Çankaya University

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Çankaya University
Çankaya Üniversitesi
Çankaya University Logo
Established 1997
Type Private Foundation
Rector Prof. Dr. Ziya B. Güvenç
Academic staff 4
Admin. staff 213
Students 3,879
Location Ankara, Turkey
Campus City
Colors Black and yellow         
Affiliations 19
Website www.cankaya.edu.tr
A view of the new campus

Çankaya University (Turkish: Çankaya Üniversitesi) was established on August 27, 1997, by the Sıtkı Alp Education Foundation in Ankara, Turkey. The university began its teaching in the Fall 1997 semester. Sıtkı Alp is the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

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[edit] History

Çankaya University is a university owned by a private foundation in Çankaya, Ankara, Turkey. The university was established by Sıtkı Alp, as a transition of his secondary education level school, the Arı Koleji, into a higher education institute, and opened by the former president of Turkey, Süleyman Demirel, in 1997.

Being established in the old campus of the Arı College, Çankaya University's new campus is under construction. The new campus is expected to open in 2010, which will be the third largest in Ankara after the campuses of the METU and Bilkent University[citation needed].

[edit] Faculties and departments

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

  • Mathematics and Computer Sciences Department
  • English Language and Literature Department
  • Translation and Interpreting Studies (English) - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Gürkan Dogğan

Faculty of Engineering and Architecture - Dean: Prof. Dr. Levent Kandiller

  • Computer Engineering Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Mehmet Reşit Tolun
  • Industrial Engineering Department
  • Electronics and Communication Engineering Department - Chairman:Assoc. Prof. Dr Celal Zaim ÇİL
  • Interior Architecture Department
  • Mechanical Engineering - Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nevzat Onur

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

  • Political Science and International Relations Department - Chairman: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tanel Demírel
  • Economics Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. F.Dilek Özbek
  • International Trade Department - Chairman: Assist. Prof. Dr. Ömer Yurtseven
  • Management Department - Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hasan Isin Dener

Faculty of Law - Dean: Prof. Dr. Turgut Önen

  • Chairman: Prof. Dr. Erzan Erzurumluoğlu

Çankaya Vocational Training School

  • International Trade Management Department

Graduate Schools

  • Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences
  • Graduate School of Social Sciences

Preparatory School

  • Preparatory School (Prep of English)

[edit] Research centers

  • Center for Research and Application in Law
  • Center for Research and Application in Women's Studies
  • Center for Research and Application in Atatürk's Principles and the Revolutionary History
  • Center for Continuing Education, Consultation and Application

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