FACULTY OF MEDICINE

       The Faculty of Medicine was founded as “ Kayseri Gevher Nesibe Faculty of Medicine” as an affiliation of Hacettepe University in 1968. The university commenced ınstruction and training with 25 students in Ankara in the 1969-1970 Academic Year.

       Upon the foundation of Erciyes University, Kayseri Gevher Nesibe Faculty of Medicine was separated from Hacettepe University in 1978.

       Erciyes University took the name of Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine on 26.6.1982

       The educational period in the Faculty of Medicine is 7 years, including an English Language Preparatory year. The first year is a preparatory year and students are taught English. Students who pass the English Proficiency Exam attend the first term in Faculty of Medicine without studying English at the School of Foreign Languages.

       An Integral system is used in the first, second and third years. Students receive basic medical education and introductory Clinical Science classes in these years. Classes are both theoretical and experimental in the laboratory. Students have both theoretical clinical classes and practice in hospital wards in clinical training in years 4 and 5.

       Students completing their clinical training have instruction completely in clinical practices in their final year, year 6.

       The Faculty of Medicine has four hospitals with a bed capacity of 1,350. Our hospitals also serve as reference hospitals in Central Anatolia. The hospitals are equipped with all kinds of medical equipment, modern and contemporary clinics and laboratories required by advanced medical technology. In our hospitals all kinds of operations including open heart and organ transplants are performed.

       Lectures conducted can be transmitted to large masses through a teleconferencing system with a capacity of 4 meetings over ISDN in the Lecture Hall in the Faculty of Medicine and new developments can simultaneously be watched through an inter connecting network.


FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

       Erciyes University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences commenced education with 50 students admitted into the Management Department on July 1st, 1980. Our purpose is to train graduates in the directions of Ataturk’s principles who are with a high adaptive ability to modern technology, researchers, sensitive to the country’s problems, equipped with the necessary knowledge and skill to produce solutions. We are trying to achieve this goal through a good student-teaching staff rapport and through an understanding which does not perceive only quantitatively development but which also values quality too.

       This faculty, with Management, Economics and Finance Departments, has both day time and evening classes. Management, Economics and Finance Departments’ students enrolled in the faculty receive an English Language Preparatory Education for one year. The students who do not pass the English Proficiency Exam can attend their faculties after receiving English Preparatory Education at the School of Foreign Languages for 1 year. The teaching schedule includes such optional classes as “Advanced English”, “Translation into Turkish”, “Translation into English”, “Business Letters in English” in addition to English Preparatory Education. According to the fields students wish to specialize in, they are free to study an appropriate combination of compulsory and optional classes. Among our future aims are to increase the number of departments, develop side branch programmes in addition to main branches in order to help students specialize in a particular field, and to create part time job opportunities through the Center of Human Resources.

       Computerized education is given utmost importance in this faculty. There are four computer laboratories available for classes and for free use. Students have free access to 100 computers and can benefit fully from the existing computer capacity throughout the week. Furthermore, the Internet is easily accessible from any room in the faculty and from the laboratories.

       While some of graduates take up high level managerial posts, a large number of our graduates are employed as bankers, financial advisers, inspectors, supervisors and experts. Other graduates continue their Master of Arts and Doctorate studies in Turkey and abroad.


FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

       The Faculty of Engineering commenced education as Kayseri State Engineering and Architectural Academy with the Mechanical and Electronic Engineering Departments on March 1st, 1977 and was converted into its present state by the practice of Higher Education Law. In addition to its existing departments, Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, and Computer Engineering Departments were opened in 1991 and 1995, respectively. Moreover, the Mechanical Engineering and Electronical Engineering Departments started to give evening education as of the 1992-1993 academic year. In all departments in this faculty there is a compulsory English Language Preparatory year for students who cannot pass the Proficiency Exam.

       Graduates of the Faculty of Engineering can get a job in state institutions and organizations, or in the private sector. Instruction and training schedules implemented in the Engineering Faculty are arranged in such a way as to allow students to follow recent developments in science and technology. In this respect, in addition to furnishing the students with basic engineering information they are also provided with educational opportunities aiming at specialization in a certain field.

