{{Short description|Turkish public university located in Kocaeli}} {{distinguish|Kocaeli Health and Technology University}} {{Multiple issues| {{refimprove|date=July 2022}}{{Promotional|date=August 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox university | name = Kocaeli University<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kocaeli.edu.tr/int/hakkimizda.php |website=Kocaeli University |access-date=28 July 2022|title=Kocaeli Üniversitesi }}</ref> | native_name = Kocaeli Üniversitesi | image = Kouyenilogo.png | image_size = 200px | motto = Educating, researching, and producing for Turkey | established = 1976 (as Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli)<br> 1992 (as Kocaeli University) | type = State university | rector = Prof. Dr. Nuh Zafer Cantürk | students = 63.886<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sayilarla.kocaeli.edu.tr/|title=Kocaeli Üniversitesi | Sayılarla Kocaeli Üniversitesi|website=sayilarla.kocaeli.edu.tr|accessdate=3 February 2024}}</ref> | colours = {{color box|green}} [[Green]] {{color box|black}} [[Black]] | language = [[Turkish language|Turkish]], [[English language|English]] | city = [[Izmit]], [[Kocaeli Province|Kocaeli]] | country = [[Turkey]] | affiliation = [[European University Association]] | website = [https://www.turkeyuniversity.org/universities/kocaeli-university/ http://www.kocaeli.edu.tr] }}
'''Kocaeli University''' ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: Kocaeli Üniversitesi) is a state university in [[İzmit]], [[Turkey]]. It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The [[electrical engineering|electrical]] and [[mechanical engineering]] departments, basic sciences, and department of modern languages were the original departments of the academy. It became a part of [[Yıldız University]] in 1982, and split from it in 1992.
In July 1992, the Turkish government decided to build 22 universities nationwide, including Kocaeli University. Before the [[1999 İzmit earthquake]], which can be regarded as the turning point for the rebirth of the university, Kocaeli University had approximately 20,000 students, 1,150 educational staff, and a campus of 650,000 square meters. Kocaeli University lost nearly 75% of its physical structure in the earthquake, but its prior expansion site, Arslanbey Campus, rapidly compensated for the university's losses. The university moved to Umuttepe Campus in 2004.
Kocaeli University's central Umuttepe Campus is located just outside Izmit in the region of Kocaeli, the most heavily industrialized region of Turkey. Most of its faculties are on this campus, except the Faculty of [[Fine Arts]], the Faculty of [[Architecture]] & Design, the Faculty of [[Dentistry]], and the Faculty of [[Animal husbandry|Animal Husbandry]].
[[Istanbul]] is only {{convert|90|km}} away, and its [[Sabiha Gökçen International Airport|secondary international airport]] was developed on a site {{convert|50|km}} from Izmit, making the university much more accessible in recent years. Since Kocaeli is a near neighbor of Istanbul, many of its students come from Istanbul.
The university has established a department of international relations that monitors [[Bologna Process|Bologna developments]] closely and oversees KOU's participation in the [[Erasmus Programme|Erasmus]] and Leonardo da Vinci student mobility schemes. With membership in the [[European University Association]], KOU is aiming for greater international recognition of its academic work.
The university, while focusing on technical and engineering subjects, offers an extensive selection of courses in [[social science]]s and arts as well.
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==External links== * [http://int.kocaeli.edu.tr/index_en.php T.C. Kocaeli University Home Page (English)] * [https://www.turkeyuniversity.org/pages/study-in-turkey Study in Turkey] {{coord|40.7661|N|29.9394|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=title}}
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