Cukurova University: Services

The Central Cafeteria

The Central Cafeteria, which is set up on an area of 6.500 m2 on the university campus, has the capacity to provide lunch for 10.000 people. It serves lunch to 5.000 academic staff and students from the various faculties and colleges located on the university campus.

The Central Cafeteria also caters for: the 4th, 5th and 6th year students of the Faculty of Medicine in the Balcali Hospital cafeteria which holds up to 400 people; 700 people at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences which is located outside the university campus, and 200-300 people at the Vocational School at Ceyhan.

The Central Cafeteria consists of 3 separate dining halls for the academic staff, administrative staff and students. It also has a separate area where snacks and soft drinks are sold. The halls are also used for parties held by students, and for other social activities.

Central Library

The most significant unit for research and education is the university library, which is located in a new building occupying an area of 10.000 m2. It comprises reading halls, which can seat up to 800 readers, booths for researchers, an exhibition hall, a conference hall and an internet room available to students. The library contains 110,000 books and 60,000 periodicals in volumes. The number of the periodicals subscribed to is 900, and in the section of Rare Works are 77 manuscripts and 726 works printed in the Arabic Alphabet.

The University Central Library has adequate PCs and CD ROM data search bases available for all academic staff and students. The library regularly receives databases such as Science Citation Index, Social Citation Index, Academic Abstracts, Agris, Agricola, Encolit, Eric, Iconda, Medline, Serials Directory and so on. The Internet connection was realized in 1995 and the Internet Park was set up for service. The library is connected to the National Academic Network and Information Center (ULAKBIM) established by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey-enhancing the facilities of the library. The university staff and students can obtain ID cards for membership of the library. Academic staff members can borrow up to 10 books while students and other personnel can borrow up to 5 books for a period of one month. The library is also open to other researchers outside the university.

Bookstore

The Çukurova University Bookstore is located on the ground floor of the Central Library. Here students can buy the publications of the various faculties of the university and the course books recommended by professors and instructors. Stationery is also available at the Bookstore.

Dormitories

Fevzi Çakmak Dormitory, which is connected to the Loans and Student Accommodation Institution, is located on the Balcali Campus, and accommodates a total of 3398 students; 1326 female, and 2072 male. In the city center of Adana, Haci Sabanci Girls' Dormitory provides accommodation for 404 students.

Ceyhan Vocational College and Osmaniye Vocational College also accommodate both male and female students on their own campuses.

General applications for the dormitories are submitted in August and the results are announced in the last week of September. Restaurants and canteens at the dormitories cater for the students. Social, cultural and sports activities are offered and tournaments are held regularly.

The Social Facilities Complex

The Social Facilities Complex, located by the Seyhan Dam Lake on a most spectacular area of the campus, houses the guests who join the scientific, social or cultural activities. It is designed to fulfill all the needs of the guests with its guesthouse and dining hall.

The Social Facilities Complex has a Guest House consisting of 12 rooms; 6 with two and 6 with four beds, in addition to these facilities another Guest House with a capacity of 50 beds is located within the campus. It also has a hairdressing salon , which provides services for both men and women.

Amphitheater

A wide range of cultural and artistic activities are held in the amphitheater which has a capacity of 3000.

Conference and Lecture Halls

The big conference hall of the university, Mithat Özsan, accommodates 500 people. It consists of a small and a large hall used for scientific and cultural activities.

There are also additional lecture halls with capacities of 100-200 students, and various other halls are scattered in different buildings.

Day-Care Center

The Day Care Center under the management of the Rectorate of Çukurova University provides pre-school education for the children of the university staff. Children between the ages of 3-6 are cared for during working hours.

Computer Sciences Research and Application Center

The Computer Sciences Research and Application Center was established in 1987 to assist the training of the academic staff and students, to organize courses and seminars through computers, to support scientific and technical research and applications and to provide services to both official and private institutions.

The computer center is located in a purpose-built area within the Central Library. It provides computing service to everyone on the campus: staff, research assistants, and students.

The center carries out various activities such as expanding Internet operations, perfecting Internet services, establishing new services, organizing courses for teachers working for the Ministry of Education, providing faculties, institutions and colleges with service courses.

