Sıtkı Koçman University

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University was established in 1992. Science and Literature, Fisheries, Technical Education, Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculties, Science and Social Sciences Institutes, Tourism Management and Hotel Management School took part in the establishment of our university. The first higher education units in Muğla are the Muğla School of Business Administration, which was established in 1975 under the Ankara Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences, and in 1982 it was affiliated to Dokuz Eylül University and the Muğla Vocational School, which was established in 1989 under the Dokuz Eylül University. With the establishment of our university, the Muğla School of Business Administration was attached to the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, and the Muğla Vocational School was attached to our university. 1993 was the academic year in which our school received its first students with two active faculties and two vocational colleges. Faculty of Fisheries and Yatağan Vocational School in 2004, Faculty of Engineering and Datça Kazım Yılmaz Vocational School in 2006, Institute of Educational Sciences in 2010, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Technology and Köyceğiz Vocational School in 2011, Health Sciences Institute, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School received their first students in 2012. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. Faculty of Engineering and Datça Kazım Yılmaz Vocational School in 2006, Institute of Educational Sciences in 2010, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Technology and Köyceğiz Vocational School in 2011, Health Sciences Institute, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School in 2012. He took his first students. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. Faculty of Engineering and Datça Kazım Yılmaz Vocational School in 2006, Institute of Educational Sciences in 2010, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Technology and Köyceğiz Vocational School in 2011, Health Sciences Institute, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School in 2012. He took his first students. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. Institute of Education Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Technology and Köyceğiz Vocational School in 2011, Institute of Health Sciences, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School received their first students in 2012. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. Institute of Education Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Letters, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Technology and Köyceğiz Vocational School in 2011, Institute of Health Sciences, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School received their first students in 2012. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. The Institute of Health Sciences, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School received their first students in 2012. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018. The Institute of Health Sciences, Bodrum Maritime Vocational School and İçmeler Tourism Vocational School received their first students in 2012. School of Foreign Languages ​​(Sıtkı Koçman School of Foreign Languages) started its educational activities in 2005. Fethiye Faculty of Business Administration received its first students in 2014, Dalaman School of Civil Aviation in 2017, Faculty of Architecture, Milas Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kavaklıdere Şehit Mustafa Alper Vocational School and Seydikemer School of Applied Sciences in 2018.

Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Islamic Sciences and Fethiye Faculty of Agriculture were established, but educational activities have not yet begun.

Since its establishment, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University has aimed to contribute to the socio-cultural, scientific and technological development of our country and to offer high quality higher education and research. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, acting with the idea that developing a systematic and comprehensive education program requires an adequate infrastructure, started a rapid development and investment project in 1994. Sıtkı Koçman, the patron of our school, has supported these efforts of our university with his generous financial contributions. Due to the support of Sıtkı Koçman, the name of our institution, which was Muğla University until 2012, was changed to Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University with the decision published in the Official Gazette No. 28309 dated 31 May 2012.

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University had only one department, 1,128 students and three programs when it was founded with the aim of providing a reliable education in the fields of Social Sciences, Science, Educational Sciences, Arts and Humanities and vocational education. Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University is proud to be a young but rapidly developing university with 21 faculties, 4 institutes, 3 colleges, 16 vocational schools, 47 research and application centers, and 44,607 students, 1608 faculty members and 827 administrative staff on a 208,000 square meter closed area.