UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP

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• UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP
• Prof.Dr. Zerrin Söylemez
• National Coordinator of LdV Project
• ComPro
• Erasmus Institutional Coordinator
• Wuppertal, GERMANY
• 21-24 November 2006

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• GAZIANTEP ÜNIVERSITESI
• UNIVERSITY OF GAZIANTEP
• Established as a state university in 27 June 1987
• Higher education began in Gaziantep as early as
  1973
• ID Code TR GAZIANT01
• EUC Project No 221468-IC-1-2003-1-TR-ERASMUS-EUC-
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• DS Label Holding Institution
• www.gantep.edu.tr/erasmus

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• PREMISSES
• ? Main Campus
• Gaziantep
• ? Extention Campuses
• Kilis
• Oguzeli
• Nizip

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• POPULATION
• ? 19 335 graduates
• ? 12 738 undergraduate students
• ? 373 graduate students
• ? 651 academic staff
• ? 397 teaching and research assistants
• ? 806 administrative staff

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• ACADEMIC YEAR
• 32 weeks except examination periods (senate,
  24.05.2005)
• Fall Semester Mid September mid January
  Spring Semester Mid February mid June
• Summer school July mid August
• For Medical doctors degree, 35-52 weeks.

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• MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION
• Faculty of Engineering and the Department of
  Western Languages and Literatures teach in
  English.
• The language of instruction in other academic
  units is Turkish.

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• SUBJECT AREAS TAUGHT
• Engineering (7 departments), Medicine, Basic
  Sciences (4 departments), Economics, Business
  Administration, Linguistics and Literature (3
  departments), History (2 Departments), Nursing (2
  departments), Teacher Education (2 faculties),
  Conservatory of Turkish Music (3 departments),
  Physical Education and Sports, Vocational
  Education in Technical and Social Sciences (6
  schools), and in Health Sciences and in Tourism
  and Hotel Management

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• DEGREES AWARDED
• ? Undergraduate two-year diploma (pre-licenciate
  degree)
• Short Cycle, 120 ECTS
• ? Vocational School Diploma (associate degree)
• Short Cycle, 120 ECTS
• ? Four year undergraduate Degree (B.Sc. or B.A.)
• First Cycle, 240 ECTS
• ? Medical Doctors Degree (M.D.)
• One-tier, 360 ECTS
• ? Masters Degree (M.Sc. or M.A.)
• Second Cycle, with thesis 120 ECTS
• without thesis 90 ECTS
• ? Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.)
• Third Cycle, 240 ECTS

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• RESEARCH APPLICATION CENTER FOR WOMENS ISSUES
• University has 11 RA Centers
• RA Center of Womens Issues (GÜKAMER)
  established in 1997, providing education and
  training for illiterate women in socially and
  economically disadvantaged groups. The center
  works in cooperation with other local woman
  organizations such as Association of Womens
  Issues, Turkish Association of University Women.
• The Administrative Committee of the center
  consists of director, vice-director, and four
  members all of which are the teaching staff of
  the University. Counsellors Committee consists of
  teaching staff of the University and members of
  the local NGOs.

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• GENERAL INFORMATION/FACILITIES
• Dormitories 22 Euro per month.
• Training Hotel 15 Euro per day.
• Meal in Central Dining Hall 0.8 Euro.
• Cost of living 270 Euro/month.
• Central Library Books, journals and access to
  internet.
• Computer center e-mail to all students.
• Language courses 60-hour Turkish courses in two
  levels free of charge.
• There are sport facilities, extra-mural and
  leissure activites via 40 student clubs.
• University has medical center and training
  hospital.

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• ACTIVITIES UNDER SOCRATES/ERASMUS PROGRAMME
• STUDENT / STAFF EXCHANGE
• 2003-2004 11 outgoing student (Pilot Project)
• 2 incoming student (Pilot Project)
• 2004-2005 20 outgoing student
• no incoming student and teaching staff
• 4 outgoing teaching staff
• 2005-2006 27 outgoing student
• 6 outgoing teaching staff
• no incoming students
• 9 incoming teaching staff
• PROJECTS
• University is the participant of three TN
  Projects and two LdV projects.

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• SOCRATES/ERASMUS PROGRAMME
• PARTNERS FOR STUDENT/STAFF EXCHANGE
• West Bohemia University, CZ Mechanical
  Engineering
• Liverpool John Moores University, UK Mechanical
  Engineering
• Vaxjö University, SE Mechanical Engineering
• Diusburg University, DE Engineering
• Copenhagen University, DK Elect. Electro.
  Engineering
• Catolica Portuguesa, PT Food Engineering
• Kauno Technologijos, LT Food Engineering
• Universidade Do Algarve, PT Food Engineering
• Warsaw University, PL Food Engineering
• The Royal Veterinary Agricultural University,
  DK Food Engineering
• Helsinki University, FI Food Engineering
• Politechnica Opalska, PL Civil and Industrial
  Engineering
• Instituto Superior Tecnico, PT Industrial
  Engineering
• Bielsko-Biala, PL Textile Engineering

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• IMPLEMENTATION OF ECTS
• ? ECTS was set up in our University for credit
  transfer
• ? ECTS was applied to all cycles (first, second,
  third) including 2-year undergraduate programmes
  (short cycle)
• ? The student workload 1500 or more
• ? 1 ECTS 25 hours
• ? Credits are allocated to all educational
  components of a study programme including summer
  practices, thesis etc
• ? The allocation of credits based on a realistic
  estimation of the student workload required for
  the average student to achieve the learning
  outcomes.

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• IMPLEMENTATION OF DIPLOMA SUPPLEMENT
• ? Prepared in English
• ? A3 paper size was used and folded into two (4
  pages)
• ? Students receive a copy of the Diploma
  Supplement free of charge on graduation in all
  first, second and third cycle degree programmes
  including 2-year undergraduate programmes (short
  cycle)
• ? Graduates receive an explanation of the
  purpose of the Diploma Supplement together with
  diploma supplement

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