The faculties of the university are connected to the Internet through the center. Connections of the faculties to Internet are made through routers at faculties. Users also avail themselves of all Internet services by logging onto the Internet through various places on the campus and in the city center thanks to telephone lines connected to routers in the center.

Hayirli Sabanci Foreign Languages Center (FLC)

Set up in 1989, the Foreign Languages Center offers English language education to students registered for prep-programs of faculties and institutions conducting a considerable part of education in English; 69 instructors are currently employed at the center.

The center is authorized to administer tests internationally recognized such as TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), FCE (First Certificate in English) PET (Preliminary English Test) KEY (Key English Test) CEELT (Cambridge Examination in English for Language Teachers), and COTE (Certificate for Overseas Teachers of English). Candidates who meet the requirements are awarded internationally-recognized certificates.

Furthermore, the center organizes courses such as CEELT and COTE to contribute to the professional improvement of its own instructors and teachers in the region.

The center has a Self-Access study room and a 24 terminal Multi-Media Lab providing students with the opportunity to conduct language learning activities in their spare time.

Health Services

Medico-Social Center

The university has a Medico-Social Center which provides all kinds of health service for students, staff, spouses, and children.

In this center; 10 specialists, 6 practitioners, 1 priadentist, 4 dentists, 1 bio-chemistry specialist, 1 social service specialist, 5 nurses, 2 dental technicians, 3 lab technicians, 1 electric technician, 8 attendants, and 5 assistants are employed. The center is equipped with a laboratory for blood and urinary tests as well as various devices such as EKG and ultra-sound.

Students who are not covered by any other social security scheme are provided with medicine, glasses, prosthesis, orthopedic devices, and so on, in case they are considered necessary by the doctors working in the center. Those who need to be hospitalized or whose treatment cannot be done in the center are sent to the university hospital or other health institutions, depending on the requirements of their treatment. Students who are covered by a social security plan can also avail themselves of the health services offered by the center, yet their prescription expenses are excluded from the free service.

Guidance and Counseling services are also provided by the center. Consultation and guidance are offered to students who apply with problems arising from education, personality, family, accommodation and financial matters.

Scholarships are provided for students, who have financial problems, and students suffering from psychological problems are offered individual, group or family therapy, and when necessary, medical treatment is also available.

The Faculty of Medicine : Balcali Hospital

Balcali Hospital, with a total of 850 beds and the latest technological equipment, gives first class health services to a majority of the population from the south, south-east and eastern regions of Turkey. With the completion of the hospital's additional building, the number of beds will increase up to 1200.

The State Conservatory

The State Conservatory of the University of Cukurova started to provide education in the academic year of 1989-1990. By opening new classes each year, the institution completed a 6-year preparatory stage and began to provide academic education in the 1995-1996 academic year.

Students passing a 3-stage proficiency and general culture examination are accepted into one of the conservatory's 3 different art branches.

While primary school graduates are accepted into the branch of piano and string instruments, secondary school graduates are accepted into the branches of wind instruments and singing.

High school or similar conservatory high school graduates are accepted into the piano, string and wind instruments, singing and theory/composition art branches. Above all, high school graduates are accepted into the theater (drama) branch.

The Social Sciences Institution offers graduate programs in the branches of singing, piano, string and wind instruments.

Within the State Conservatory's new building, which is set up on an area of 5.200 m2, educational facilities have been improved to offer the opportunity for 180 students to board while having their education.

The contracted teaching staff consists of 3 professors, 3 associate professors and 5 instructors. The permanent staff consists of 3 instructors and 3 lecturers. Above all, 12 artists from the Çukurova State Symphony Orchestra teach vocational courses; while 20 teaching staff members from other faculties teach supplementary vocational and culture courses. Among the contracted staff members there are 2 Polish, 2 Azerbaijani, 2 Bulgarian and 3 Russian academic staff.

Sport and Cultural Activities

The Cultural Art Center

The Cultural Art Center provides students with opportunities to engage in activities related to their area of interest during their spare time, appreciate their areas of interest, watch the activities of the Fine Arts, and take part in them if they desire.

