1. TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM

2. THE STRUCTURE 2 Short Cycle (Associate’s Degree ) First Cycle (Bachelor’s Degree) DentistryVeterinaryPharmacy Medicine Second Cycle (Master’s Degree) Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree) (PhD Programmes, Specialization in Medicine) 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Age Since 2003, the Bachelor’s Degree holders whose performance at Bachelor’s level is exceptionally high can enlist directly to the Doctoral level programmes. Higher Education

3.  # of State Universities: 103  # of Private Universities: 65  # of Vocational Schools: 7  Other HEI: 13  Total: 188 33 TURKISH UNIVERSITIES

4. 4 UNIVERSITIES IN İZMİR NameStatusNumber of Academic Staff Number of Teaching Staff (Prof.+Assoc. Prof.+Assist. Prof.) Number of Students Dokuz Eylül UniversityState3,0471,43353,512.00 Ege UniversityState3,1601,56350,154.00 İzmir Economy UniversityPrivate448 152 6,485 Yaşar UniversityPrivate3321254,800 İzmir Institute of TechnologyState4871603,449 Gediz UniversityPrivate204612,458 İzmir UniversityPrivate1771032,270 Şifa UniversityPrivate 8379246 İzmir Katip Çelebi UniversityState16689223