Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University ( tr, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi) is a state university founded on 17 March 2006 in
Rize
Rize (Greek: ρίζα, Laz: რიზინი, Georgian: რიზე,
, Ottoman Turkish: ريزه)
is the capital city of Rize Province in the eastern part of the Black Sea Region of Turkey.
Rize is a typically Turkish provincial capital with ...
,
Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...
. The university is predominantly science and health oriented. The university is a member of the
Caucasus University Association Caucasus University Association is an association of universities founded in 2009.
The members are in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Northern Cyprus, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United States.
List of members
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History
The history of the university dates back to Rize Vocational School,
Rize Vocational School
/ref> founded on March 1, 1976. The school later continued to grow through the foundation of Faculty of Theology and the Faculty of Fisheries in 1992; and then Fındıklı Vocational School in 1996 and the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Science and Literature in 1997.
Being part of Karadeniz Technical University, the university was later chartered as Rize University with its Faculties of Fisheries, Theology, Science and Literature, Education, and Rize Vocational School (later divided into two schools).
Recep Tayyip Erdogan University continues its activities with its 3 Institutes, 13 Faculties, 5 Schools, 7 Vocational Schools, 7 Research and Application Centre, and 6 departments within rectorate.
References
External links
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University official website
Educational institutions established in 2006
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
2006 establishments in Turkey
Rize
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