Within the Cultural Art Center there is a Turkish Folk Dance group, a Turkish Folk Music choir, a Turkish Classical Music choir, a Polyphonic choir and a theater group. The courses for practice are held after 5 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays.

During the academic year, the center offers exhibitions of drawings, statues, photographs and decorative arts. It also organizes various cultural and artistic activities such as music recitals, concerts and theatrical performances.

Students' Clubs

In the Medico Social Center suitable conditions are arranged in order to provide students with the opportunity to engage themselves in activities related to their interests during their spare time.

21 clubs consisting of activities related to different branches were set up to give students the opportunity to participate in various activities. Every year, in May, spring festivals are arranged with the assistance of the clubs.

The following is a list of the clubs that are available: Counseling and Social Aide, Nature and the Environment, Folklore, Cinema, Theater, Turkish Folk Music, Chess, Bridge, Aviation, Business Administration, Economics, Mountaineering, Turkish Classical Music, Pop Music, Information Processing, Finance, Photography, Touring, Science, Plastic Arts and Aquatic Sports.

Sports Activities

The sports branch of the university covers a wide range of activities such as swimming, aquatic sports, athletics, table tennis, basketball, football, volleyball, handball, wrestling, gymnastics, judo, karate, taekwandoo and cycling. In addition to arranging group activities and competitions, students are sent to national sports competitions to represent the university.

The sports facilities consist of 3 large football fields that are recognized by the standards of the Football Association, 4 small football fields, an indoor swimming pool, which conforms with Olympic standards (with central-heating), 8 outdoor volleyball and basketball courts, a 3000 meter long-distance running track, a gymnasium, a table-tennis room consisting of 20 tables, a wrestling room consisting of 2 wrestling mats, an indoor sports center with an area of 4500 m2 and the capacity to hold 1600 spectators which consists of an Olympic competition ground, a training area and a fitness room. In addition, there is a boathouse at the Aquatic Sports Center located at the Seyhan Dam Lake, where one can go sailing and/or rowing.

The vocational school campuses located outside the university campus have both basketball and volleyball courts, as well as football fields.

Bank Services

Türkiye Is Bankasi and Yapi-Kredi Bankasi, Akbank and Ziraat Bankasi maintain their services, each with a branch located on the university campus. The ATMs of these banks are also available at various places on the campus.

Post Office

Posting services are offered on the Balcali campus. National and international calls can be made from any of the phones located at various places on the campus.

The Other Services

The University has its own Supermarket, Cafeteria and Gas Station located in the Campus.

Cukurova University: Academic Units

The Faculties

The Faculty of Dentistry

The Faculty of Dentistry, which was established in 1993, started providing education for a total of 20 students in the academic year of 1995-1996. The faculty consists of Conservative Dentistry, Prosthesis Dental Treatment, Orthodontics, Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Periodontology, Pediatric Surgery and Oral Implantology units. At present, it has 6 academic staff. A clinic equipped with modern equipment has recently been opened.

The Faculty of Education

This faculty was founded in 1982 and embodied the three colleges: Iskenderun, Tarsus, and Adana Foreign Languages. It started with 16 lecturers in its foundation year, and now has 95 academic staff members. The faculty specifically aims to train teachers for institutions of elementary, secondary and higher education.

Students receive preparatory language education in related foreign language in the faculty Departments of English, French and German.

Departments:

• Arts and Crafts Teaching
• Educational Sciences
• Guidance and Counseling
• Curriculum Development and Instruction
• English Language Teaching
• French Language Teaching
• German Language Teaching
• Nursery School Teaching
• Philosophical Sciences
• Primary School Teacher Training

The Faculty of Science and Letters

The Faculty of Science and Letters was founded as the Basic Sciences; the name was later changed to the Faculty of Science and Letters. Here, 133 academic staff members are employed.

In the faculty, there are Biology, Physics and Chemistry laboratories, a computer room, a canteen, two study rooms and a seminar library open mainly to students from the Department of Turkish Language and Literature.

Students graduating from any department of the faculty are entitled to teach not only in state schools, but also in private schools connected with the Ministry of National Education.

