Ege University

Ege University, the fourth founded university of Turkey, is established by law No. 6595 issued on May 20th,1955 and began its educational life on November 5th, 1955. Since its establishment, Ege University, as Turkey’s fourth and the region’s first and the oldest university, has adopted the principles of contributing to the scientific world on a universal scale by producing knowledge-rich in quantity and quality, educating productive individuals and culturally well-equipped researchers who are conscious about local and global facts, and creating a higher added value with its regional strength by prioritising social benefit. During its 63 years of background, Ege University has succeeded in research and education and transferring the acquired knowledge to society and thus has broken new ground in multiple fields. Besides its internationally acknowledged quality education and the theoretical and practical research activities, with its unique model to bring the university together with industry, state, research and development, innovation, entrepreneurship, and information and knowledge transfer issues, Ege University is a pioneering representative of Fourth Generation University Concept.