Members of Senate
Roles and Responsibilites of the Senate >>
Senate is the top decision-making body for academic matters of a university. Senates are presided by rectors, and consist of vice rectors, deans, institute and conservatory directors, one faculty member elected for three years from each faculty, and three directors maximum elected from among the directors of vocational schools of higher education themselves. Secretary general attends senate meetings without the right to vote and acts a reporter during the meetings. Student representative of the university can attend the meetings excluding the ones with agenda of academic promotions and appointments, without having the right to vote. The senate convenes upon the Rector's call, minimum twice a semester every academic year.
The roles and responsibilites of the Senate are as follows:
As per the Law No. 2547 on Higher Education and Regulations Governing Academic Organization,
a) Settle the strategic plan at universities that do not have a university council
b) Issue regulations for the university in line with the provisions of the abovementioned law
c) Decide on proposals to establish faculties, institutes, research institutes and conservatories within the university
d) Finalize the decisions to establish vocational schools of higher education, research and application centers, departments, programs, and science and art majors within the university
e) Finalize the decisions for curricula of the higher education departments within the university
f) Finalize the decisions for the university's academic calendar
g) Determine the criteria to base the university's academic promotions on
h) Finalize decisions to grant honorary PhDs
i) Finalize decisions on the objections made to the decisions taken by the faculty committe
j) Perform other duties assigned with the abovementioned law and other laws
MEMBERS OF SENATE | |
CHAIR | |
Prof. Muhammed Hasan ASLAN (PhD) |
Rector |
Prof. Erhan DEMİRBAŞ (PhD) |
Vice Rector |
Prof. Bülent KESKİNLER (PhD) |
Vice Rector |
FACULTY DEANS | |
Prof. Taşkın KAVZOĞLU (PhD) |
Acting Dean, Faculty of Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences |
Prof. Taşkın KAVZOĞLU (PhD) |
Dean, Faculty of Engineering |
Prof. Ramazan ALTUNDAŞ (PhD) |
Dean, Faculty of Science |
Prof. Nilay COŞGUN (PhD) |
Dean, Faculty of Architecture |
Prof. Gökhan ÖZER (PhD) |
Dean, Faculty of Business Administration |
INSTITUTE DIRECTORS | |
Prof. Ümit DEMİR (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Natural and Applied Sciences |
Prof. Salih Zeki İMAMOĞLU (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Social Sciences |
Prof. Ahmet Yavuz ORAL (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Nanotechnology |
Prof. Işıl KURNAZ (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Biotechnology |
Asst. Prof. Yakup GENÇ (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Information Technologies |
Assoc. Prof. Ali Murat SOYDAN (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Energy Technologies |
Prof. Mehmet Salim ÖNCEL (PhD) |
Director, Institute of Earth and Marine Sciences |
Prof. Muhammed Hasan ASLAN (PhD) |
Acting Director, Institute of Defense Technologies |
Prof. Erhan DEMİRBAŞ (PhD) |
Acting Director, Institute of Transportation Technologies |
ELECTED MEMBERS | |
Prof. Oğuz Kucur (PhD) |
Faculty Delegate, Faculty of Engineering |
Prof. Serap BEŞLİ (PhD) |
Faculty Delegate, Faculty of Science |
Prof. Elif Özlem ORAL AYDIN (PhD) |
Faculty Delegate, Faculty of Architecture |
Prof. Oya ERDİL (PhD) |
Faculty Delegate, Faculty of Business Administration |
Ömer Nadir SOYLU |
Secretary General / Reporter |