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Karadeniz Technical University is the first university of Turkey established outside the Istanbul and Ankara provinces. Our university is one of Turkey's leading higher education institutions with both its academic staff and the number of its students. When you decide and achieve to be a student at Karadeniz Technical University, you become a member of an environment where universal values and free thought are esteemed. You can meet people from different cities and countries and turn opinions into authentic teamwork. You can enjoy all kinds of university facilities, including but not limited to the library, laboratories, sports facilities, and student clubs. By this means, you can improve your academic and social skills. Thanks to Trabzon's historical and natural beauties, you can get away from the stress of studying and collecting unforgettable memories. Founded with the approval of the bill proposed by Trabzon Deputy Mustafa Reşit Tarakçıoğlu and his twenty-eight comrades by the law no. 6594 of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey dated 20 May 1955, KTU is the first university of Turkey established outside Istanbul and Ankara. About eight years after its foundation, the Faculty of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, and Faculty of Forestry were established through staff assignment for the rector's office and faculties under the law no. 336 dated 19 September 1963. Our mission is With all its practices in education, research, and social service. KTU's mission is to raise individuals that are open to development, encourage the development of high-level scientific and technological products, and pioneer society's development and welfare. The university commenced its educational activities in the elementary school building of Ataturk Primary School located in the Esentepe neighborhood of Trabzon on 2 December 1963. With KTU flourishing expeditiously, faculty staff was assigned to Earth Sciences and Medicine faculties with the law no. 1659 dated 4 January 1973. Following the Law on Higher Education enactment no. 2547 in 1981, the university accelerated its expansion with new faculties and departments opened. Today, KTU is one of the outstanding universities in Turkey with its 12 faculties, one school, six graduate schools, eight vocational schools, 24 research and application centers, and 2,077 well-qualified academics 40,000 students from 81 provinces of Turkey and many different countries. Our university incorporates two separate dormitory complexes conducted by the Higher Education Student Loans and Dormitories Institution (KYK). Dogu Karadeniz Dormitory is located on the south-eastern side of the campus, next to the Pharmacology Faculty. It is composed of eight blocks providing accommodation to female students with its one to three-person rooms. The other dormitory is located next to Carsi Building on Kanuni Campus and comprises four separate blocks providing accommodation to male students. Apart from these, there are dormitories (for both males and females) on Fatih Faculty of Education Campus, in the city center, and in Yomra, Surmene, Of, Macka, and Besikduzu districts of Trabzon. View full university