Kafkas University

Kafkas University

Kafkas Üniversitesi
Type	Public
Established	July 11, 1992
Rector	Prof. Dr. Sami Özcan
Students	40,000
Location	Kars , Turkey 40°35′04.2″N 43°04′17.6″E
Website	www.kafkas.edu.tr

Kafkas University (Turkish: Kafkas Üniversitesi) is a public higher educational institution established on July 11, 1992, in Kars, Eastern Anatolia in Turkey. It has six faculties, three institutes, three colleges, four vocational colleges and several research and application centers. The university campus is situated 3.5 km (2.2 mi) southwest of Kars.

Academic units

Faculties

• Veterinary
• Science and Letters
• Economics, Business Administration, Political science and public administration
• Education
• Medicine
• Dentistry
• Engineering and Architecture

Institutes

• Sciences
• Health Sciences
• Social Sciences

Colleges

• Sarıkamış Physical Education and Sports
• Kars Health Sciences
• Foreign Languages

Vocational colleges (VC)

• Kars VC
• Kağızman VC
• Sarıkamış VC
• Atatürk Health Services VC
• Social Sciences VC

Research and application centers

• Atatürk's Thoughts and Reforms, History Research and Application Center
• Livestock Research and Application Center
• Caucasus and Central Asia Research Center
• Strategic Research Center
• Continuous Education Research and Application Center
• Health Research and Application Center
• Disabled Problems Research and Application Center
• Women Problems Research and Application Center
• Turkish Anthropology Research and Application Center

Collaboration and MoU with foreign universities and institutes

• Islamic University, Bangladesh (MoU)

Affiliations

The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.