       The Engineering Faculty has an advanced data processing capacity and an opportunity to access technological databases through the University Data Processing Center by use of the Internet data network.

       Within the framework of modernization, an important level of machinery and equipment investment has been made. In addition to the faculty’s existing laboratory facilities, the laboratories and workshops of the Science and Engineering Faculties are among Higher Education Institutions to allow education in ideal circumstances.

       The Engineering Faculty of Erciyes University ranks within the top universities in Turkey in the order of scientific activities and achievements realized by several institutions and organizations.

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY

       The faculty was established by the Ministry of Education on 16.12.1965 as the third Higher Islamic Institute of Turkey within the status of a four year education programme. This institute became the Faculty of Theology 17 years after its foundation in 1982.

       It was built on 140,000 m2 area, consisting of four service buildings and a residence building for employees. Later in 1998 another service building was added in the name of H. Mehmet Bayraktar donated by the businessman İzzet Bayraktar. So the faculty, considering its aesthetic vicinity, two education buildings, a functional library, an Internet café, a large detached modern canteen, provides a contented place to meet the students’ requirements.

       Students who graduate from the Faculty of Theology can be employed at The Ministry of Education as Religion Culture and Ethics teachers, subject area teachers in imam Hatip Lycees, Imams, muftis or preachers.


FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

       This faculty opened in 1984. Starting in the 1984-85 Academic Year, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences commenced education with three departments; Turkish Language and Literature, Chemistry and Mathematics. Later the Department of Educational Sciences was added, and Pedagogic Formation Courses now make it five. After 1989 the following departments were formed: The History Department in 1989, the Biology Department in 1990, the Department of Sports and Education and the Department of Western Languages in 1992, and the Department of Art History in 1999. The Department of Sports Education was converted to a Vocational College in the 1995-96 Academic Year. Evening classes are given in the following departments: Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Maths, History and Turkish Language and Literature. The students of this faculty may obtain scholarships from the Turkish Education Foundation, the General Directory of Security, Kayseri Higher Education, Turkish Women Foundation, Science Center and the Committee of Turkish Japanese Affairs. The graduates of the faculty are likely to work for the Ministry of Education or private institutions.

       After beginning with four departments, today in 7 seven buildings, 6 of which have been built by donations of the Cıngıllıoğlu Family, there are 14 departments. The faculty yields modern, high quality and challenging education to nearly 3,500 day time and evening class students. The Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories have an excellent substructure being well equipped with modern experiment tools. There is an Internet connection in all classes and laboratories. The Mathematics Department teaching staff consists of both associate and full professors. The Turkish Language and Literature Department has a library of 1,000 books, while the history students benefit from a library of 4,000 books

       The English Language and Literature Department, and the Russian Language and Literature Department, which are both affiliated to Western Languages and Literature, and The Japanese Language and Literature Department and the Chinese Language and Literature Department, which are affiliated to Eastern Languages and Literature have computer laboratories, satellite connected rooms and libraries.

FACULTY OF FINE ARTS

       The Faculty of Fine Arts was founded on July 14th 1993. The education in the Faculty of Fine Arts includes Drawing-Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Stage Decor and Costume, Cinema-TV and Music Departments. The Sculpture and Drawing-Painting Departments opened in the 1995-1996 Academic Year and students were also enrolled in Cinema-TV and Music Departments then.

       Depending on students’ results in the Student Selection Exam (ÖSS), students are enrolled in the Drawing-Painting, Music and Sculpture Departments by pre-registration and they then have to sit a personal ability exam.

       In this faculty, where regular education and instruction are given, the educational period is four years. Students who have successfully completed this four year period are awarded a Bachelors Degree. This faculty will continue to have students in other departments as soon as it acquires sufficient academic staff for those departments.

PAINTING DEPARTMENT

       To meet the needs of Turkey in the field of Art and especially Painting investigations, Researches and practices have been carried out.

