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SUDANESE AND TURKISH UNIVERSITES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MEETING AND
EDUCATION FAIR12-14 January 2015 Khartoum - SUDAN
PROF. DR. MUSTAFA ACAR
RECTOR OF AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
CONTENT
Higher Education System in Turkey
https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM
https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM
Types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
There are two types of universities in Turkey:
Public, and
Non-profit Foundation Universities
There are the following units in the universities:
Faculty (School): A division conducting higher education, scholarly research and
publication. Various departments and programs may be connected to it. It carries
out an educational program of at least four years' duration that culminates with
the award of a Bachelor's degree.
Graduate School: An institution in universities concerned with graduate
education, scholarly research and applications. Called institutes, they award MA,
MS and PhD degrees.
Types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
There are the following units in the universities:
Post-secondary School: An institution of higher education
which is mainly concerned with providing instruction for a
specific profession. It carries out eight-semester education.
Conservatory: An institution of higher education in which
artists are trained for music and the performing arts. It
carries out eight-semester education.
Post-secondary Vocational School: An institution of higher
education that is aimed at training manpower in specific
occupations and provides instruction lasting four semesters.https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM
Types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)
The Number of Higher Education Institutions in Turkey (2014)Public Universities 123
Non-profit foundation Universities 73
196
Degrees in HEIs
1.An Associate's degree (short cycle) is awarded on
completion of a two-year study program.
2.A Bachelor's degree (1st cycle) is normally awarded
after the completion of a four-year course of study.
3.A Master's degree program (2nd cycle) is a two-year
program leading to the Master of Arts (MA) or Master
of Sciences (MS).
Degrees in HEIs
4. A Doctoral degree program (3rd cycle) is usually an eight-
semester program leading to the PhD degree. It consists of a
minimum of seven courses, with a minimum of 21 credits, a
proficiency exam, a dissertation proposal, a dissertation and its
oral defense.
5. Specialization in Medicine programs are equivalent to doctoral
degree programs and are carried out in the faculties of medicine,
university hospitals and research and training hospitals.
6. Proficiency in Art is at least a six-semester post-Master's
program in the visual and performing art branches making it
equivalent to a Doctorate. It requires the presentation of an
original work of art or (in music and the performing arts) a
superior, creative performance.
Number of Academic Staff (2014)Female Male Total
Faculty members with PhD
23.254 42.996 66.250
Professor 5.989 14.684 20.673
Associate Professor 4.666 8.868 13.534
Assistant Professor 12.599 19.444 32.043
Teaching Stuff 38.307 39.198 77.505
Instructer 83.45 11.095 19.440
Lecturer 6.210 3.840 10.050
Specialist 1.783 1.883 3.666
Research Assistant 21.945 22.363 44.308
Translator 14 6 20
Education Planner 10 11 21
Total 61.561 82.194 143.755
https://istatistik.yok.gov.tr/
Number of Academic Staff (2014)Female Male Total
Faculty members with PhD
23.254 42.996 66.250
Professor 5.989 14.684 20.673
Associate Professor 4.666 8.868 13.534
Assistant Professor 12.599 19.444 32.043
Teaching Stuff 38.307 39.198 77.505
Instructer 83.45 11.095 19.440
Lecturer 6.210 3.840 10.050
Specialist 1.783 1.883 3.666
Research Assistant 21.945 22.363 44.308
Translator 14 6 20
Education Planner 10 11 21
Total 61.561 82.194 143.755
https://istatistik.yok.gov.tr/
Number of Students (2014)
https://istatistik.yok.gov.tr/
Female Male Total
Associate's degree 940.908 821.462 1.762.370
Bachelor's degree 1.829.831 1.545.357 3.375.188
Master's degree program
154.458 111.323 265.781
Doctoral degree program
37.964 28.605 66.569
Total 2.963.161 2.506.747 5.469.908
International Students
48.190
Language of InstructionThe main language of instruction is Turkish in the higher
education institutions, but some universities use English,
French and/or German as the language of instruction
preceded by one-year language preparatory classes.
Additionally, some universities have programs in which
about 30% of the courses use English as the language of
instruction.
https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM
International Student Admissions Foreign students who wish to undertake their undergraduate studies in
Turkey must have completed their secondary education in a high school or
similar institution in which the education is equivalent to that of a Turkish
high school.
They apply directly to the university of their choice and the university makes
the selection.
Foreign students who wish to pursue their graduate / post-graduate studies
in Turkey also apply directly to the universities, which set their own
admissions requirements.
Scholarships are available for some international students from the Turkish
Ministry of National Education. More information on these scholarships and
application procedures is available at http://digm.meb.gov.tr/burs.html
https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM
ChallengesHow to remove the “imposed uniformity” on universities
Establishing Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs)
Commercialization of knowledge
Improving partnerships with industry & private sector in
research
How to improve academic assessment and quality
assurance
www.uclm.es/.../D.%20Kadri%20Ozcaldiran%20-%20Rector%20de%20l...
SWOT
1. Strengths
Strong Economy & Growth
Old and Good Universities
Increasing financial support for universities
Increasing per capita R&D expenditure (46 USD in
2003 and 122 USD in 2008)
SWOT
1.Strengths
Increasing Scientific Productivity2003 ........... 2009 12K .............25K publications 63K..............129K citations 500...............2600 patents
SWOT2. Weaknesses
Insufficient level of institutional autonomy
Personnel Policy of the State
Line-item Budget
Insufficient Level of Relations with Industry
SWOT2. Weaknesses
Insufficient Effort to Support Continuing
Education
Insufficient number of PhDs to teach at
the newly established universities
SWOT3. Opportunities
New constitution in the works which will
lead to the restructuring of CoHE and to the
restructuring of the university system
Increasing demand from abroad
Increasing competition amongst universities
Reverse brain-drain
SWOT
4. Threats
Geo-political Factors
Volatile Region (Middle East, Caucasus, etc.)
Possible Areas of Collaboration
Co-operation in Research
Share of Knowledge and Experience
Mawlana program: exchange of
students and scholars
AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
Founded in 2006Total students: 18.000Total Academic Staff: 700University Academic Rating: 1st (URAP)
Awarded Best University (Aksaray University) and Best Rector (Prof. Mustafa Acar, PhD) by Europe Business Assembly
AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
AKSARAY UNIVERSITYFACULTIES
Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Economics and Administrative SciencesFaculty of Science and Letters Faculty of EducationFaculty of Islamic SciencesFaculty of CommunicationFaculty of Architecture and DesignFaculty of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Tourism
VOCATIONAL SCHOOLSAksaray Vocational School of Technical
SciencesAksaray Vocational School of Social SciencesVocational School of Health Services Ortaköy Vocational SchoolŞereflikoçhisar Berat Cömertoğlu Vocational
School Güzelyurt Vocational School
AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
SCHOOLS School of Physical Education and SportsSchool of Applied Technology and BusinessSchool of Health School of Foreign LanguagesSchool of Tourism and Hospitality
Management
AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTES
Institute of Social SciencesInstitute of Natural and Applied Sciences
AKSARAY UNIVERSITY
Erasmus Student/Staff Exchange Agreements with countries such as; Bulgaria, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Finland
New Agreements with;Latvia, Spain, France, Macedonia, Croatia,
Mevlana and other exchange agreements in five continents including countries such as;Nigeria, United States of America, Malaysia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, and moreC
AKSARAY UNIVERSITYInternational Bilateral Agreements
THANK YOU ! http://en.aksaray.edu.tr/[email protected]