Kahramanmaras Sütçüimam University



Kahramanmaras Sutcuimam University (KSU), founded in 1992, is a teaching and research-led university, running undergraduate and post graduate courses in almost all branches. KSU is located in Kahramanmaras, a city in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. KSU operate with 9 Faculties, 3 Institutes, 8 Higher Vocational Schools and 2 Colleges with 587 administrative staff, 767 academic staff and approximately 14,000 registered students.The University offers undergraduate and post graduate programmes in a number of subjects. Education is generally conducted in Turkish, however a number of modules would also be available in English at the departments of the Faculty of Agriculture, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Theology and also Faculty of Science and Literature. In number of faculties a number of researches have been conducted and successful results have been gained. among these are, growing colour cotton in a short period, fibreboard production out of cotton stubble, increase of crop yield by electric shocking the plant seeds, growing the biggest walnuts of the world, growing almonds breakable by hand, developing branchless spesies of cotton suitable for machine harvest, growing fish that eat mosquitoes, etc. KSU aims in the context of LLP to contribute to local and regional wealth creation by being a succesfull and growing institution that attracts students, staff and research from home and abroad.