Marmara Üniversitesi | |
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Former name | Hamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi (1883-1959) Istanbul Economy and Commerce Academy (1959-1982) |
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| Type | Publicresearch university |
| Established | 1883; 143 years ago (1883) |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kurt |
Academic staff | 2,835 |
Administrative staff | 1,375 |
| Students | 50,092 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | EUA |
| Website | marmara Building details |
 Imperial College of Medicine, currently the Haydarpaşa Campus of Marmara University in theKadıköy,Istanbul. The building was designed by architectsAlexander Vallaury andRaimondo D'Aronco. | |
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| University rankings | |
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| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World[1] | 901-1000 |
| CWTS World[2] | 851 |
| QS World[3] | 1001-1200 |
| RUR World[4] | 648 |
| THE World[5] | 801-1000 |
| USNWR Global[6] | 875 |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[7] | 201-210 (2022) |
Marmara University (Turkish:Marmara Üniversitesi) is apublicresearch university inIstanbul,Turkey. The university, named after theSea of Marmara, was founded as a university in 1982. However, its origins date back to 1883, when it was established asHamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi in a house in central Istanbul.[8] The university offers courses in five languages:Turkish,English,German,French, andArabic, making it the only multilingual university in Turkey.[8] It operates 13 campuses, 11 institutes, 8 colleges, and 28 research centers.[8] Prominent alumni include Turkish PresidentRecep Tayyip Erdoğan, comic actorKemal Sunal, and former media mogulAydın Doğan.
Marmara University has several campuses inIstanbul and offers education in five languages:Turkish,English,German,French, andArabic. The university employs 2,839 faculty members and has 57,000 students, including 44,661 undergraduate students and 7,406 graduate students. A total of 1,354 international students from 73 countries are enrolled at the institution. Female students make up 54% of the total student population.[9] The broadcasting services at the campuses include Marmara University TV and Radio Marmara. Marmara University has 12 campuses, with one of them serving as a hospital, widespread to the city of Istanbul.
Sport and leisure activities at the university are officially organized by the Directorate of Health, Culture, and Sports and are available to both students and university personnel. The facilities support a variety of sports, including basketball, volleyball, chess, table tennis, dancing, fitness, tae-bo, and mountaineering.
At the Göztepe Campus, there is a sports hall with a capacity of 850, which can be expanded to 2,000. In addition to the main hall, there are three smaller multi-purpose halls, three classrooms, a fitness center, a billiards saloon, and a darkroom for the Photography Club and photography courses. The campus also features open courts for tennis, volleyball, and basketball.
Students are encouraged to participate in men's and women's school teams for volleyball, basketball, and soccer in the Rectorate Cup, as well as in tournaments for chess and table tennis and inter-university games.
The Anadoluhisarı Campus offers a multi-purpose sports hall, indoor and outdoor sports areas (such as tennis and volleyball), field sports (such as football and soccer), and other activities (such as gymnastics, fitness, and wrestling). It also has an indoor Olympic swimming pool, a mini golf course, a boathouse, and an athletics track.
Marmara University is an institution that hosts and participates in scientific meetings, cultural activities, art exhibitions, sports, and various other national and international events. Marmara University is a member of theEuropean University Association (EUA). Faculties of Engineering and Technical Education are also carrying out their international studies throughABET. The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences and the Institute of Social Sciences are in the process of preparation for the quality assessment carried out byEQUIS, an international system of accreditation in management and business administration in Europe. The Institute of Social Sciences is now an institutional member ofEFMD, European Foundation for Management Development. The Faculty of Law consistently participates in several internationalmoot court competitions such asPhillip C. Jessup Moot Court Competition in the United States andWillem C. Vis Moot Court Competition in Austria. The Faculty of Law along with the Department of Political Science and International Relations represents the university in several differentModel United Nations programs every year.
The university serves students from 73 countries and has focused on developing and expanding its international relations. Most recently Marmara University acts to forge links with other European universities and also with the institutions outside the EU that will allow students and researchers to access a wide range of opportunities. Many academic units within the university have been successful in developing student and lecturer exchanges within the framework of theErasmus andSocrates programmes offered by theEuropean Commission. Within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the Department of Political Science and International Relations alone has developed Erasmus Agreements with the Center for European Studies,Jagiellonian University,Poland; Department of Political Science,Stockholm University,Sweden; Faculty of Preservation of Cultural Heritage,University of Bologna,Italy; Faculty of Political and Social Science,University of Antwerp,Belgium; Institute for Political Science,University of Regensburg,Germany and the Institute for Political Science,Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany; College of Social Pedagogy, Alice Salomon Vocational College Hannover, Germany. While the Faculty of Law has its links withUniversity of Münster,Free University of Berlin,University of Bielefeld,University of Cologne fromGermany,University of Athens fromGreece,University of Linz fromAustria,Paris Descartes University fromFrance andUniversity of Siena fromItaly.
The International Office of Marmara University and the student-orientedESN Marmara organization provide support to the foreign students among the university. Every year the students of Marmara University Management Club organize an 'International Week' to promote the social standings of the international community of Marmara University along with offering a wide-ranged cultural program to the international guest-students invited to the event.[11]
Between the 2003-2004 and 2009-2010 educational terms the university sent 1,097 students abroad byErasmus Programme. The students who admitted to the program had chances to study 1-2 terms in one of the 230 partner universities of 22 European countries. 95% of the admitted students applied to the undergraduate and graduate programs while the other 5% had the chance of admitting to the foreign internship programs. Mentioned students were financially supported in their time abroad by the university andEuropean Commission. Based on statistics published by the EU Education and Youth Programmes Center, Marmara University is one of the top 3 choices among the foreign students who have applied to the exchange programs offered in Turkey.[11]
Marmara University has offered free intensive language courses (EILC) in Turkish for foreign students since 2006. As a result of this program, the university won theEuropean Language Label, an award offered fromEuropean Commission.
In 2018, Marmara University was ranked within the 801-1000 range globally byTimes Higher Education.[5]
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