Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University (informally ÇOMÜ) is a Turkish public research university located in Çanakkale province, near Gallipoli and its surrounding towns. It is a member of the Balkan Universities Network, the European University Association (EUA), International Association of Universities (IAU), and the Thrace Universities Union.
History Thrace University Period Some of the ÇOMÜ colleges were part of the Trakya (Thrace) University before 1992. The Faculty of Education is rooted in the 1950s. The Çanakkale Vocational School was also part of the Thrace University (Edirne).
Foundation The ÇOMÜ was founded in 1992 based upon the Faculty of Education on the Anafartalar Campus by the Turkish Parliament law. Before this the facilities had housed a teacher training institute that was a branch of Trakya University. The first rector of the university was Prof. Dr. Mete Tuncoku.
In the 2005–2006 academic year there were over 19,000 students, with 960 academic staff in two graduate schools, nine faculties, two polytechnic colleges (four-year programs) and 11 vocational colleges (two-year programs). There are several campuses in Çanakkale itself, while some of the academic units are located in other towns of the province.
From October 20 to 24, 2010, the university hosted the World Universities Congress, which focused on addressing the question, 'What can world universities do to prevent global problems?'Official website of the World Universities Congress (WUC)
The number of academicians in the ÇOMÜ is over 1800 and the student number is over 48.610 in 2020.
The current rector of the university is Prof. Dr. Sedat Murat.
Academics As of 2020, ÇOMÜ has approximately 48,800 students, of which 30,100 are enrolled in undergraduate programs, 13,600 in 2-years programs, and about 3,600 in MA and PhD programs. Each academic year, the ÇOMÜ hosts over 2000 regular international students from 68 different countries. As of 2020, the number of academical personnel is 1920. The total number of personnel reaches 3,000. The number of the alumni exceeds 112,000. The languages of instructions at ÇOMÜ are Turkish and English.
Faculty Departments
Biga Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty of Agriculture Faculty of Education Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Fine Arts Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technologies Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Sciences and Arts Faculty of Theology Faculty of Communication Faculty of Political Sciences in Çanakkale Faculty of Architecture and Design
Biga Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, BIIBF The Biga Faculty of Economics and Managements Studies is located in Biga, a town approximately 70 kilometers from the Çanakkale city center. It offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The faculty publishes a quarterly journal: Journal of Administrative Sciences (YBD).
The departments are International Relations, Business Studies, Economics, Labor economics & Industrial Relations, Public Finance, Public Management.
Faculty of Agriculture The Faculty of Agriculture is located on the main Terzioglu Campus in Çanakkale and has practical training facilities at its farm in the village of Saricaali (TETAM) and on the Dardanos Campus.
The departments are Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Construction and Irrigation, Agricultural Mechanisation, Animal Science, Field Crops, Horticulture, Landscaping, Plant Protection, Soil Science.
Faculty of Education This is the largest faculty of the university, with approximately 4,500 students, and is on the Anafartalar Campus in the centre of Çanakkale. Departments are Computer and Educational Technology Teaching, Education Studies, Fine Arts Teaching, Foreign Language Teaching, Physical Education and Sports Teaching, Primary School Teaching, Secondary Education Social Subjects Teaching, Turkish Language Teaching.
Faculty of Engineering
The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is temporarily located in the Faculty of Sciences and Arts building on the Terzioglu Campus, until its own building is complete. Departments are Geomatics Engineering, Computer Engineering, Food Engineering, Geological Engineering, Geophysical Engineering and Environmental Engineering.
Faculty of Fine Arts The Faculty of Fine Arts is housed in the buildings of Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Theology, Çanakkale Vocational College. Nedime Hanim Friendship House is the nest for the departments of Textile, Performing and Visual Arts and Cinema and Television.
Departments are Ceramics, Cinema and Television, Performing and Visual Arts, Graphics, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Textiles, Traditional Handicrafts.
Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technologies The Faculty of Marine Science and Technologies was temporarily housed in the Faculty of Sciences and Arts building until the construction of its own building on the Terzioglu Campus. Its first name was Fisheries Faculty which founded in 1992 and started its academic program in 1995. It offers courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. It has several research facilities and laboratories for fisheries and aquatic research that encompasses a broad range of topics such as: aquaculture, water chemistry and pollution, fish diseases, biotechnology and genetics, seafood processing and quality, limnology and marine biology, and fisheries biology.
Departments are Aquaculture, Fishing and Processing, Hydrobiology.
Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine received its first intake of students in 2002 and at present they are being educated at another university in Istanbul. Since 2007 students are educated in the Faculty of Medicine building in the main campus, Çanakkale.
The school has 320 students in 2012.
Faculty of Sciences and Arts The Faculty of Sciences and Arts is on the Terzioglu Campus. Its departments are Archaeology, Art History, Sociology, Biology, Chemistry, English Language and Literature, Geography, History, Mathematics, Physics, Turkish Language and Literature.
