Gebze Institute of Technology
| Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi | |
| Type | State Technical University |
|---|---|
| Established | July 11, 1992 |
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Academic staff
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388 |
| Undergraduates | 2295 |
| Postgraduates | 3837 |
| Location | Gebze, Turkey |
| Website | www.gtu.edu.tr |
Gebze Technical University (Turkish: Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi (GTÜ)), formerly known as Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), is one of two institutes of technology founded in Turkey; The other one is İzmir Institute of Technology. It is a university for undergraduate and graduate studies and research activities located in a specifically selected area in Gebze, one of the most industrialized regions of the Marmara Region.
Although it is a fairly new undergraduate institution, GIT has held the fifth place among all universities in Turkey, and the first place among the state universities for number of publications per person by having increased the number of scientific publications in international publications to 153 by 2008.
GIT was founded in 1992 with the aim of becoming an academic institution of learning whose priority is educating innovative and broad-minded researchers, thus establishing itself among the international science and technology producers and helping the Turkish industry gain a strong position in the competitive global arena.
The institute, which has been giving education at graduate level in its four faculties since 1994, began to offer undergraduate education in the departments of Physics, Mathematics, Materials Science, Computer Engineering and Electronics Engineering in 2001 and Architecture and Business in 2008. All education programs are supported with English (30%). GIT has 926 undergraduate and 1275 graduate students and employs a total of 388 academic personnel, 158 of whom held doctoral degrees.
The institute consists of two campuses, Çayırova Campus and Muallimköy Campus, which is still under construction. Both of them are easily accessible by the E-5 and TEM highways between Kocaeli and Istanbul, and are close to Sabiha Gökçen Airport.
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