       Students to choose this subject are expected to posses the ability to design and draw pictures of imagination and sensitivity of colour-shape.

       Graduates of this department may be employed as art consultants and art teachers providing they follow the relevant courses.


SCULPTURE DEPARTMENT

       This Department maintains basic art education going further with theoretical based art education.

       Graduates of this department may be employed in restorations, modeling, stone and marble shaping. They may also be employed as art consultants.

MUSIC DEPARTMENT

       In the Music Department the source, the historical course and the content of universal and national music art are considered, theoretically and practically and the necessary qualifications are given to those who plan to conduct research.

       Students have the option to choose either Turkish or Western music according to their abilities. Graduates of this department may be employed in radio-televisions and as music teachers providing they follow education courses.


CINEMA-TV DEPARTMENT

       In the Cinema – TV Department, cinema, television, radio and communication courses are given. Students are oriented towards production, directing, scenario scripting or technical branches according to their abilities.

       Graduates of this department can be employed in TRT, private channels or in the field of commercials.


FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

       The Faculty of Architecture was established in 1992. Under the faculty, Structure of Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning, and Design of Industrial Products Departments were opened in 1993.

       The educational period is 4 years, following the completion of foreign language education at the English Language Preparatory Class of the School of Foreign Languages. Students successfully completing this education are entitled to be awarded a bachelors degree in Architecture.

       There are 2,000 students, currently enrolled in Architecture, Urban and Regional planning. These students are under the supervision of 27 academic staff members.

       The Architecture Department has four sciences: Constructing, Building, Restoration and the History of Architecture. Urban and Region Planning has two sciences: Urban Planning and City Planning. The Design of Industrial Products Department, which has no students currently, specializes in the science of Design of Industrial Products.

       Graduates of this department can be employed in the Ministry of Public Works, the Ministry of Transportation or City Municipalities. A lot of our graduates set up their own private companies.

VETERINARY FACULTY

       The Veterinary Faculty started education in 1995. The Veterinary Faculty graduated its first students at the end of 1999-2000 Academic Year.

       This Faculty consists of three departments; the Department of Basic Sciences, the Department of Disease and Clinical Sciences and the Department of Zoo Techniques and Animal Nutrition. Educating qualified veterinarians for the future is among the most important functions of the Veterinary Faculty.

       The Veterinary Faculty is responsible for fulfilling its function by serving in some fields as preventive medicine in the environmental and health, playing an important role in the preventation of threatening livestock health, livestock feeding methods and improvement works in livestock feeding, the preventation of problems caused by feeding and feeding additives and feeding diseases carrying out quality and health controls in all stages from the production of animal products to the consumption of them; and the production and control of the vaccines used for diseases and the licensing of all kinds of drugs for use and control.

       The graduates of our faculty cannot only find work as self employed veterinarians but can also work in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Works, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Environment, the Municipalities as veterinary directorates, Meat and Fish Institution, drug firms, integrated food industry, private farms, incubation buildings, animal food factories, slaughter houses, markets, supermarkets and the household pet sector.

       The Veterinary Faculty has been carrying on educational activities in a temporary building in Sümer Street until the buildings are completed on the main campus. In this building there are classrooms, and laboratories, student application laboratories, libraries and clinic units. Besides these, there is also a research and application farm, which occupies 1,500 square yards. In this farm, there are horses, quails, chickens, turkeys and white turkeys, Ankara rabbits, a chinchilla breeding unit and a student education center.


YOZGAT FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

       This faculty was established in 1994 and has Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Geological Engineering and Architectural Departments and an education center occupying an area of 1,200 square meters with an enclosed laboratory building occupying an area of 2,000 square meters.

       The faculty graduated its first students at the end of the 1997-1998 Academic Year. The purpose of this faculty, which aims at qualified education and to comply with the world standards, is to train engineers who can play an important role in the development of our country.

       In this faculty, there are two computer laboratories, a conference hall, a projection hall, a library and laboratories for each department. There is also access to the Internet.

       The graduates of this faculty have the opportunity to find jobs in both the state and private sectors.

