Ondokuz Mayis University (OMU)

Ondokuz Mayıs University (OMU) is a well-established local state university. It was founded in 1975 in order to make a contribution and bring a new breath to the Black Sea region’s economic, cultural and social life. The University’s mission is to adopt universal values to bring about innovation to the benefit of individuals and society, working with intellectual rigor. The university has schools in the City of Samsun and 7 other counties. The main campus is located in Samsun, a coastal and harbour city situated on the border of the Black Sea. The University gives great importance to science, education and research and is one of the strongest research and teaching institutions in Turkey. It also aims to satisfy all the needs of a student in terms of professional training and other social needs; such as accommodation, health service, nutrition, cultural, social and sport activities etc. The university has 18 faculties, 2 schools (first cycle), 12 vocational schools (short cycle), 5 graduate schools, 24 research centres and one conservatoire. It has 58,000 (5128 full time international students from 113 different countries) students (including postgraduate and distance learning students), 2,348 academic staff and 3,937 employees. The University’s first and largest faculty, the Faculty of Medicine, has two university hospitals (adult and children). Similarly, the Faculty of Dentistry is a Dental Hospital. Serving the inhabitants of the entire Black Sea region, both faculties provide treatment in all areas of health and dental care. Our Faculty of Veterinary Medicine also has an animal hospital again serving the local and regional patients. Ondokuz Mayıs University Distance Education Application and Research Center (UZEM) was established 2009 to offer distance learning degrees with using information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning facilities provides This center has more than 10.000 e-learning materials (video, pdf, pptx, mp3, mp4 format) in “Learning Management Systems” (LMS) and provides synchronous and asynchronous online communication in an interactive learning environment and 24 hours accessible learning services for learners. This center continues its active learning activities in twenty different programs continues its active learning activities in twenty different programs together with two certificate programs, nine associate degree programs, two undergraduate completion programs and seven non-thesis graduate programs. This center having two studio, three smart learning room, seventeen synchronous lesson room and one conference room filled with high technology equipment to produce e-learning material for target groups and carry out their learning activities and there are almost forty staff working in different departments.