Toros University (Turkish:Toros Üniversitesi) is a private university, founded by a foundation (Turkish: vakıf). It is located in Mersin; a city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey, famous for Turkey's largest seaport.
Motto | Eğitimin Ötesinde, Yaşamın İçinde |
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Motto in English | Beyond Education, In The Life |
Type | Private (Non-Profit), Foundation |
Established | July 23, 2009 |
Founder | Ali Özveren |
Affiliation | Bologna Process Erasmus Programme Pearson Education YÖK |
Chairman | Yusuf Sertaç Özveren |
Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Dr. Adnan Mazmanoğlu |
Rector | Prof. Dr. Ömer Arıöz[1] |
Location | |
Campus | Bahçelievler, 45 Evler, Uray and 50.Yıl |
Language | Turkish, English |
Colours | Navy Blue, Gold |
Website | www |
The university is named after the Toros Mountains (Turkish: Toros Dağları), a mountain complex in southern Turkey, separating the Mediterranean coastal region from the central Anatolian Plateau.
Toros University is one of the two private universities in Mersin Province along with Çağ University. Mersin also has two public universities: Mersin University and Tarsus University.
Toros University was officially founded on July 23, 2009 by the Mersin Education Foundation (Turkish: Mersin Eğitim Vakfı), an active educational foundation which was founded in 1979 in Mersin by a group of idealistic teachers who aimed to provide educational services.
Toros University accepted its first students for the academic year of 2009–2010.
Toros University has five campuses: Bahçelievler, 45 Evler, Uray, Mezitli and 50.Yıl campuses.
All five campuses are centrally located in Mersin Province.
Toros University comprises four faculties, two vocational schools and a graduate institute.
Healthcare Vocational School
School of Foreign Languages
Toros University Student Organizations are as listed:[2]