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| General Description of the Çukurova University |
Çukurova University was established as a state university in 1973. The Balcalı Campus of Çukurova
University, situated on a 20 thousand dacares land on the east coast of the Seyhan Dam Reservoir Lake, is a natural park area with an impressive view. Located at a
distance of only 10 kms to the city centrum, the university is one of the top universities of our country with its powerful academic staff, modern infrastructure and modern
facilities to respond to all needs of students and employees. Our university provides students with a happy living environment with the indoor and outdoor sports facilities, the
dam lake in which international canoe races can be made, areas where all kinds of artistic activities could be performed, easy transportation and adequate housing facilities, and
with the ease of both climatic and living conditions.
Since its foundation, the university has been continuously developing in both physical and academic conditions. According to index of entrepreneurial and innovative university in 2013, our
university takes place in the rank of 17. As of today, the university consists of 18 Faculties,4 Schools, 12 Vocational Schools, 1 State Conservatory, 4 Institutes and 37 Research and
Application Centers. However, among these faculties Faculty of Pharmacy, Ceyhan Faculty of Engineering, Kozan Faculty of Business Administration, Ceyhan Faculty of Veterinary, and Vocational
school of Civil Aviation are newly founded and they have not started active education yet. One of the colleges, School of Foreign Languages, is an institution which offers English preparatory
education to the departments whose language of instruction is partly or totally English.
Çukurova university warms people's hearts like a shining sun of the south eastern region of Turkey, makes important contribution to the agriculture of the country's most fertile lands
in Çukurova, produces joint projects with regional industry, serves south-eastern region with the Research and Application Hospital, hosts artistic and scientific activities with
the modern and well-equipped convention center.
Approximately 56.000 students are enrolled in our university. There are 7.746 graduate students in Science, Social, Health Sciences and Addiction and Forensic Sciences Institute.
Our University employes a total of 894 instructors, some of them received national and international awards in a variety of platforms; among them there are 485 professors, 215 associate
professors, and 343 assistant professors, 792 researches assistant, 459 lecturers. Thus, the university employes a total of 2.294
academic staff. Our University also has the mission of educating lecturers in newly established universities.
For many years, Çukurova University, has been the region's only leading university and it has faculties and vocational schools spread over the provinces and districts of Adana. Besides
that, our university contributes to the establishment of many other universities in the region such as Mustafa Kemal University, Mersin University, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University and
Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University.
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