Departments:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Turkish Language and Literature

The Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This faculty came into being in 1982 as a result of a merge of the Adana Academy of Commercial and Economics Sciences (founded in 1967) and the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of Çukurova University.

The faculty is presently located in the city center, and its 12.000 m2 new premises are still under construction on the university campus. The faculty has 61 academic staff members.

The objective of the faculty is to train qualified personnel eligible for recruitment in state and private sectors in the field of economics such as effective use of resources, management of goods planning, services, production and distribution. Depending on students' demand, practical training opportunities are provided in various industrial and service institutions. In addition, successful students are sent abroad for further study through the international training committee AIESEC, which functions in the faculty. Among the facilities of the faculty are two computer rooms with fifteen personal computers in each, a library with 19.000 books, a seminar hall, a dining room and a canteen.

Departments:

• Econometrics
• Economics
• Finance
• Management

The Faculty of Theology

Founded in 1992, the Faculty of Theology began providing instruction in 1994, and presently 23 academic staff members are employed. Students who graduate from this faculty may work as divinity teachers in all schools connected to the Department of Religious Affairs, as preachers, as muftis, ( a mufti is an official cleric in Islamic Law who is in charge of Islamic affairs in a province or district), as religion officials in the internal and foreign units of the Department of Religious Affairs, as teachers of Koran courses and/or as experts in fields related to old manuscripts and records in the archives of various state ministries.

Departments:

• Basic Islamic Sciences
• Islamic History and Arts
• Philosophy and Religion Sciences

The Faculty of Fine Arts

The Faculty of Fine Arts is soon to be set up.

Departments:

• Ceramic
• Cinema / TV.
• Drawing
• Graphic Design
• Music
• Photography
• Textile

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

This faculty was founded as Faculty of Engineering, and has been functioning as the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture since 1982, at which time it was united with the Faculty of Engineering Sciences and Adana Economic and Commercial Sciences Academy.

The faculty has 169 academic staff members.

The main goal of the faculty is to introduce new developments and breakthroughs in science and technology to its students. Another indispensable objective is to train engineers and architects through highly disciplined education.

Among the facilities of the faculty are two computer rooms and laboratories of construction, mechanics, geology, mining, textile, electric and electronics.
Departments:

• Architecture
• Construction
• Electrical and Electronics
• Environment
• Geology
• Internal Architecture
• Industry
• Machinery
• Mining
• Textile

The Faculty of Fisheries

The Faculty of Fisheries was founded in 1985 as the College of Fisheries of Çukurova University, and provides a one-program education under the name of Engineering of Fisheries. The name of the college was later changed to the Faculty of Fisheries.

The faculty admitted its first students in 1989. The new institution presently employs 25 academic staff.

The faculty mainly aims to train prospective engineers of fisheries, equipped with knowledge enabling them to work in various fields of fisheries, improve the level of knowledge of technical personnel by means of courses and seminars, and conduct research and experiments which will contribute to solutions of regional and national problems.

The students also have the opportunity to do practical training during summer term on the campus and/or at the Sea Fish and Crustacean Production Farm in Yumurtalik, which is a sea resort town in the province of Adana.

The Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine was founded in 1972 as an institution connected to Ataturk University. In 1973, the faculty was handed over to the newly-established Çukurova University.

During the first few years after its foundation, education was carried out in the barracks of the Health Center Institute and in the 200-bed Numune Hospital, located in the city center. The Basic Medical Sciences was moved to the campus in 1977, and by 1987 most medical services were already available in the hospital, which is also on the campus. At present, 501 academic staff are employed.

The faculty has a center for research and application funded by the faculty itself, multidisciplinary labs, an emergency service and first aid, a pharmacy, a blood center, a modern and fully-equipped central operating theater, and central laboratories.

The hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, with its 850 beds, and equipped with the latest technological equipment, provides a high standard medical service for people mostly from southern and south-eastern regions of Turkey. The number of beds will increase up to 1200 following the completion of the extension building. Services in all units such as laboratories, pharmacy, blood center, patient admission rooms, and accounting are all given through computers. The hospital has study halls, a library, a conference hall (for up to 200 people), a canteen, and a cafeteria which caters for all academic and administrative staff as well as for students.

