İzmir University

İzmir University

İzmir Üniversitesi
Type	Private university
Active	2007–23 July 2016
Rector	Prof. Dr. Kayhan Erciyeş
Location	Karabağlar, İzmir, Turkey
Website	www.izmir.edu.tr

İzmir University (Turkish: İzmir Üniversitesi) was a university in the Üçkuyular neighborhood of Karabağlar, a metropolitan district of İzmir, Turkey. It was established in 2007 by the Doğanata Education and Culture Foundation, which opened in 2008.^[1] On 23 July 2016, in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges, the university was closed by the Turkish government due to its alleged ties with the Gülen movement.^[2]

Faculties

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences consisted of four departments:^[3]

• Department of Business Administration
• Department of Political Science and Administration
• Department of International Relations
• Department of Trade and Finance

Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences consisted of four departments:^[4]

• Department of American Culture and Literature
• Department of English Language Teaching
• Department of Psychology
• Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences

Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering consisted of four departments:^[5]

• Department of Computer Engineering (English)
• Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (English)
• Department of Software Engineering (English)
• Department of Industrial Engineering (English)

Faculty of Architecture

The Faculty of Engineering consisted of two departments:^[6]

• Dept. of Architecture
• Dept. of Interior Arch. and Envir.

Faculty of Law

^[7]

School of Health

The School of Health consisted of two departments:^[8]

• Department of Nursing
• Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

School of Foreign Languages

^[9]

Vocational School

The university's vocational school offered courses in:^[10]

• Computer Programming
• Child Development
• Accounting and Tax App.
• Electronics and Tel. Tech.
• Tourism and Hotel Management
• Tourism and Travel Management

Institutes

• Institute of Engineering and Physical Sciences^[11]
• Institute of Social Sciences^[12]

References

1. "Izmir University". Study in İzmir. Yaşar University IT Department. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
2. "İşte kapatılan FETÖ okulları". Sabah (in Turkish). 23 July 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111103147/http://english.izmir.edu.tr/academics/faculty-of-economics-and-administrative-sciences.html. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111102241/http://english.izmir.edu.tr/academics/faculty-of-arts-and-sciences.html. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111102530/http://english.izmir.edu.tr/academics/faculty-of-engineering.html. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. "Faculty of Architecture". English.izmir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
7. "Faculty of Law". English.izmir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
8. "School of Health". English.izmir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
9. "School of Foreign Languages". English.izmir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
10. "Izmir University Vocational School". English.izmir.edu.tr. Retrieved 2013-10-06.
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20120111103214/http://english.izmir.edu.tr/academics/the-ins-of-engineering-and-physical-sciences.html. Archived from the original on January 11, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110042804/http://english.izmir.edu.tr/the-institute-of-social-sciences.html. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Official website (English) (Turkish)