Geography in Turkish Higher Education

Figures & data

Figure 1: The distribution of Higher Education Institutions in Turkey (by 2010).

Source: Adapted from the Higher Education branch of Ministry of Education (2010) (MoE, 2010b).

Figure 2: Summer at Yeditepe University (Istanbul) campus (private university), (Image: ©yeditepe.edu.tr).

Figure 3: The total number of HE students in Turkish HEIs (OSYM, 1982, 1989, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010).

Figure 4: Istanbul University (the oldest university in Turkey)

(Image: www.hurriyetdailynews.com)

Figure 5: A view of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University’s Campus (a post-1992 university)

(Image: www.canakkaletr.com)

Figure 6: The distribution of Geography Departments in Turkey (Adapted from Seremet, 2008)

Table 1: Total number of Undergraduate, Post Graduate Students and Academic Staff in Geography departments during the period of 2000–2010.

ACADEMIC YEAR	STUDENT	ACADEMIC STAFF	RATIO
	Under Graduate	MSc	PhD	Teaching Staff	Assist and experts	Student/T. Staff
2000–2001	2361	191	49	84	48	31
2001–2002	2424	326	104	86	47	33
2002–2003	2408	301	101	90	43	31
2003–2004	2588	285	82	93	37	32
2004–2005	2677	292	84	98	40	31
2005–2006	2917	393	88	99	39	34
2006–2007	3210	285	81	106	44	34
2007–2008	4601	253	94	128	38	39
2008–2009	4216	264	91	126	35	36
2009–2010	5158	504	125	132	36	44

Source: OSYM, 2001; 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010.

MoE2010b Turkish Higher Education Institutions, http://yogm.meb.gov.tr/universiteler.htm Accessed 18.11.2010

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