The Faculty of Agriculture

The Faculty of Agriculture was founded in Adana in 1969 as an institution of Ankara University. In 1973, the faculty was taken over by Çukurova University. The faculty has 243 teaching staff. Besides the research centers of each department, the faculty has well-equipped laboratories and greenhouses to efficiently carry out application of courses and meet the needs of undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate students, research assistants and other researchers.

Based on contracts of cooperation, the faculty is in close relation with certain international agricultural education and research institutions as well as some

Universities in Germany, France, The USA, Poland, Spain, The UK, Syria, and Italy. Based on this global relation, the exchange of both students and scientists is possible.

The students receive applied education on a 1000-hectare Research and Application Farm, where applied agricultural researches are conducted to contribute to solutions of basic research problems and other problems faced by crop producers and agricultural institutions.

Moreover, the faculty funnels some of its income from its Research and Application Farm for the coverage of some educational and research expenses.

Since 1987, the faculty has carried out intensive research and activities in accordance with the contract signed by Southeast Anotalian Development Project Board in order to make better use of the agricultural potential expected to emerge in the region due to irrigation.

Departments:

• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Machinery
• Agricultural Structures and Irrigation
• Field Crops
• Food Engineering
• Horticulture
• Landscaping
• Plant Protection
• Soil
• Zootechniques

Colleges

The Health College of Adana

Founded as the Adana College of Health Services in 1992, the college was renamed as the Health College of Adana in 1997. The college is located next to the Numune Hospital in the city center, and provides a four-year undergraduate program in midwifery and nursery care.

The College of Physical Education and Sports

The college, located on the campus, started its first academic year in 1987 as a department of the Faculty of Education having the title of the Physical Education and Sports Instruction Department.

In 1995, it was turned into the College of Physical Education and Sports, and providing a four-year graduate program in physical education and sports instruction. The college has 15 academic staff providing education for 218 students. The graduates are entitled to be sports instructors in educational institutions, as well as sports experts, managers and trainers in state and private institutions.

The College of Tourism and Hotel Management

When completed, the college will provide a four-year graduate education in Karatas.

The Vocational College of Adana

The college, founded in 1989 and located on the campus, started its first academic year in 1990, and presently provides a two-year undergraduate program in computer programming, mining, climatization and textile.

Aiming to train intermediary personnel to provide communication between the engineers and technicians, the college has mining, climatization, and textile laboratories, as well as computer rooms, all open to students.

A total of 213 students receive education carried out by four permanent teaching staff members and occasionally by others notably from the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and/or other departments. Students graduate from this faculty as technicians, and may find jobs in banks, private schools, and other different public and private sectors.

The Vocational College of Ceyhan

The Vocational College of Ceyhan offers four main courses: Machinery, Construction, Electric and Marketing. Established by the Ministry of Education in 1976, the school was connected to Çukurova University in 1982. It is located in Ceyhan, 50 km from Adana. With its teaching staff of 25 members, it educates 849 students, 584 of whom are regular and 265 are evening-classes students.

The school provides each course with two classrooms, bookcases, drawing and printing rooms, computer rooms, laboratories, a conference hall, a 150-hectare plant production unit and workshops. There is also a wide-range of sports facilities available for all students.

The Student Loan & Accommodation Institution has built two dormitories, one of which presently serves up to 200 male students, and the other, very recently built (1997), provides accommodation for 760 male and female students. A Provide-Support Association sponsored the building of another dormitory housing 100 female students.

The Vocational College of Kadirli

The college offers two educational programs: Computer Programming and Industrial Electronics. It was founded in Kadirli, 102 km northeastern of Adana, in 1997. The college started education with 20 students in 1997-1998 academic year.

The Vocational College of Karaisali

The college offers two educational programs: Computer Programming and Mining. It was founded in 1995, and with its own academic lecturers and other instructors from various faculties, it educates 39 students. The college is located in Karaisali, 47 km north of Adana. It has technical drawing rooms, computers and mineralogy, petrography and mining laboratories. In addition, it has a dormitory which houses up to 100 students, a cafeteria, a canteen and various sports facilities.

