Gebze Technical University


Gebze Technical University, formerly known as Gebze Institute of Technology , is one of two institutes of technology founded in Turkey; The other one is İzmir Institute of Technology. It is a university for undergraduate and graduate studies and research activities located in a specifically selected area in Gebze, one of the most industrialized regions of the Marmara Region. Gebze Technical University is one of "research university" title holder in Turkey which "research university" title is given based on university's academic output by Council of Higher Education

Research

Although it is a fairly new undergraduate institution, GIT has held the fifth place among all universities in Turkey, and the first place among the state universities for number of publications per person by having increased the number of scientific publications in international publications to 153 by 2008.

Establishment

GIT was founded in 1992.

Education

The institute, which has been giving education at graduate level in its four faculties since 1994, began to offer undergraduate education in the departments of Physics, Mathematics, Materials Science, Computer Engineering and Electronics Engineering in 2001 and Architecture and Business in 2008. All education programs are supported with English. GIT has 926 undergraduate and 1275 graduate students and employs a total of 388 academic personnel, 158 of whom held doctoral degrees.

Faculties and departments

The institute consists of two campuses, Çayırova Campus and Muallimköy Campus, which is still under construction.

Çayırova Campus

Being the first and the main campus of Gebze Institute of Technology, Çayırova Campus is located 10 kilometers away from Gebze city center toward İstanbul. The campus is of 245,000 square meters. The rector's office, administrative bodies, library, and classrooms for the entire undergraduate and a number of graduate studies are located in Çayırova Campus.

Muallimköy Campus

Muallimköy Campus, with its 3,800,000 m² area, is still under construction but Environmental Engineering, Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering, Biology and Chemistry departments have been continuing their research there since 2002. It is planned to contain most of the departments and a 500-person capacity dormitory facility. The İstanbul-Ankara TEM highway passes very near the campus.

Facilities

Library

GIT Library, as well as possessing more than 10,000 books and 222 periodicals, provides direct access to 9,705 electronic journals on eight databases.

Laboratories

GIT has 79 research and/or teaching laboratories. Every major department has its own computer network and laboratory for its students. In addition, public computer laboratories are available workdays and weekends.

Students life

The societies active at GIT are: