Mersin University
Turkish public university located in Mersin
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Mersin University (Turkish: Mersin Ãniversitesi) is a public university, built in 1992 in Mersin Province, Turkey. It has about 39,000 students, 1,813 academic staff, and a number of foreign and guest academic staff.[2]
MottoA world university in the light of science and modernity
EstablishedJuly 3, 1992
Mersin Ãniversitesi | |
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| Motto | A world university in the light of science and modernity |
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| Type | Public university |
| Established | July 3, 1992 |
| Rector | Prof.Dr.Erol YaÅar[1] |
Academic staff | 1405 |
Administrative staff | 866 |
| Students | 26,644 |
| Location | , |
| Colors | Ultramarine & orange |
| Website | / mersin.edu.tr |
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The university has research and sports facilities, in Mersin town centre and in other towns.[3]
In 2005 the Mersin Technology Development Zone (Technoscope) was set up, creating a partnership between the university's research and development departments and industry, with the aim of developing new technologies that could be directly translated into industrial production.[4]
Departments
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Economics and Managerial Sciences
- Faculty of Arts and Science
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Water Resources
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Architecture
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
- Faculty of Tarsus Technical Education
- Faculty of Communication
Notable alumni
- Deniz SaÄdıç, artist
- Elçin Sangu, actress
- Dirayet TaÅdemir, politician
- Nevin Yanıt, Turkish female sprinter
- Sebahat Tuncel, politician
- Ayberk Pekcan, actor
- Turabi Ãamkıran, MMA fighter and actor[5]
- Erkan Meriç, model and actor[6]
- TuÄçe Kandemir, singer-songwriter and literature teacher
- Dilek Ãcalan, politician
