Higher Education - Kilis, Kilis, Turkey
Kilis 7 Aralık University was founded on May 29, 2007 by Turkish government. Muallim Rıfat Education Faculty was founded in 1998 and Yusuf Şerefoğlu School of Health was founded in 1997. They were followed by Faculty of Arts and Sciences in 2003; Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Vocational School of Health, Graduate Schools of Science and Social Sciences in 2007, then Faculty of Engineering and Architecture in 2010, College of Physical Education and Sports (BESYO), and Faculty of Theology in 2012.Kilis 7 Aralık University serves more than 8000 undergraduate and graduate students from all around the world in six faculties, two vocational schools, and three institutes with 250 teaching staff in Karatas and Main Campus.Kilis 7 Aralık University has had the Erasmus University Charter since 2009. Accordingly, the ECTS was implemented for all faculties. The university's strategy focuses on extending and improving of cooperation with foreign partners. The University recognizes a continued close involvement in LLP as essential to underpin and further develop its European strategy in a dynamic way. The introduction of ECTS in undergraduate programs has facilitated accreditation and the goals under curriculum development have been achieved. The University now plans to consolidate its existing exchange programs, and to ensure that they meet the Quality Assurance Agency's guidelines on placements. The University actively encourages its students to participate in EU students exchange programs and tries to remove barriers.Because Kilis 7 Aralık University participates in Bologna process, the students get a diploma and diploma supplement (DS) that are valid throughout the world. The University provides a high level of support to incoming ERASMUS students as for all students registered in Kilis 7 Aralık University. This means that orientation programs are provided both by the University and individual departments, the incoming students have acc...