page_title: Manisa Celal Bayar University
section_title: Name change: Celal Bayar University
hierarchical_section_title: Manisa Celal Bayar University / History / Name change: Celal Bayar University
caption_attribution_description: General view from the north, as seen from the plain of Manisa, of en:Mount Sipylus (Spil Dağı), en:Manisa, Turkey
context_page_description: Manisa Celal Bayar University or is a public research university located in Manisa, Turkey. CBU traces its root back to 1959 as an independent sports and teachers' college in Manisa. The main campus is in Muradiye district of Manisa. The university is composed of 14 colleges, 3 schools, and 15 vocational schools. As of 2017 university offers over 70 different undergraduate and over 90 graduate programs. MCBU is the only school in the country to offer tobacco technology engineering program. Physical Education and Sports College is also one of oldest in Turkey that began offering sports science and physical education programs.
  It is one of the largest universities in Aegean Region with more than 55,000 student body and 1,156 faculty members. As of Fall 2017 there are 652 international students.
context_section_description: In 1992, with the merger of already established colleges, Celal Bayar university began its education.  Four new colleges; College of Art and Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Medicine, School of Health Sciences; three colleges that were under Dokuz Eylul University administration; College of Economics and Administrative Sciences, College of Education, and School of Physical Education and Sports and a college that was under the administration of Ege University; School of Tobacco Expertise, and finally other vocational schools that are in and around city limits of Manisa, Celal Bayar University was formed. The university has continued adding new colleges to respond the dynamic needs of communities and students.
  University is proud to carry the name Celal Bayar, who is the third president of Turkey.
  In order to emphasize its location, the university asked the higher education department to add Manisa in its name.  Finally, since 2016 the university became Manisa Celal Bayar University.
caption: Mount Sipylus General View
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