Manisa Celal Bayar Üniversitesi | |
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Former names | Manisa Physical Education and Military Sports School (1959–1982) Dokuz Eylül University at Manisa (1982–1992) |
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Motto | Science And Human |
Type | Public |
Established | 1959 / 1992 |
President | Rana Kibar |
Students | 55,473 (including associate's) (fall 2017) [1] |
Undergraduates | 29,566 (fall 2017) [1] |
Postgraduates | 5,360 (fall 2017) [1] |
Location | , Turkey |
Campus | Suburban |
Language | Turkish, English |
Colors | Blue Light Blue Red |
Affiliations | ERASMUS UNIMED |
Website | www |
University rankings | |
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Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia [2] | 351-400 (2022) |
Manisa Celal Bayar University or (MCBU) is a public research university located in Manisa, Turkey. CBU traces its root back to 1959 [3] as an independent sports and teachers' college in Manisa. The main campus is in Muradiye district of Manisa. The university is composed of 14 colleges, 3 schools, and 15 vocational schools. As of 2017 university offers over 70 different undergraduate and over 90 graduate programs.Physical Education and Sports College is also one of oldest in Turkey that began offering sports science and physical education programs. [4]
It is one of the largest universities in Aegean Region with more than 55,000 student body and 1,156 faculty members. [1] As of Fall 2017 there are 652 international students. [5]
The university's roots date back to 1959, when Turkish Armed Forces founded a school named Manisa Armed Forces Physical Education and Sports School. [6] This school then converted to a four-year college in 1975, one of the oldest of its kind in Turkey. Today it is still serving as The School of Physical Education and Sports.
In 1964 Demirci Normal School began its education in Demirci, Manisa, [7] to train high school graduates to be teachers in various parts of Anatolia. Demirci normal school was then converted to a four-year degree offering education college where it continues to serve as The College of Education.
A unique and the only one of its kind, School Of Tobacco Expertise was established in 1975 and then relocated to Akhisar, Manisa in 1987. [8] Today, the school is still serving as School Of Tobacco Expertise.
One of the first higher education in the city of Manisa came to life with Manisa Vocational School of Accounting which was founded in 1975. [9] Between 1975 and 1982 its administration was under Ege University. From 1982 to 1992, with sports and education colleges, it was moved under Dokuz Eylül University administration. Today it is known as The College of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
In 1982, College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, College of Education, and School of Physical Education and Sports became Dokuz Eylül University at Manisa
In 1992, with the merger of already established colleges, Celal Bayar university began its education. [10] Four new colleges; College of Art and Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Medicine, School of Health Sciences; three colleges that were under Dokuz Eylül University administration; College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, College of Education, and School of Physical Education and Sports and a college that was under the administration of Ege University; School of Tobacco Expertise, and finally other vocational schools that are in and around city limits of Manisa, Celal Bayar University was formed. The university has continued adding new colleges to respond the dynamic needs of communities and students.
University is proud to carry the name Celal Bayar, who is the third president of Turkey.
In order to emphasize its location, the university asked the higher education department to add Manisa in its name. Finally, since 2016 the university became Manisa Celal Bayar University.
The school has had several names in the past:
Celal Bayar University is composed of three main campuses; Muradiye, Uncubozkoy, and Downtown Manisa campuses. MCBU also has colleges and schools that are located in its different districts.
It was constructed for Hafsa Sultan, the mother of Suleiman the Magnificent, in 1539. It served as a hospital until the Turkish Republic was founded. It also served as an asylum after the 1850s.
It was restored from time to time during the Republican era. Later in 1994, it was left to Celal Bayar University and reopened as a Health Museum in 2013.
Mevlevihane was constructed in 1368–1369, by the architect Osmanoğlu Emetullah on an order by Sarunhanoğlu İshak Bey. During the Ottoman Empire it was restored three times, in 1664–1665, in 1681 and in 1693–1694.
In 1960, it was restored again; however, it became a ruin after a short time. It was lastly restored by Celal Bayar University in 1999–2001. Mevlevihane turned into a museum in 2005.
Ahmet Ataç became the seventh president on July 29, 2019. [12] President Ataç has three vice presidents and three advisers.
Name | Commenced term | Ended term | |
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1. | Ümit Doğay Arınç | 1992 | 1994 |
2. | Tuna Taner | 1994 | 2002 |
3. | Cemil Özcan | 2002 | 2006 |
4. | Semra Öncü | 2006 | 2010 |
5. | Mehmet Pakdemirli | 2010 | 2014 |
6. | A. Kemal Çelebi | 2014 | 2019 |
7. | Ahmet Ataç | 2019 | N/A |
MCBU Academic Divisions | |
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College/school | Established [13] |
College of Medicine | 1992 |
College of Economic and Administrative Sciences | 1975 |
College of Engineering | 1992 |
College of Arts and Sciences | 1992 |
College of Education | 1964 |
College of Sports Sciences | 1959 |
College of Health Sciences | 1996 |
Hasan Ferdi Turgutlu College of Technology | 2012 |
College of Theology | 2012 |
College of Business | 2012 |
College of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture | 2012 |
Salihli College of Economic and Administrative Sciences | 2017 |
College of Dentistry* | 2017 |
College of Communication* | 2017 |
School of Tobacco Expertise | 1975 |
School of Applied Sciences | 1997 |
School of Foreign Languages** | 2011 |
Graduate School of Social Sciences | 1993 |
Graduate School of Natural Sciences | 1993 |
Graduate School of Health Sciences | 1995 |
*Degree-granting unit of MCBU but not started education yet | |
**Not a degree-granting unit of MCBU | |
As of fall 2017, MCBU employed 1,609 academic staff, including 1,037 instructional staff (faculty). [14]
There are 14 colleges, 3 schools, and 3 graduate schools at Manisa Celal Bayar University (see the table). MCBU is also responsible of governing 15 vocational schools, which are granting associate degrees.
Manisa Celal Bayar University has 3 graduate schools that are responsible for its all graduate programs. Social and natural sciences graduate schools were established in 1993 and health sciences in 1995.
Manisa Celal Bayar University is one of the largest universities in Turkey and its programs are accredited by Diploma Supplement. Students may transfer their earned credits with confidence. [15]
Also MCBU has accreditation for its engineering programs; EUR-ACE label and its medical degrees.
MCBU offers over 70 different undergraduate programs and over 90 different graduate programs.
MCBU conferred 9,755 degrees in the 2016–2017 academic year, including 4,116 bachelor's degrees, 283 master's degrees, and 36 doctorates degrees. The remaining 5,320 were associate degrees. [16]
Manisa Celal Bayar University has 14 research centers. Some examples are; Research Institute of Atatürk's Principles, Research Institute of Local Governance, Research Institute of the Turkish Handcraft of Manisa District, Research Institute of the History and Culture of Manisa District, Research Institute of Computing, Research Institute of Environmental Problems, and Research Institute of Health.
MCBU also houses a research center called Teknokent.
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