page_title: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University
section_title: Foundation
hierarchical_section_title: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University / History / Foundation
caption_attribution_description: Kilitbahir Castle in Eceabat, Canakkale province of Turkey
context_page_description: Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University is a Turkish public research university located in Çanakkale province and its surrounding towns. It is a member of the Balkan Universities Network, the European University Association, International Association of Universities, and the Thrace Universities Union. It hosted the World Universities Congress in 2010.
  The ÇOMÜ is listed among the world's top 1,000 best universities in the 2012 annual Scimago Institutions Rankings World Reports and one of the top innovative universities in Turkey The University was named as one of the top innovative Turkish universities in 2013 by the Turkish Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology.
context_section_description: The ÇOMÜ was founded in 1992 based upon the Faculty of Education on the Anafartalar Campus by the Turkish Parliament law. Before this the facilities had housed a teacher training institute that was a branch of Trakya University. The first rector of the University was Prof. Dr. Mete Tuncoku.
  With its new status and intake from Turkey's large youth population, the university developed quickly in terms of the number of students, staff and facilities, spurring the opening of new faculties and colleges.
  The university has expanded rapidly over the last few years and in the 2005–2006 academic year there were over 19,000 students participating in a wide variety of programs taught by 960 academic staff in two graduate schools, nine faculties, two polytechnic colleges (four-year programs) and 11 vocational colleges (two-year programs). There are several campuses in Chanakkale itself, and some of the academic units are located in other towns of the province.
  The number of academicians in the COMU is over 1.506 and the student number is over 37.500 in 2013.
caption: Çanakkale town and the University of Çanakkale from the Sea
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