Halic University is a foundation university established by the Foundation for Children with Leukemia following the Higher Education Law numbered 2547. Halic University was established following Law no. Four thousand three hundred twenty-four were published in the Official Gazette dated January 14, 1998, and started education on November 23, 1998. Halic University's academic faculties include the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Business Administration, Faculty of Engineering, the Conservatory, School of Nursing, School of Physical Education and Sports, School of Fisheries and Aquaculture, and Institute of Health Sciences. In the university's rapid growth, the Institute of Natural Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences, Faculty of Fine Arts.