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 
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, 
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 
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.
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