Monthly Archives: August 2024

An online meeting was held on August 30, 2024, regarding the “Global Sustainable Meeting” that the Times Higher Education (THE) ranking organization will hold in Türkiye in 2025, with the participation of Vice Rector and Dean of Research Prof. Dr. Kaan ORHAN, European Union Education Programs Institutional Coordinator Assist. Prof. Dr. Cafer YILDIRIM, and THE Organization Director Lachyn ITALMAZOVA. At the meeting, an agenda was set on organizational collaboration issues and opinions were exchanged about the meeting to be held in Türkiye next year.

The Office of the Dean of Research Management paid a visit to our reappointed Rector, Prof. Dr. Necdet ÜNÜVAR. We wish that our Rector's new term of office be beneficial for our Country and our University.    

Our Dean of Research, Prof. Dr. Kaan ORHAN, has been appointed Vice Rector of our University responsible for Research, effective August 19, 2024. We congratulate our esteemed professor and wish him continued success.

The project "Ankara University Faculty of Dentistry Intangible Cultural Heritage Study: Traditional Turkish Theatre-Central Anatolia", applied for under the European Solidarity Programme ESC 30 and led by Ankara University Dean of Dentistry and Dean of Research Prof. Dr. Kaan ORHAN, was found successful as a result of the evaluation and has been awarded funding. SKS Trainer Ozan DEMİRCİOĞLU serves as Project Coach, and Faculty of Dentistry students Ecem Zöhre ALAKABAK and Üzeyir Burak SİMSAR serve as researchers in the project. We congratulate the project team and wish them continued success.

The project named "Grassroots Cycling Movement", led by Ankara University Faculty of Sport Sciences Dean Prof. Dr. Semiyha Tuncel in the EU Erasmus+ KA182 Sport Staff Mobility project type in the 2024 call period, has been awarded a grant. Through the collaboration to be carried out with the project partner in the Netherlands within the scope of the project, it is aimed to carry out joint activities focused on physical activity with local institutions under the leadership of Ankara University, and to spread the habit of physical activity through cycling at the community level. We congratulate the project team and wish [...]

The project named DIGIDENT, applied for under the leadership of Faculty of Dentistry faculty member Prof. Dr. Şaziye SARI, with Faculty of Dentistry Dean Prof. Dr. Kaan ORHAN, Faculty of Dentistry faculty member Assist. Prof. Dr. Cafer YILDIRIM, and our student Ayşe Şölen İPEKTEN among the project team, has been awarded a grant under the Erasmus+ KA152 YOU Programme. We congratulate the project team and wish them success.  

Every year, the US News and World Report Global Ranking (USN&W) ranks higher education institutions globally according to different criteria at the global, regional, and national levels. The world's best 2,250 universities were listed in the USN&W 2024-2025 Rankings. In the USN&W 2024-2025 Rankings, Ankara University; has been ranked 769th among World Universities, among the world's top 1000 universities, 230th among Asian Universities, among the top 500 universities, and 11th among Universities in Türkiye. We thank the esteemed academics of Ankara University for their contributions. Click here for the USN&W 2024 World University Rankings Presentation.