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Marmara Üniversitesi | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 1883: Hamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi 1959: Istanbul Economy and Commerce Academy 1982: Marmara University |
Rector | Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kurt |
Academic staff | 2,835 |
Administrative staff | 1,375 |
Students | 50,092 |
Location | , |
Campus | City |
Affiliations | EUA |
Website | www Building details |
University rankings | |
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Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1] | 201-210 (2022) |
Marmara University (Turkish: Marmara Üniversitesi) is a public university in Istanbul, Turkey.
The university is named after the Sea of Marmara and was founded as a university in 1982. However, it was created in 1883 under the name of Hamidiye Ticaret Mekteb-i Âlisi, in a house in the center of Istanbul.[2] It offers courses in five languages (Turkish, English, German, French, Arabic), the only multilingual university in Turkey.[2] The university has 13 campuses, 11 institutes, 8 colleges and 28 research centers.[2]
Prominent alumni include Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, comic actor Kemal Sunal, and media mogul Aydın Doğan.