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Gazi University, with its main campus hosting most of the faculties and schools as well as the Rector’s Office, is a city university at the centre of Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. Faculties and schools are at the districts of Beşevler, Maltepe, and Emek, and the towns of Gölbaşı, Çubuk and Beypazarı. Besides the main campus of 450.000 square meters of area at Beşevler, Gazi University has four other campuses: Emek, 11.624 square meters; Maltepe, 21.184; Çubuk, 689.638; and Gölbaşı, 318.000.
Gazi University embraces the philosophy of producing knowledge at a universal level, taking a place in global rivalry and bringing the scientific results to life for the good of humanity. Gazi University, with a population of 72.000 students, is also a centre of arts, culture, and sports. The basics of Gazi University are as follows:
Date of Foundation
1926
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Rector
Prof. Dr. Musa YILDIZ
Type of University
State
Number of Faculties
21
Number of State Conservatories
1
Number of Schools
4
Number of Vocational Schools
9
Number of Institutes
7
Number of Research Centres
41
Number of Academic Staff
4.094
Number of Administrative Staff
3.607
Number of Undergraduate Students
49.367
Number of Graduate Students
14.621
Number of Associate
Degree Students
9.650
On the main campus, there are Faculty of Pharmacology, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Technology, Faculty of Technical Education, School of Physical Education and Sports, Vocational School of Distance Education, Institute of Informatics, Institute of Science, and Institute of Educational Sciences, Institute of Research and Prevention of Accidents, State Conservatory of Turkish Music, and the Central Library. In Beşevler, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, School of Vocational Education, School of Arts and Design, School of Health Sciences, and Faculty of Medicine, Ankara Vocational School and Vocational School of Justice take place. In Maltepe, there are Faculty of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, School of Banking and Insurance while in Emek, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Communications, Faculty of Fine Arts, and Institute of Fine Arts are located. In Ostim, Ostim Vocational School; in Çankaya, Vocational School of Land Registry and Cadastre; in Gölbaşı, Faculty of Tourism, Industrial Arts Education, Technocity, School of Foreign Languages, Vocational School of Health Services, some research units and laboratories are located. In the county of Beypazarı, Beypazarı Vocational School of Technical Sciences is located. In Polatlı, Polatlı Faculty of Arts and Sciences provides education affiliated with Faculties of Arts and Sciences.