Suat Ozdemir

Hacettepe University

The Chair of Child Health, deemed to be the origin of Hacettepe Faculty of Medicine, was founded as part of Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine on February 2, 1954. The future university became the Child Health Institute and Hospital on Hacettepe Campus, and started its training and education, research activities and provision of public service in 1958. The Nursing School, School of Medical Technology, and School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation were established in 1962, organized together with the Schools of Basic Sciences and Health Technology under the Hacettepe School of Health Sciences. This school was transformed into the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences in 1963, and the School of Dentistry was established under the same faculty. Hacettepe Science Center was established in 1965 in order to coordinate academic units of the university, Hacettepe Medical Center was established in 1966, and Hacettepe Medical Center Hospital was established the same year. These nucleus institutions were later chartered as Hacettepe University by Act No. 892 enacted on July 8, 1967, beginning its educational activities in the Faculties of Medicine, Health Sciences, Sciences and Social Sciences. The School of Home Economics was established in 1968, and the Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry was transformed into faculties in 1971. Hacettepe University, which was expanded further in the course of time with the establishment of new departments and faculties, built its second campus on an area of 5.877.528 m2 in the Beytepe district, 20 km from the Central Campus. Hacettepe University carries on its activities with 13 faculties, 9 schools, 1 conservatory, 13 institutes, and 35 research and application centers. Hacettepe University, as one of the leading universities of the country, continues to contribute to social development and universal values in the fields of science, technology and art.