The Vocational College of Kozan

Founded in 1992, the college started education in 1993 with two programs: Office Management, and Secretarial Training and Computer Programming. The college is located in Kozan, situated 70 km north-east of Adana. It has a computer lab linked to the Network System, a typewriting lab, a library and a study room holding 75 students. All course opportunities are offered to students by the school's own staff. Students also have the opportunity to do practical training in private institutions.

The Vocational College of Osmaniye

Established in 1976, the college was connected to Çukurova University in 1981. It is located in two different places: Osmaniye city center and Fakiutagi Campus. It offers four programs: Mechanics, Ceramics, Environmental Engineering and Accounting.

The Departments of Construction, Electricity and Mechanics are included in the Project of Industrial Education sponsored by YÖK (National Higher Education Council) and the World Bank. A teaching staff of 34 offers courses to a total number of 1256 students, 850 of whom are regular and 417 are in evening classes.

On its campus, the college has dormitories, laboratories, workshops, computer rooms and foreign language learning labs, as well as basketball and volleyball courts, football fields, a canteen, a meeting room and a library.

The Vocational College of Health Services

Founded in 1989, and located on the Balcali Campus, the college provides four programs: Anesthesiology, Radiology, Medical Documentation and Secretarial Training. It started education in the 1990-91 academic year, and trains Health assistant candidates in theoretical courses supported by summer term practical training.

A total number of 333 students are educated by lecturers from various faculties and units, especially from the Faculty of Medicine. Graduate students are qualified as Health Technicians and have the opportunity to work in any state or private health institutions.

Research and Application Centers

• Adana University-Industry Commmon Research Center
• Agricultural Extention, Communication, Research and Application Center
• Agriculture of Mediterranean Countries Research and Application Center
• Atatürk Culture and Fine Arts Research and Application Center
• Atatürk's Principles and Reforms Research and Application Center
• Computer Sciences Research and Application Center
• Cotton Research and Application Center
• Çukurova University European Union Documentation Center
• Environmental Problems Research and Application Center
• Family Planning and Infertility Research and Application Center
• Fertility-Sterility and Family Planning Research and Application Center
• Foreign Languages Teaching Research and Application Center
• Genetic and Embryo Engineering Research and Application Center
• Halil Avcı Deaf Research and Application Center
• Hereditary Blood Diseases Research and Application Center
• Industrial and Medical Electronic Instrumentation Research and Application Center
• Machine and Equipment Design and Production Research and Application Center
• Medical Sciences, Experimental Research And Application Center
• Organ Transplantation Research and Application Center
• Pozantı Agricultural Research and Application Center
• Prenatal Research and Application Center
• Refrigerator and Air-conditioning Research and Application Center
• Space Sciences and Solar Energy Research and Application Center
• Strategical Research Center
• Subtropical Fruits Research and Application Center
• Tropical Diseases Research and Application Center
• Tumor Research and Application Center
• Turkology Research Center
• Women's Studies Research Center
• Yunus Emre Culture & Art Research and Application Center

Institutes

Institute of Physical Sciences

• Agricultural Economy
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Archeometrics
• Architecture
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Environment Engineering
• Farm Structures Irrigation
• Field Crops
• Fisheries
• Food Science and Tech.
• Horticulture
• Industrial Engineering
• Interior Design
• Mathematics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mining Engineering
• Landscape Architecture
• Physics
• Plant Protection
• Soil Science
• Zootechniques

Institute of Health Sciences

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Child Health & Pediatrics
• Deontology and Medical Ethics
• Forensic Medicine
• Histology and Embryology
• Immunology
• Internal Medicine
• Microbiology
• Morphology
• Medical Biology
• Sports Physiology
• Otorhinolaryngology
• Parasitology
• Pathology Physical Education and Sports
• Pediatric Hematology
• Pediatric Metabolism
• Pharmacology
• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
• Physiology
• Public Health
• Urology

Institute of Social Sciences

• Basic Islamic Sciences
• Conservatory
• Econometrics
• Economics
• Education
• Finance
• Fine Arts
• Foreign Languages (English, French, German)
• Management
• Philosophical and Theological Sciences
• Philosophy
• Turkish Language & Literature

Cukurova University: Education

The language of instruction in almost all the programs of the university is Turkish. However, the language of instruction in the Electric-Electronics and Mechanical Engineering Departments of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is English.

