Continuing its work within the framework of the New YÖK vision (Higher Education Counsel), Atatürk University takes important steps in bringing science and society together with the projects it realizes.

Atatürk University, one of the most established universities in Turkey with 23 faculties, 13 vocational schools and 8 institutes, continues its education and training at full speed with its new departments.

In this context, Emergency Aid and Disaster Management and Information Systems and Technologies departments were opened within the Faculty of Applied Sciences in the Oltu campus, which had completed its establishment, and Software Engineering department was opened within the Faculty of Engineering. The quotas requested from YÖK for the departments that will meet with students in the 2021-2022 academic year have been approved.

As a result of Ataturk University Rector Prof. Dr. Ömer Çomaklı's intense efforts and efforts, 40 student quotas were given to Emergency Aid and Disaster Management and Information Systems and Technologies departments, and 60 student quotas to the Software Engineering department by YÖK.

Thanking the Presidency of YÖK for the departments opened and the quotas given, Rector Prof. Dr. Ömer Çomaklı gave information about the new departments.

“Our Departments will Train Expert Personnel in Their Fields”

Rector Çomaklı said that the Department of Emergency Aid and Disaster Management was opened in order to meet the qualified manpower demand of public institutions and organizations, local administrations, private organizations and non-governmental organizations serving in the field of emergency and disaster management. He said that it is aimed to train personnel with the knowledge and skills that will be needed in the field of emergency and disaster management.

Rector Çomaklı stated: “There is a great need for people who have competence in the field of information systems and technologies. For this reason, the Information Systems and Technologies Department will play an active role in meeting the need for qualified personnel in the informatics sector, which has an extraordinary importance today. Software Engineers, who can work on many different jobs such as creating software and programs for the institutions they work for, software quality control and auditing, checking security vulnerabilities, and managing a software team, will be able to take part in working life as experts in their fields thanks to the Software Engineering department.”

CORPORATE COMMUNICATION DIRECTORATE – 14.06.2021