Sakarya Üniversitesi | |
SAÜ, SAU
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Motto | Shape your future, Geleceğinize yön verin. |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1970 (As Architecture and Engineering Academy) |
President | Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Elmas |
Provost | Prof. Dr. Mehmet Ali Yalçin Prof. Dr. Musa Eken Prof. Dr. Ümit Kocabiçak Prof. Dr. Atilla Arkan |
Students | 50876 |
Undergraduates | 26633 |
Postgraduates | 3973 |
Location | Adapazarı, Sakarya Province, Turkey |
Campus | Esentepe Campus, 54187 / Sakarya |
Colors | Cardinal blue and white |
Athletics |
Sakarya Tatankaları(American football) |
Affiliations | IAU |
Website | Sakarya University |
Coordinates: 40°44′27″N 30°20′00″E / 40.7408°N 30.3333°E
Sakarya University (Turkish: Sakarya Üniversitesi), frequently referred to simply as SAU, is a public research university located in the city of Adapazarı, the capital of the Turkish province of Sakarya.
Considered one of the largest universities in Turkey with more than 85,000 students, Sakarya University has very high research activity and its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Humanities, as well as professional degrees in business, medicine, law, nursing, social work and dentistry. It hosts five different institutes: Educational Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and Middle East Institute.
In Turkey, Sakarya University is the first and only state university receiving the ISO-2002 Quality Certificate and "the EFQM Excellence Quality Certificate of Competency Level".
The nucleus of Sakarya University, whose mission is to educate individuals by all kinds of equipment modern civilization requires, has been formed by School of Engineering and Architecture founded in 1970 affiliated with Istanbul Technical University. This school has turned into the State Academy of Engineering and Architecture in 1971 and served as a faculty from 1982 to 1992.