Samsun University

Samsun University
MottoA qualified university for a qualified society!
TypePublic
Established2018
Location
Samsun
,
Turkey
Websitesamsun.edu.tr

Samsun University (Turkish: Samsun Üniversitesi, commonly shortened to SAMÜ) is a public university in Samsun, Turkey. It was formed on 31 May 2018 by the separation from Ondokuz Mayıs University.[1]

The main campus of Samsun University, the second public university in Samsun, is located in Canik district.[2]

History

Samsun's first university was Ondokuz Mayıs University founded in 1975.[3] The second university established in Samsun was Canik Başarı University, which started education as a private university in 2012.[4] It was one of the educational institutions closed in 2016 following the attempted coup d'état, due to its affiliation to the Gülen movement, and its students and their rights to use physical structures were transferred to Ondokuz Mayıs University.[5] Upon this, the Politicians in the city, Professional associations and Non-governmental organizations called for the establishment of a new public university to replace the closed university.[6]

In 2018, some academic units from Ondokuz Mayıs University such as Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences, School of Civil Aviation and Kavak Vocational School became a part of newly established Samsun University. Other academic units such as The Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences and Faculty of Architecture and Design, were all re-established under the new university.[1]

Samsun University Faculty of Medicine was founded on 31 August 2020 in Canik campus.[7]

The logo of Samsun University, which started providing education on 24 September 2018, was chosen on 28 October 2018.[8]

Academic units

As of 2021, the university has five faculties, one college, one institute and two Vocational schools.

Faculties

  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences
  • Faculty of Economics, Administration, and Social sciences
  • Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine arts
  • Faculty of Medicine

Institute

  • Graduate School

College

Vocational schools

  • Kavak Vocational School
  • Vocational School of Technical Sciences

Campuses

Ballıca

Located in Ballıca in Ondokuzmayıs district. There are Faculty of Aviation and Space Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and School of Civil Aviation and Vocational School of Technical Sciences. There are also dormitories for students in the campus. It is designed as a campus where technical sciences are predominant.[9]

Canik

Located in Canik district. There are Faculty of Economics, Administrative, and Social Sciences and Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts and Faculty of Medicine. It is designed as a campus where social sciences are predominant.[9]

Student clubs

There are 26 clubs at the university.[10] In addition to these student clubs, there are engineering teams carrying out R&D studies. Tanyeli Rocket team, whose members consist of students from both Samsun University and 19 Mayıs University, were placed first at Teknofest Aerospace and Technology Festival 2020 in the 1500 meter low-altitude category.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Başbakanlık Mevzuatı Geliştirme ve Yayın Genel Müdürlüğü". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. ^ "YÖK Universiteler". www.yok.gov.tr. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Hakkımızda | OMÜ | Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi". 15 June 2018. Archived from the original on 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Canik'te Okullarımız Egitime Sorunsuz Başladı – Eğitim". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Canik Başarı için karar çıktı – Güncel". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ^ "2. ÜNİVERSİTE İÇİN SAMSUN AYAKTA". 14 June 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  7. ^ "AK Parti'li Karaaslan". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Üniversitemizin Logosu Belli Oldu | Samsun Üniversitesi – Samsun Üniversitesi" (in Turkish). 28 October 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b Gazetesi, Haber. "NİTELİKLİ BİR TOPLUM İÇİN NİTELİKLİ BİR ÜNİVERSİTE". Haber Gazetesi (in Turkish). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Öğrenci Topluluklarımız | Sağlık Kültür Daire Başkanlığı – Sağlık Kültür Daire Başkanlığı" (in Turkish). 13 May 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ^ ""tanyeli roket takımı" türkiye birincisi oldu samsun üniversitesi öğrencilerinden büyük başarı samsun üniversitesi öğrencilerinin yer aldığı tanyeli roket takımı teknofest 2020'de türkiye birincisi oldu – Samsun Haberleri". www.haberturk.com (in Turkish). 27 September 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2021.