Type State university Administrative staff 2.900 Location Kocaeli, Turkey Phone +90 262 303 10 00 Undergraduates 50,043 | Established 1976 Postgraduates 2.055 Total enrollment 81,877 (2015) Rector Sadettin Hülagü | |
Address Kabaoğlu Mahallesi, Baki Komsuoğlu bulvarı No:515, 41380 Umuttepe İzmit/İzmit/Kocaeli, Turkey Founded 1976, Kocaeli Province, Turkey Notable alumni Sedef Avcı, Gökhan Türkmen, Gökhun Öztürk, Emre Korkmaz, Eray Atalı Similar Sakarya University, Marmara University, Uludağ University, Yıldız Technical University, Karadeniz Technical University Profiles | ||
Kocaeli university introductory video
The University of Kocaeli (KOU) is a state university in Kocaeli, Turkey. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The electrical and mechanical engineering departments, basic sciences, and department of modern languages were the original departments of the academy. It became a part of Yıldız University in 1982.
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On July 1992, the Turkish government decided to build 22 universities nationwide, including Kocaeli University. Before the 1999 İzmit earthquake, which can be regarded as the turning point for the rebirth of the university, Kocaeli University had approximately 20,000 students, 1,150 educational staff and a campus of 650,000 square meters. Kocaeli University lost nearly 75% of its physical structure in the earthquake, but its prior expansion site Arslanbey Campus rapidly compensated for the university's losses.The university moved to Umuttepe Campus in 2004.
Kocaeli University's central Umuttepe Campus is located just outside Izmit in the region of Kocaeli, the most heavily industrialized region of Turkey. Most of its faculties are in this campus, except the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Faculty of Architecture & Design, the Faculty of Dentistry, and the Faculty of Animal Husbandry.
Istanbul is only 90 kilometres (56 mi) away, and its secondary international airport was developed on a site 50 kilometres (31 mi) from Izmit, making the university much more accessible in recent years. Since Kocaeli is a near neighbour of Istanbul, a large number of its students come from Istanbul.
The university has established a department of international relations which monitors Bologna developments closely and oversees KOU's participation in the Erasmus and Leonardo da Vinci student mobility schemes. With membership in the European University Association, KOU is aiming for greater international recognition of its academic work.
The university, while focusing on technical and engineering subjects, offers an extensive selection of courses in social sciences and arts as well. Some steps toward certification by ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) are being taken by the Faculty of Engineering, such as adaptation of course content in engineering majors.