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Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi (KTU) (English: Karadeniz Technical University) is a public research university in Trabzon, Turkey, founded in 1955.
[edit] Foundation and development
Karadeniz Technical University, founded upon the approval of the proposal put forward by Mustafa Reşit Tarakçıoğlu, Trabzon deputy of the time, and his 28 friends on May 20, 1955. It is the first university to be founded except for the ones established in İstanbul and Ankara. Eight years after the foundation, Department of Basic Sciences, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Mechanical Engineering and Forest Engineering faculties were established in accordance with the article 336, enacted on September 19, 1963. Education at the university commenced on December 2, 1963 in Trabzon Atatürk Secondary School in Esentepe quarter. In 1966, the university moved to its present location. Continuing its development, the university expanded after the introduction of Earth Sciences and Medicine Faculty on October 4, 1973. After the introduction of Higher Education Act, Article 2547 in 1981, the university continued to develop with new faculties and departments.
The continuing development of Karadeniz Technical University is in parallel with the needs of the surrounding environment. In this respect, the faculties of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Fine Arts, Communication and Of School of Technical Education are some units to offer a good education and excellent research potential.
[edit] Campus
[edit] Main campus (Kanuni)
- Rectorate
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Forestry
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- School of Foreign Languages
- Vocational School of Health Services
- Vocational School of Hopa
- Institutes
- Research centers
[edit] Fatih Campus
- Fatih Education Faculty
- Faculty of Communication
- School of Music and Drama
- Trabzon Vocational School
- Trabzon Vocational School of Theology
[edit] Sürmene Campus
- Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences
[edit] Muammer Dereli Campus
- Sürmene Faculty of Marine Sciences- Department of Deck
- Of Faculty of Technical Education
[edit] Faculties
[edit] Research and Application Centers
- History of Atatürk’s Principles and Reforms
- Computer Sciences
- Computer Aided Design-Engineering and Production
- Geographical Information Systems
- Environmental Issues
- Sea Ecology
- Electronic Communication Systems
- Landslide
- Kanuni Sultan Süleyman
- Black Sea, Caucasus and Central Asian Studies
- Materials Science and Production Technology
- Preschool Education
- Forestry
- Foreign Languages Teaching
[edit] Schools
