Gebze Technical University ( tr, Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi (GTÜ)), formerly known as Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT), is one of two institutes of technology founded in Turkey; The other one is İzmir Institute of Technology. It is a university for undergraduate and graduate studies and research activities located in a specifically selected area in

Gebze Gebze (,) is a district in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. It is situated 65 km (30 mi) southeast of Istanbul, on the Gulf of Izmit, the eastern arm of the Sea of Marmara. Gebze is the largest district per population size in the province as o ...

, one of the most industrialized regions of the

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. Gebze Technical University is one of the universities that hold the title "research university" in Turkey, which "research university" title is given based on university's academic output by Council of Higher Education

Research

Although it is a fairly new undergraduate institution, GTU has held the fifth place among all universities in Turkey, and the first place among the state universities for number of publications per person by having increased the number of scientific publications in international publications to 153 by 2008.

Establishment

Gebze Technical University was founded in 1992 under the name of Gebze Institute of Technology. Gebze Technical University (GTU) was established upon the foundations and experience of Gebze Institute of Technology (GIT) with the decree dated 4 November 2014 of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, interiting and embracing GIT's 22-year heritage.

Education

The institute, which has been giving education at graduate level in its four faculties since 1994, began to offer undergraduate education in the departments of

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

, Mathematics, Materials Science, Computer Engineering and Electronics Engineering in 2001 and

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and Business in 2008. All education programs are supported with English (30%). GTU has 926 undergraduate and 1275 graduate students and employs a total of 388 academic personnel, 158 of whom held doctoral degrees.

Faculties and departments

*Faculty of Sciences **Physics **Mathematics **Chemistry **Molecular Biology and Genetics *Faculty of Engineering **Computer Engineering **Electronics Engineering **Materials Science **Design and Manufacturing Engineering **Energy Systems Engineering **Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering **Environmental Engineering **Chemical Engineering **Bioengineering *Faculty of Architecture **Architecture **Urban and Regional Planning **Industrial Product Design *Faculty of Business Administration **Business **Economics **Strategics *Institutes **Institute of Engineering and Natural Sciences **Institute of Social Sciences **Institute of Earthquake and Structural Sciences **Institute of Defense Technologies *Departments Subordinate to Rectorate **Foreign Languages **Informatics Department

Campuses

The university consists of one campus, Çayırova Campus , which is still under construction.

Çayırova Campus

Being the first and the main campus of Gebze Technical University, Çayırova Campus is located 10 kilometers away from Gebze city center toward

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. The campus is of 1.400.000 m². The rector's office, administrative bodies, library, and classrooms for the entire undergraduate and a number of graduate studies are located in Çayırova Campus. Muallimköy Campus (permenantly shut down), with its 3,800,000 m² area, is still under construction but

Environmental Engineering Environmental engineering is a professional engineering discipline that encompasses broad scientific topics like chemistry, biology, ecology, geology, hydraulics, hydrology, microbiology, and mathematics to create solutions that will protect and ...

Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering Geodesy ( ) is the Earth science of accurately measuring and understanding Earth's figure (geometric shape and size), orientation in space, and gravity. The field also incorporates studies of how these properties change over time and equivale ...

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary i ...

and Chemistry departments have been continuing their research there since 2002. It is planned to contain most of the departments and a 500-person capacity dormitory facility. The İstanbul-Ankara TEM highway passes very near the campus. In 2014, the faculties and departments on the muallimköy campus were moved to the Çayırova Campus. Muallimköy campus land was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

Facilities

Library

GTU Library, as well as possessing more than 10,000 books and 222 periodicals, provides direct access to 9,705 electronic journals on eight databases.

Laboratories

GTU has 79 research and/or teaching laboratories. Every major department has its own computer network and laboratory for its students. In addition, public computer laboratories are available workdays and weekends.

Students life

The societies active at GTU are: * Astronomy and Physics Society * IEEE Student Branch * IT Club * Music Society * Photography and Drawing Society * Robot Society * Sport Society :* 1907 UNIFEB GYTE :* Dance Club :* Nature Sports and Climbing :* GTU Rowing Crew :* UltrAslan GYTE :* UNIBJK GYTE * Theater Club

References

External links

GTU Web Site

Gebze

GTU Erasmus
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