Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
| Type | Public coeducational |
|---|---|
| Established | 1992 |
| Chancellor | Prof.Dr. Yücel Acer |
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Administrative staff
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3.000 |
| Undergraduates | 34.500 |
| Location | Çanakkale, Turkey |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | www.comu.edu.tr/en/ |
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (informally ÇOMÜ) is a Turkish public research university located in Çanakkale (Dardannelles) province (near Gallipoli) and its surrounding towns. It is a member of the Balkan Universities Network, The European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU) and hosted the World Universities Congress 2010.
The ÇOMÜ is listed among the world's top 1,000 best universities in the 2012 annual Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports and one of the top innovative universities in Turkey The University was named as one of the top innovative Turkish universities in 2013 by the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology.
ÇOMÜ is a member of the European University Association, the International Association of the Universities and the Thrace Universities Union.
Some of the COMU colleges were part of the Trakya (Thrace) University before 1992. The Faculty of Education is rooted in the 1950s. The Çanakkale Vocational School was also part of the Thrace University (Edirne).
The ÇOMÜ was founded in 1992 based upon the Faculty of Education on the Anafartalar Campus by the Turkish Parliament law. Before this the facilities had housed a teacher training institute that was a branch of Trakya University. The first rector of the University was Prof. Dr. Mete Tuncoku.
With its new status and intake from Turkey's large youth population, the university developed quickly in terms of the number of students, staff and facilities, spurring the opening of new faculties and colleges.
The university has expanded rapidly over the last few years and in the 2005–2006 academic year there were over 19,000 students participating in a wide variety of programs taught by 960 academic staff in two graduate schools, nine faculties, two polytechnic colleges (four-year programs) and 11 vocational colleges (two-year programs). There are several campuses in Chanakkale itself, and some of the academic units are located in other towns of the province.
The number of academicians in the COMU is over 1.506 and the student number is over 37.500 in 2013.
As of 2012, ÇOMÜ has approximately 33,500 students, of which 22,000 are enrolled in undergraduate programs, 9,500 in 2-years programs, and 2,200 in MA and PhD programs. In 2013 the number of MA and PhD students reached 3,400. Each academic year, the ÇOMÜ hosts over 375 regular international students from 44 different countries. As of 2013, the university employs 1506. The number of the alumni exceeds 60,000. The language of instruction at ÇOMÜ is Turkish and English.
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