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SUDANESE AND TURKISH UNIVERSITES INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION MEETING AND

EDUCATION FAIR12-14 January 2015 Khartoum - SUDAN

PROF. DR. MUSTAFA ACAR

RECTOR OF AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

CONTENT

Higher Education System in Turkey

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Types of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

There are two types of universities in Turkey:

Public, and

Non-profit Foundation Universities

There are the following units in the universities:

Faculty (School): A division conducting higher education, scholarly research and

publication. Various departments and programs may be connected to it. It carries

out an educational program of at least four years' duration that culminates with

the award of a Bachelor's degree.

Graduate School: An institution in universities concerned with graduate

education, scholarly research and applications. Called institutes, they award MA,

MS and PhD degrees.


There are the following units in the universities:

Post-secondary School: An institution of higher education

which is mainly concerned with providing instruction for a

specific profession. It carries out eight-semester education.

Conservatory: An institution of higher education in which

artists are trained for music and the performing arts. It

carries out eight-semester education.

Post-secondary Vocational School: An institution of higher

education that is aimed at training manpower in specific

occupations and provides instruction lasting four semesters.https://www.yok.gov.tr/...TURKISH+HIGHER+EDUCATION+SYSTEM


The Number of Higher Education Institutions in Turkey (2014)Public Universities 123

Non-profit foundation Universities 73

196

Degrees in HEIs

1.An Associate's degree (short cycle) is awarded on

completion of a two-year study program.

2.A Bachelor's degree (1st cycle) is normally awarded

after the completion of a four-year course of study.

3.A Master's degree program (2nd cycle) is a two-year

program leading to the Master of Arts (MA) or Master

of Sciences (MS).

Degrees in HEIs

4. A Doctoral degree program (3rd cycle) is usually an eight-

semester program leading to the PhD degree. It consists of a

minimum of seven courses, with a minimum of 21 credits, a

proficiency exam, a dissertation proposal, a dissertation and its

oral defense.

5. Specialization in Medicine programs are equivalent to doctoral

degree programs and are carried out in the faculties of medicine,

university hospitals and research and training hospitals.

6. Proficiency in Art is at least a six-semester post-Master's

program in the visual and performing art branches making it

equivalent to a Doctorate. It requires the presentation of an

original work of art or (in music and the performing arts) a

superior, creative performance.

Number of Academic Staff (2014)Female Male Total

Faculty members with PhD

23.254 42.996 66.250

Professor 5.989 14.684 20.673

Associate Professor 4.666 8.868 13.534

Assistant Professor 12.599 19.444 32.043

Teaching Stuff 38.307 39.198 77.505

Instructer 83.45 11.095 19.440

Lecturer 6.210 3.840 10.050

Specialist 1.783 1.883 3.666

Research Assistant 21.945 22.363 44.308

Translator 14 6 20

Education Planner 10 11 21

Total 61.561 82.194 143.755

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Number of Students (2014)

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Female Male Total

Associate's degree 940.908 821.462 1.762.370

Bachelor's degree 1.829.831 1.545.357 3.375.188

Master's degree program

154.458 111.323 265.781

Doctoral degree program

37.964 28.605 66.569

Total 2.963.161 2.506.747 5.469.908

International Students

48.190

Language of InstructionThe main language of instruction is Turkish in the higher

education institutions, but some universities use English,

French and/or German as the language of instruction

preceded by one-year language preparatory classes.

Additionally, some universities have programs in which

about 30% of the courses use English as the language of

instruction.


International Student Admissions Foreign students who wish to undertake their undergraduate studies in

Turkey must have completed their secondary education in a high school or

similar institution in which the education is equivalent to that of a Turkish

high school.

They apply directly to the university of their choice and the university makes

the selection.

Foreign students who wish to pursue their graduate / post-graduate studies

in Turkey also apply directly to the universities, which set their own

admissions requirements.

Scholarships are available for some international students from the Turkish

Ministry of National Education. More information on these scholarships and

application procedures is available at http://digm.meb.gov.tr/burs.html


ChallengesHow to remove the “imposed uniformity” on universities

Establishing Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs)

Commercialization of knowledge

Improving partnerships with industry & private sector in

research

How to improve academic assessment and quality

assurance

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SWOT

1. Strengths

Strong Economy & Growth

Old and Good Universities

Increasing financial support for universities

Increasing per capita R&D expenditure (46 USD in

2003 and 122 USD in 2008)

SWOT

1.Strengths

Increasing Scientific Productivity2003 ........... 2009 12K .............25K publications 63K..............129K citations 500...............2600 patents

SWOT2. Weaknesses

Insufficient level of institutional autonomy

Personnel Policy of the State

Line-item Budget

Insufficient Level of Relations with Industry

SWOT2. Weaknesses

Insufficient Effort to Support Continuing

Education

Insufficient number of PhDs to teach at

the newly established universities

SWOT3. Opportunities

New constitution in the works which will

lead to the restructuring of CoHE and to the

restructuring of the university system

Increasing demand from abroad

Increasing competition amongst universities

Reverse brain-drain

SWOT

4. Threats

Geo-political Factors

Volatile Region (Middle East, Caucasus, etc.)

Possible Areas of Collaboration

Co-operation in Research

Share of Knowledge and Experience

Mawlana program: exchange of

students and scholars

AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

Founded in 2006Total students: 18.000Total Academic Staff: 700University Academic Rating: 1st (URAP)

Awarded Best University (Aksaray University) and Best Rector (Prof. Mustafa Acar, PhD) by Europe Business Assembly

AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

AKSARAY UNIVERSITYFACULTIES

Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Economics and Administrative SciencesFaculty of Science and Letters Faculty of EducationFaculty of Islamic SciencesFaculty of CommunicationFaculty of Architecture and DesignFaculty of Veterinary MedicineFaculty of Tourism

VOCATIONAL SCHOOLSAksaray Vocational School of Technical

SciencesAksaray Vocational School of Social SciencesVocational School of Health Services Ortaköy Vocational SchoolŞereflikoçhisar Berat Cömertoğlu Vocational

School Güzelyurt Vocational School

AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

SCHOOLS School of Physical Education and SportsSchool of Applied Technology and BusinessSchool of Health School of Foreign LanguagesSchool of Tourism and Hospitality

Management

AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTES

Institute of Social SciencesInstitute of Natural and Applied Sciences

AKSARAY UNIVERSITY

Erasmus Student/Staff Exchange Agreements with countries such as; Bulgaria, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Lithuania, Germany, Greece, Czech Republic, Italy, Finland

New Agreements with;Latvia, Spain, France, Macedonia, Croatia,

Mevlana and other exchange agreements in five continents including countries such as;Nigeria, United States of America, Malaysia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, and moreC

AKSARAY UNIVERSITYInternational Bilateral Agreements

THANK YOU ! http://en.aksaray.edu.tr/[email protected]

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