Education
Marmara University currently has 52,000 students of whom 44,661 are undergraduate students and 7,406 graduate students. A total of 1,354 foreign students from 73 countries are currently studying at this institution. The proportion of female students constituted 43% of the total student population (in 2001) and is steadily increasing.
Alumni
Famous alumni of Marmara University include current Turkish Prime Minister, Mr.Recep Tayyip Erdogan and influential Turkish businessman and industrialist Mr. Aydin Dogan. In 1998, the much-loved Turkish actor, Kemal Sunal, known particularly for his role in film comedies, graduated with a masters' degree from the Television Studies Department of Marmara University's Institute of Social Sciences.
Outgoing German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was awarded an honourary doctorate by Marmara University at a special ceremony in Istanbul in May 2005.
Organizational Overview
Marmara University is comprised of 14 faculties, 9 vocational schools of higher education (generally providing 2-year associate bachelor degrees and 4-year Bachelors' in some cases), 11 graduate institutes and 29 research centers. The University currently offers a total of 136 associate bachelor's and bachelor degree programmes. Marmara University also has a Centre of Continuing Education offering 20 different certificate programmes in a variety of areas, including foreign languages, computer training and initial teacher training courses. Marmara University is unique among Turkish universities in that it is the only one that currently offers education at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels in four languages of instruction-Turkish, French, English and German.
Faculties
Atatürk Faculty of Education
Faculty of Dentistry
Faculty of Pharmacy
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Divinity
Faculty of Communication
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Technical Education
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Health Education
Graduate Schools
Institute for Graduate Studies in Pure and Applied Sciences
European Community Institute
Institute of Banking and Insurance
Institute of Educational Sciences
Institute of Gastroenterology Science
Institute of Fine Arts
Institute of Neurological Science
Institute of Medical Studies
Institute of Social Sciences
Institute of Turcology Research
Institute of Mid-Eastern Studies
Vocational Schools
Four-year Programs
School of Banking and Insurance
School of Physical Education and Sports
School of Nursing
İstanbul Zeynep Kamil Vocational School of Health Services
Two-Year Programs
Vocational School of Divinity
Vocational School of Health Related Professions
Vocational School of Social Studies
Vocational School of Technical Studies
International Profile
The University has always been proactive in forming and extending its international relations.To realise its international presence, Marmara University sees it as essential to forge links with other European universities and institutions outside the EU that will allow students and researchers to access a wide range of opportunities. Many academic units within the University have been successful in developing student/lecturer exchanges within the framework of the Erasmus/Socrates programmes offered by the European Commission. Within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the Department of Political Science and International Relations alone has developed Erasmus Agreements with the Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Poland;Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Sweden; Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage, University of Bologna, Italy;Faculty of Political and Social Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium;the Institute for Political Science, University of Regensburg, Germany and the Institute for Poltical Science, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.
Contact
Marmara University Rectorate
Sultanahmet Rektörlük
Sultanahmet - Istanbul
Turkey
Tel:0 212 518 16 00 Fax:0212 518 16 15