The astronomical observatory ÇOMÜ Ulupınar Observatory, established in 2002, is run by the faculty.
Faculty of Theology The ÇOMÜ Faculty of Theology is in its own building on the Terzioglu Campus. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to train students who will be able to offer their services to the community as Islamic clergymen or scholars or teachers of religious subjects in schools. Students who elect to study appropriate optional courses can also find employment in state archives or similar institutions.
Importance is also given to academic undertakings. Members of the faculty have organized national and international conferences and panel discussions, participated in interdisciplinary and regional projects (one of these funded by the Turkish Academy of Sciences), and presented papers at national and overseas conferences. Results of research undertakings are presented in publications and information about religious subjects given to the general public through participation in TV programmes and the like.
Departments are Basic Islamic Studies, Islamic History and Art, Philosophy and Religious Studies.
Faculty of Communication Founded in 2011. It is one of latest faculties of the university with 320 students.
Faculty of Political Sciences in Çanakkale Founded as "Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences" in 2012, began its first year with 11 departments (Political Science and Public Administration, Department of Economics, Department of Business Administration, Department of International Relations, Labour Economics and Industrial relations Department, Finance Department, Health Administration, Department of Social Services, Department of Econometrics, International Trade and Finance Department and the Management Information Systems Department).
Faculty's International Relations Department received its first students in the 2018–2019 academic year, on a 100% English program. As of the 2019–2020 academic year, our Business Administration department continued its education in 30% English. In addition, departments of "International Management", "Local Governments, "Urban and Environmental Policies" were established at the faculty as master programs with opened thesis and education started. Since the 2019–2020 academic year, graduate students have also been admitted to the Department of Management and Organization.
As of 2020/2021 over 2000 undergraduate students attend this faculty at various departments.
Faculty of Architecture and Design It was part of the Faculty of the Engineering and Architecture. It became a separate faculty with the Governmental Chart in 2012 February.
Institutes Institute of Social Sciences Offers MA and PhD degrees in international relations, political sciences, Middle East, labour relations, Turkish literature, sociology, theology, Balkans studies, management, economics. Established in 1995.
Institute of Science Offers MA and PhD degrees in chemistry, marine sciences, geography, physics, astronomy, biology, engineering. Established in 1995.
Institute of Education MA and PhD degrees in education established in 2011. It was part of the Institute of Social Sciences before 2011.
Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Institute of Education or ÇOMÜ Graduate School of Educational Sciences was established in 2010 to conduct graduate education (Master's and Doctorate) as well as scientific research and practice in areas related to educational sciences. The Graduate School began operations with 4 PhD and 14 MA degrees that were transferred from the Graduate Schools of Social Sciences and of Natural and Applied Sciences in the Autumn Semester of the 2011–2012 academic year.
Institute of Medical Sciences Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Graduate School of Health Sciences or the ÇOMÜ Institute of Medical Sciences was founded in 2010 and began education and training activities in 2011 with the Department of Physical Education and Sports Teaching.
The Graduate School is engaged in efforts to open MSc and PhD programmes in the Faculty of Medicine, School of Health and School of Physical Education and Sports Teaching. It is also planned that graduates from the Departments of Dentistry, Pharmacy, Veterinary Medicine and Biology will be enrolled in these programmes for MSc and PhD degrees.
Other Schools The following 4-year schools are also part of the university. School of Tourism School of Sports School of Foreign Languages School of Health School of Applied Sciences (Biga) Gökçeada School of Applied Sciences School of Applied Sciences in Çan
Vocational Schools The following schools are 2-year colleges: Çanakkale Vocational School of Social Sciences Çanakkale Vocational School of Technical Sciences Çanakkale Vocational School of Marine Technologies Biga Vocational School Gelibolu Vocational School (Gallipoli) Lapseki Vocational School Yenice Vocational School Çan Vocational School Ayvacık Vocational School Bayramiç Vocational School Ezine Vocational School Gökçeada Vocational School Bozcada Vocational School Branch Eceabat Vocational School Branch
Campuses Terzioğlu Campus (Main Campus, Southern Çanakkale) Anafartalar Campus (Faculty of Education etc., City centre) Dardanos Campus (Dardanelles town) Ulupinar Campus (Observatory) İskele (Peer) Campus (Old Rectorate) Biga Ağaköy Campus (Biga) & Biga Campus 2 Gökçeada Campus Çan Campus Gelibolu Campus (Gallipoli) Ezine Campus Yenice Campus Bayramiç Campus Lapseki Campus Ayvacık Campus Kepez Medical Campus Eceabat Campus Hamzakoy Campus (Gallipoli) Bozcada Campus
Main Campus (Terzioğlu) Main campus (Terzioğlu Campus) is located in between Çanakkale and Kepez on the upper bank of the Bursa-İzmir highway. The campus is also known as the Terzioğlu Campus or Terzioğlu Hill.