Eskişehir Osmangazi University
| Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi | |
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Other name
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ESOGU |
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| Motto | In the light of science, In the way of modern civilization... |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 18 August 1993 |
| Rector | Prof. Dr. Hasan Gönen |
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Administrative staff
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1,507 |
| Students | 29,822 |
| Postgraduates | 5077 |
| Location | Eskişehir, Turkey |
| Website | http://www.ogu.edu.tr/en/index.aspx |
Eskisehir Osmangazi University (Turkish: Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi), abbreviated as ESOGU, is located in Eskişehir, in the Eskişehir Province of Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University (ESOGU) is a state university that dates back to the foundation of the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Letters and Applied Sciences in 1970. These pioneering faculties became the founders of Anadolu University in 1972. These three faculties together with Eskişehir School of Health, Eskişehir Vocational School of Health Services, Institutes of Health Sciences, Metallurgy, and Applied Sciences, newly founded Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences have formed Eskişehir Osmangazi University on 18 August 1993. Afterward other faculties and higher schools were founded.
ESOGU has now become one of the leading universities in central Anatolia with 11 faculties, 1 school, 4 vocational schools and 5 post-graduate schools, that are on 5 campuses. Currently, it has 29,822 students and 1507 teaching and research staff. In the body of ESOGU, there are 21 research, development and innovation centres operating in cooperation with state and private institutions.
The campus has a central library, a 1,284-bed university hospital, oncology center, heart and thorax center, restaurants, sports facilities, two parks (a botanical garden, Cumhuriyet Parkı, covering an area of 80,000 m2 and Porsuk River Recreational Area located on an area of 72,000 m2).
The instruction language is Turkish except for the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering and the Department of Computer Engineering. Students who will study in any of the following programs have to attend a one-year compulsory English course: Electrical&Electronics, Computer, Mechanical, Mining Engineering, International Relations, Tourism&Hotel Management. Apart from the university entrance exam language score which they use for application, Comparative Literature students must also attend a one-year compulsory language course to study English, German or French.
Students are admitted according to their scores in the examinations of Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM) for higher education programs in Turkey.
Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Medicine was established in 1970 and accepts nearly 200 new students every year. The education period is six years and the programme is annual. The education language is Turkish.
The faculty is composed of three departments, namely Basic Medical Sciences, Internal Medical Sciences and Surgical Medical Sciences.
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