Dokuz Eylül University

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Dokuz Eylül University Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi


Established	July 20, 1982
Type	Public
Rector	Prof. Dr. Emin Alici
Faculty	10
Staff	--
Students	43500
Location	İzmir, Turkey
Website	www.deu.edu.tr/

The Dokuz Eylul University (Turkish Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi - Ninth of September university) is one of the prominent universities in Turkey. The university located in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1982 and is organized in 10 faculties. DEU is the first university which applied problem-based learning method in Turkey, started in School of Medicine in 1997.

Dokuz Eylül University has attained its goal of continious development in education, research and practice by the "Total Quality Management System". In 2001 Social Sciences Institute and School of Maritime Business and Management, in 2003 Presidency of the University, in 2004 Medical Faculty and Health Sciences Institute have acquired ISO 9001: 2000 Quality Management System Certificate.

1 History
2 Organization
3 Campus sites
4 Notable alumni
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The university was founded on July 20, 1982 and named after September 9, 1922, the end of Greek occupation in İzmir after World War I. Seventeen previously founded institutions, including some of the faculties of Ege University and other various higher education institutes were affiliated to the University in the same year. Presently the university administers ten faculties, five schools, five vocational schools, five graduate schools and five institutes.

[edit] Organization

These are the 10 faculties in which the university is divided into:

Buca Faculty of Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Theology
Faculty of Business
Faculty of Architecture
Faculty of Medicine

[edit] Campus sites

Alsancak (D.E.U. Presidency)
Balçova (Faculty of Medicine; School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation; School of Nursing; The Institute of Health Science; Vocational School of Health Services; The Institute of Hemodialysis and Transplantation; The Institute of Oncology)
Bornova (Faculty of Engineering; Graduate School of Natural And Applied Sciences)
Buca (Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; Faculty of Law; Vocational School of Judicial Practices; Buca Educational Faculty; İzmir Vocational School; Institute of Educational Sciences; School of Foreign Languages)
Buca-Tınaztepe (Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Faculty of Business; Institute of Social Sciences; Faculty of Architecture; Faculty of Engineering; School of Maritime Business and Management)
Hatay (Faculty of Theology; Vocational School of Religion; Institute of Religious Studies)
Narlıdere (Faculty of Fine Arts; School of State Conservatory Institute of Fine Arts)
Torbalı (Torbalı Vocational School)
İnciraltı (Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology)
Urla (School of Maritime Business and Management)
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