Students receive compulsory English preparatory classes in all the programs of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.

English preparatory classes are optional for the students registered in the Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics Departments of the Faculty of Science and Letters and for the students of Civil Engineering, Geology, Architecture, Industry and Textile Departments of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture.

Foreign language preparatory classes are conducted in the English, French and German Language Teaching Departments of the Faculty of Education.

The Holy Koran and the fundamentals of Islam and Arabic are taught as a preparatory program for one academic year in the Faculty of Theology.

The university consists of 10 faculties (with 80 undergraduate programs), 3 graduate schools (with 64 post-graduate programs), 3 colleges (with 4 undergraduate programs), 9 vocational colleges (with 23 vocational programs) and YADIM (Foreign Languages Research and Application Center where both undergraduate and post-graduate students are taught English), and a state conservatory.

Evening Classes

Evening classes are available in the Department of Teacher Training of the Faculty of Education; in the Departments of Economics and Business in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; in the Departments of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Turkish Language and Literature in the Faculty of Science and Letters; in the Departments of Civil- Mechanical- Geological- Industrial- and Mining Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture; in the Faculty of Fisheries; and in all Departments of Ceyhan and Osmaniye Vocational Colleges.

Academic Staff

The university employs 1909 academic staff (24 from abroad) of which 332 are professors, 143 associate professors, 299 assistant professors, 153 instructors, 723 research assistants, 77 specialists, 157 lecturer, 1 translator.

The Cukurova University's Campus: Balcali

he Cukurova University's Balcali campus which is on the eastern side of Seyhan Dam Lake occupies an area of 20 km². The name "Balcali" originates from the name of the village that stood on the present campus before the university was built. The campus houses administrative and educational buildings with labs available for research services in various branches of science, a hospital complex, a central library, a central cafeteria, sports facilities, teacher residences, social facilities and dormitories which accommodate a total of 3500 students.

A large number of public transport vehicles regularly commute between the city center and the campus, providing mass transport for the students and university personnel.

History of the Cukurova University

The Faculty of Agriculture, founded in 1967 by Ankara University, and the Faculty of Medicine, founded in 1972 by Atatürk University, were combined to form Cukurova University in I973. The number of the faculties rose to five when the faculties of Basic Sciences, Administrative Sciences and Engineering were founded. In 1982, the Faculty of Basic Sciences was reorganized as the Faculty of Sciences and Letters, and the Faculty of Administrative Sciences was combined with the Department of Economics and Administrative Sciences forming the Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics. The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture emerged from the combination of the Faculty of Engineering and the Engineering Department of the Adana Academy of Administrative and Commercial Sciences. Also, the Faculty of Education was established when the two-year Foreign Language Colleges of the Ministry of Education in Adana, Mersin and Hatay were combined.
By 1992, the university helped to lay the foundation of 3 new universities in Turkey. Two colleges, complete with modern buildings, laboratories and educational equipment were turned over to Mersin University, and 3 colleges were turned over to Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, and the Research and Application Center in Kahramanmaras was taken over by Sutcu Imam University.

Despite this relative downsizing in 1992, it is observed that the university had grown even stronger by 1993 when the 20th anniversary of the University was celebrated. The number of the faculties rose to 10 when the faculties of Fisheries, Theology, Dentistry and Fine Arts were established.
Adana Vocational College of Health and Kozan Vocational College were opened to education. With the addition of 3 post-graduate institutions and The State Conservatory of Çukurova University, the number of academic bodies increased to 23. The Karatas College of Tourism and Hotel Management was set up in 1994, while the Karaisali Vocational College was set up in 1995. The Department of Physical Education was reorganized as the College of Physical Education and Sports, and in 1996, the Vocational College of Health Services was reorganized as the College of Health Sciences.