Ankara University

With its awareness of being the first university of the Turkish Republic, Ankara University is locked on to the target of reaching the highest level of modern civilization under the guidance of reason and science. Ankara University provides education through associate (two-year) degree programs, and undergraduate (bachelor degree) programs through its 14 faculties, 3 vocational schools, 9 colleges and a state conservatory. Graduate level education and research provided by its 13 graduate schools are the pillars of Ankara University`s activities. A very wide range of programs are on offer with 36 associate degree and 99 undergraduate level programs of study. As of October 22, 2012, our University has 5339 associate degree and 39778 undergraduate level students. New students can attend the foreign language preparation courses during their first year.Our teaching and research staff is composed of 1189 professors, 287 associate professors, and 333 assistant professors, totaling 1809 faculty members employed at the University. The total number of auxiliary academic staff is 1636, which consists of 134 instructors, 269 lecturers, 166 specialists, and 1067 research assistants. Ankara University also employs 5496 administrative staff.

The Mission of Ankara University is: to contribute to developments in modern science and technologies to follow these developments daily and to reflect them in higher education, social life, administration, development dynamics, service and product provision processes of the country

Foundation year:1946
Short name:AU
Type:Public
Students:65700
Faculty:3860
Faculty/Students Ratio:17:1
Region:Asia
Location:Ankara