İzmir Bakırçay University () is a

public university A public university, state university, or public college is a university or college that is State ownership, owned by the state or receives significant funding from a government. Whether a national university is considered public varies from o ...

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. It was established by the

Grand National Assembly of Turkey The Grand National Assembly of Turkey ( ), usually referred to simply as the GNAT or TBMM, also referred to as , in Turkish, is the Unicameralism, unicameral Turkey, Turkish legislature. It is the sole body given the legislative prerogatives by ...

on 20 August 2016 with other 3 new universities. İzmir Bakırçay University was cited by the press as the successor of

Gediz University Gediz University () was a private university located in the Seyrek neighborhood of Menemen, a metropolitan district of İzmir, Turkey. It was established in 2008. On 23 July 2016, in the course of the 2016 Turkish purges, the university was close ...

, which was closed private university by Turkish government on 23 July 2016. But the Council of Higher Education denied it and explained that İzmir Bakırçay University wasn't founded in place of Gediz University.

Organization

İzmir Bakırçay University has 5 faculties, 3 institutes and 4 other schools.YÜKSEKÖĞRETİM KURUMLARI TEŞKİLATI KANUNU, ek madde 169
/ref>

Faculties

*Faculty of Science and Literature *Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences *Faculty of Law *Faculty of Engineering and Architecture *Faculty of Medical Sciences

Institutes

*Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering *Institute of Social Sciences *Institute of Medical Sciences

Other schools

*Vocational School of Health Services *School of Foreign Languages *Vocational School of Justice *Vocational School

References

Universities and colleges in İzmir State universities and colleges in Turkey Universities and colleges established in 2016 2016 establishments in Turkey {{Turkey-university-stub