Ege University
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| Established | 1955 |
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| Type | Public |
| Rector | Ülkü BAYINDIR |
| Location | Izmir, Turkey |
| Website | www.ege.edu.tr |
Ege University (Ege Üniversitesi in Turkish) is a public university in İzmir, Turkey. It was founded in 1955 with the Faculties of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture. As such, it is the oldest university in İzmir [1] and also the most developed.
By 1982, Ege University was one of the largest universities of Turkey with 17 faculties, 9 junior college-type schools and 7 Institutes. That same year, part of the university was separated into a new university, namely Dokuz Eylül University (Dokuz Eylul University). After the division, Ege University had 7 faculties, 3 junior college-type schools and approximately 9000 students. It currently consists of 11 faculties, 5 junior college-type schools (with 4 years of curriculum), 8 vocational training schools (with 2 years of curriculum), 7 institutes and 21 research centers.
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- ^ Actually, there had been a previous effort for establishing a university in İzmir. Evrenosoğlu Rahmi Arslan Bey, prolific governor of İzmir during the World War I years, had started the construction work for a main building and annexes which had been taken over by the Greek administration during the Occupation of İzmir. Under the personal auspices of Venizelos, renowned mathematician Constantin Carathéodory had been appointed as rector of the projected University of Ionia, and the infrastructure had been brought to readiness for a start of the courses during the curriculum year of 1922/1923. On 9 September 1922, Greeks had the university, but they lost the city. At the end of the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922), this infrastructure has been converted into the İzmir American College for Girls (called İzmir American Collegiate Institute and admitting both boys and girls since the eighties).
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Education in İzmir | Universities and colleges in Turkey