# Harran University > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harran_University > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Harran_University.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harran_University > Source revision: 1351498535 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Public university in Şanlıurfa, Turkey This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Harran University" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (January 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) This article is about the modern university. For the medieval institution, see [Madrasa of Harran](/source/Madrasa_of_Harran). Harran University Harran Üniversitesi Type State University Established 1992 President Prof.Dr. Mehmet Tahir GÜLLÜOĞLU Location Şanlıurfa , Turkey Website harran.edu.tr/ing University rankings Regional – Overall QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1] 301-350 (2022) **Harran University** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *Harran Üniversitesi*) is a state university in [Şanlıurfa](/source/%C5%9Eanl%C4%B1urfa), [Turkey](/source/Turkey), founded in 1992. ## History Şanlıurfa is the homecity of Harran University. It is one of the oldest settlements in the world, with its history going back to 11,000 years before now.[2] The first higher education unit established in Sanliurfa is the Sanliurfa Vocational School (1976). Then the Faculty of Agriculture (1978), and the Department of Civil Engineering (1984) both affiliated to Dicle University were founded. Following these schools, the Faculty of Theology was formed in Sanliurfa by Gaziantep University in 1988. In 1992, as a result of a move to form 23 new universities, Harran University was founded (July 9, 1992; Law No.: 3837) and the schools mentioned above were affiliated to this institution together with two faculties (Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Medicine), one vocational school (Sanliurfa Vocational School o Health Services), and three institutes (Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences). In 1994, new vocational school (the vocational schools of [Siverek](/source/Siverek), [Hilvan](/source/Hilvan), [Suruc](/source/Suru%C3%A7), [Birecik](/source/Birecik), [Viransehir](/source/Viransehir) and [Bozova](/source/Bozova)) and faculties (Veterinary Medicine, Economic and Administrative Sciences) were joined to the system. Later, the vocational schools of [Akcakale](/source/Akcakale) (1995), [Ceylanpinar](/source/Ceylanpinar) (1995) and [Kahta](/source/Kahta) (1997) were established. The College of Health was formed in 1997. A new vision to expand the educational programs was put into action in 2007, following which the Faculty of Education and Faculty of Fine Arts were chartered along with te College of Tourism and Hotel Management. ## University today As of December 2015[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harran_University&action=edit), Harran University functions with nine faculties and two colleges offering 4+ years of undergraduate degree programs and ten vocational schools which provide two-year associate degree programs. The students in three institutes enroll to get degrees toward master's or Ph.D. levels. Over 800 faculty members serve in about 70 different departments/programs to a population of 12,000 students. In Harran University, the language of education is Turkish. An educational system of two-semesters is followed.[3] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-QS_World_University_Rankings_2022_1-0)** ["QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia"](https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2022). Retrieved 15 January 2023. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Sanliurfa - INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS OFFICE"](http://uok.harran.edu.tr/en/introduction/sanliurfa/). *uok.harran.edu.tr*. Retrieved 2021-01-15. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Turkish Higher Education System - Study in Turkey"](https://www.studyinturkiye.gov.tr/StudyinTurkey/ShowDetail?rID=Ec/rgHEN8Zg=&&cId=PE4Nr0mMoY4=). *www.studyinturkiye.gov.tr*. Retrieved 2023-06-14. ## External links - [Harran University official website](http://www.harran.edu.tr/) Authority control databases ISNI v t e Universities in Turkey Public Abdullah Gül Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology Adıyaman Afyon Kocatepe Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Akdeniz Aksaray Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Amasya Anadolu Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Ankara Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Ardahan Artvin Çoruh Atatürk Aydın Adnan Menderes Balıkesir Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Bingöl Bitlis Eren Boğaziçi Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bursa Uludağ Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Çankırı Karatekin Çukurova Dicle Dokuz Eylül Düzce Ege Erciyes Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Eskişehir Osmangazi Fırat Galatasaray Gazi Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hacettepe Hakkari Harran Hatay Mustafa Kemal Hitit Iğdır İnönü Isparta Applied Sciences Istanbul Istanbul (Cerrahpaşa) İstanbul Medeniyet İzmir Bakırçay İzmir Democracy İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Kafkas Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Karabük Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Kastamonu Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Ahi Evran Kilis 7 Aralık Kocaeli Kütahya Dumlupınar Kütahya Health Sciences Malatya Turgut Özal Manisa Celal Bayar Mardin Artuklu Marmara Mersin Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Munzur Muş Alparslan Necmettin Erbakan Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Ondokuz Mayıs Ordu Osmaniye Korkut Ata Pamukkale Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sakarya Sakarya Applied Sciences Samsun Selçuk Siirt Sinop Sivas Cumhuriyet Sivas Science and Technology Social Sciences Ankara Süleyman Demirel Şırnak Tarsus Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Trabzon Trakya Turkish-German Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology Health Sciences Uşak Yalova Van Yüzüncü Yıl Yozgat Bozok Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Technical Bursa Technical (BTÜ) Erzurum Technical (ETÜ) Eskişehir Technical (ESTÜ) Gebze Technical (GTÜ) Istanbul Technical (İTÜ) Iskenderun Technical (İSTE) İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) Karadeniz Technical (KTÜ) Konya Technical (KTÜN) Middle East Technical (ODTÜ) Yıldız Technical (YTÜ) Military National Defense University Law Enforcement Turkish National Police Academy Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy Fine Arts Ankara Music and Fine Arts Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Private Acıbadem Alanya Altınbaş Ankara Medipol Ankara Science Antalya Belek Antalya Science Atılım Avrasya Bahçeşehir Başkent Beykoz Bezmiâlem Bilkent Biruni Cappadocia Çağ Çankaya Demiroğlu Bilim Doğuş Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Fenerbahçe Haliç Hasan Kalyoncu Ibn Haldun Işık Istanbul 29 Mayıs Istanbul Arel Istanbul Atlas Istanbul Aydın Istanbul Beykent Istanbul Bilgi Istanbul Ticaret Istanbul Esenyurt Istanbul Galata Istanbul Gedik Istanbul Gelişim Istanbul Health and Technology Istanbul Kent Istanbul Kültür Istanbul Medipol Istanbul Nişantaşı Istanbul Okan Istanbul Rumeli Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Istanbul Topkapı Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl İstinye İzmir Tınaztepe İzmir of Economics Kadir Has Kocaeli Health and Technology Koç Konya Food and Agriculture KTO Karatay Lokman Hekim Maltepe MEF Mudanya Nuh Naci Yazgan Özyeğin Piri Reis Sabancı Sanko TED TOBB Economics and Technology Toros Ufuk Turkish Aeronautical Association Üsküdar Yaşar Yeditepe Yüksek İhtisas Technical OSTIM Technical Former/Closed Private Anka Teknoloji Bursa Orhangazi Canik Başarı Fatih Gediz Istanbul Şehir İpek İzmir Kanuni Melikşah Mevlana Murat Hüdavendigar Selahaddin Eyyubi Süleyman Şah Şifa Turgut Özal Zirve Military Academy Turkish War Academies Military Medical Academy This Turkish university, college or other education institution article is a stub. 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