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(August 2025) (Learn how and when to remove this message) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Kocaeli University[1] Kocaeli Üniversitesi Motto Educating, researching, and producing for Turkey Type State university Established 1976 (as Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli) 1992 (as Kocaeli University) Rector Prof. Dr. Nuh Zafer Cantürk Students 63.886[2] Location Izmit, Kocaeli , Turkey Language Turkish, English Colours Green Black Website http://www.kocaeli.edu.tr **Kocaeli University** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): Kocaeli Üniversitesi) is a state university in [İzmit](/source/%C4%B0zmit), [Turkey](/source/Turkey). It was founded as the Academy of Engineering and Architecture of Kocaeli in 1976. The [electrical](/source/Electrical_engineering) and [mechanical engineering](/source/Mechanical_engineering) departments, basic sciences, and department of modern languages were the original departments of the academy. It became a part of [Yıldız University](/source/Y%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z_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](/source/1999_%C4%B0zmit_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](/source/Fine_Arts), the Faculty of [Architecture](/source/Architecture) & Design, the Faculty of [Dentistry](/source/Dentistry), and the Faculty of [Animal Husbandry](/source/Animal_husbandry). [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul) is only 90 kilometres (56 mi) away, and its [secondary international airport](/source/Sabiha_G%C3%B6k%C3%A7en_International_Airport) was developed on a site 50 kilometres (31 mi) 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 developments](/source/Bologna_Process) closely and oversees KOU's participation in the [Erasmus](/source/Erasmus_Programme) and Leonardo da Vinci student mobility schemes. With membership in the [European University Association](/source/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 sciences](/source/Social_science) and arts as well. ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Kocaeli Üniversitesi"](https://www.kocaeli.edu.tr/int/hakkimizda.php). *Kocaeli University*. Retrieved 28 July 2022. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Kocaeli Üniversitesi | Sayılarla Kocaeli Üniversitesi"](http://sayilarla.kocaeli.edu.tr/). *sayilarla.kocaeli.edu.tr*. Retrieved 3 February 2024. ## External links - [T.C. Kocaeli University Home Page (English)](http://int.kocaeli.edu.tr/index_en.php) - [Study in Turkey](https://www.turkeyuniversity.org/pages/study-in-turkey) [40°45′58″N 29°56′22″E / 40.7661°N 29.9394°E / 40.7661; 29.9394](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kocaeli_University¶ms=40.7661_N_29.9394_E_source:kolossus-dewiki) 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 Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kocaeli University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocaeli_University) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocaeli_University?action=history)). 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