YOZGAT FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

       The Yozgat Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences was founded as the Management Department in 1995-1996 Academic Year. 65 students have graduated from this faculty to date.

       This faculty aims to improve the quality of its academic services by using academic personnal support from Erciyes University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences when necessary.

       The Yozgat Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences has a modern computer laboratory for 40 students, an Internet laboratory for 20 students, and a library with 3,300 books in both Turkish and English, plus academic journals. The number of publications in the library is added to continuously. Throughout the year there are a number of social activities.

       Besides its main target of education, this faculty also aims a democratic and participatory education, in ccordance with the Principles and Reforms of Atatürk. In this way our students, who are educated in accordance with the necessities of the science community, are deservedly proud of representing the faculty in the best possible way.

       The graduates of the faculty have the opportunity to work as a governor, an inspector, a specialist, and they also have the chance to find a job in the fields of banking, foreign trade, marketing, production, finance and accountancy.


YOZGAT FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

       The Yozgat Faculty of Arts and Sciences was founded in 1994. It was approved by the Higher Education Enforcement Council in 1996 to establish the following faculties and departments; Turkish Language and Literature, History, Education, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

       The faculty has a computer laboratory, which is equipped with 50 computers with Internet access. The laboratories of the department are equipped with adequate apparatus and materials. There is a General Chemistry, Analytic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and an Instrumental Chemistry laboratory in the Chemistry Department. Laboratories for General Physics, Electricity, Electronics, Modern Physics, Optics, and Resonance and Waves are active in the Physics Department. General Biology, General Microbiology, Microbiology, Biochemistry Cytology, Vertebrate animals and Plant Physiology laboratories are available in the Biology Department. The reading students of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology can also work in research laboratories.

       There is a Guidance and Psychological Consulting Center and a modern conference hall available for students. The number of the books in this faculty now exceeds 8,000.

       Graduates can find work as branch teachers after taking a master’s degree without writing a thesis. These tudents can also find work in some state or private sectors in industry, in laboratories, in libraries and in research centers.



NEVŞEHİR FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES

       The Nevşehir Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences was founded in 1997 and the Departments of Management, Economics and International Relations were opened in 1998. This faculty graduates its first tudents at the end of the 2002-2003 Academic Year.

       The aim of the Nevşehir Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences is to graduate qualified managers, financiers and economists to meet the needs of our country.

       This faculty, which aims to train qualified administrative and specialist students in different instructions follows three main principles; The first principle is to determine a suitable weekly curriculum in order to make the students gain theatrical and practical knowledge about the department they have chosen.

       The second is to make the students gain skills in preparing projects, seminars and sample cases.

       Last but not least, the third principle is to socialize student participation in extra curricular social activities.

       The Faculty has computer laboratories and also Internet access which is provided 24 hours a day for the university students.

       In the Faculty library there are about 4,000 books, 200 periodical journals and more than 12,400 articles for students.

       Student clubs have been established to provide more active cooperation of the students.

       The graduates can easily find jobs in both state and private sectors, and in banks.

FACULTY OF EDUCATION

       The Faculty of Education was founded on February 8, 2002. Although being newly established, it has already shown important phases in developing as a faculty.

       The Faculty of Education was first established with the foundation of the Faculty of Science and Literature dating back to 1985.

       A modern building was allocated to the faculty in which education is carried out in a contemporary environment and atmosphere.

       The staff of the department of didactics in the Faculty of Education consists of one professor, 1 associate professor, 3 assistant professors, 4 instructors and 5 assistants. The number of academic staff will be increased in the 2002-2003 Academic Year. The pedagogical studies and obligatory studies lecturers from other faculty and college members of our university assist in the pedagogical and obligatory subjects programme.

       In the 2002-2003 Academic Year, education started at the Faculty of Education in training classroom teachers for elementary schools in the field of mathematics, social studies, Turkish and classroom management training.

       As is known, there is a lack of teachers in these fields in the whole country and therefore, prior importance has been given to teachers in order to fulfil this need. Graduates of these departments may be assigned to schools by the Minister of Education.