Winner. University of the Year 2021

Inonu University

Motto: My University, My Future
Type: Public
Established: 1975

Rector: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Kızılay
Academic staff: 1639
Administrative staff: 1631
Students: 35164
Address: Bulgurlu Mahallesi, Malatya, 44280, Turkey
Website: www.inonu.edu.tr

Inonu University is one of the largest public universities in the eastern part of Turkey. It was founded with “The Law of Inonu University,” numbered 1872, which was adopted by the Republic Senate on 25 March 1975 and published in the Official Gazette on 3 April 1975, and it has started serving education since 1976-1977. By 1984, Inonu University, which operates in the current building of Sadreddin Konevi Anatolian İmam Hatip Secondary School, was in its current residence in the 1984-1985 Academic year and started to develop rapidly.

Inonu University, which is among Turkey's well-respected and established universities, provides education for approximately 41,000 students with 33 research and application centers, including 14 faculties, 2 colleges including 1 State Conservatory, 4 vocational schools, 6 institutes, 1 technopolis, and Turgut Özal Medical Center. The University, which is 10 km away from the city center, continues its education, scientific research, and application activities with the Malatya Vocational School in the city center and the Malatya OSB Vocational School in Malatya Organized Industrial Zone, next to the central campus of 7000 decares.

The University, which has been rapidly developing and growing since 1975, has trained tens of thousands of qualified human resources that have proven themselves in the fields of science, thought, art, economy, and social areas of the country by giving over 140.000 graduates. Today, Inonu University continues to contribute to Turkey's bright future and the region with its higher education opportunities and increasing success.

Inonu University Turgut Özal Medical Center is one of the biggest research and implementation hospitals in the world. It is an approximately 1400 bed hospital with 40+ operating rooms. It serves as a district hospital and accepts patients from neighboring countries as well. It is among the top three hospitals in liver transplant in the world and also serves in other areas such as kidney transplants, bone marrow transplants, and burn injuries.

In addition, Inonu University has the biggest Solar Energy Center in Turkey, which started to work in 2015. With this energy center, Inonu University produces its own electricity for Turgut Özal Medical Center. This center is the most innovative investment, and Inonu University did it with its own endowment. Solar Energy Center fulfills 30 percent of Turgut Özal Medical Center's electricity requirement.

The campus area enables students to make the most of their extracurricular time with its adequate infrastructure, qualified education facilities, multi-purpose cultural halls, social facilities, sports, and recreation areas. Besides the education and training centers for disabled people, with understanding "Campus without Barriers", it is also one of Turkey's leading universities. In the central campus, accommodation facilities are also available for the students with private dormitories for boys and girls.

In addition, there is İnönü Museum, which was founded in memory of the great statesman İsmet İnönü, and İnönü University Institutional Museum in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences building, in the central campus.

The Inonu University campus area was constructed in 1973-1974 and entirely had a steppe composition. However, today this area is occupied with forests and buildings, and construction activities continue. The campus is built on 7000 acres of land and consists of 3100 acres of woodland and green space, 3716 acres of natural green space, and 184 acres of hard ground and building floor. The University strives to protect and take this green texture to a higher level with the thousands of trees planted there every year. Since 2017, Inonu University has focused on Green Campus studies and has made significant progress in this field.

In recent years, all buildings built in Inonu University have been constructed under the Green Building concept. In all subsequent projects, projecting processes in accordance with the Green Building concept continue following the same idea.

Transportation culture has been developed in the University, particularly, 2600 staff commutes by shuttles every day, and thousands of students use electric tram buses provided by the Metropolitan Municipality. The University has 2 double-outlet electric vehicle charging stations. In addition, the University has a 6000-meter walkway and 3200 meters bike path on campus.

In the campus area, there are 7 drinking water wells. 735 cubic meters of drinking water per hour are supplied from these wells. The drinking water of all the academic and administrative buildings is provided free of charge here.

Inonu University has implemented the “Zero Waste” system for all its academic and administrative units. All solid waste, chemical waste, glass, etc., collected in these units are sorted, some of them are recycled, and those that need to be disposed of are disposed of by those concerned in a way that does not harm nature. The Green Campus staff strives to raise awareness of the students and staff with education activities in the field of Green Campus and collaborates with various public institutions and organizations, especially the Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urbanization. As a result of these activities, it was possible to bring 90% of the recycling from academic and administrative units back into the economy.

Inonu University strives to serve in all campus areas to carry its existing campus facilities to national and international energy performance standards, which are compatible with the Green Campus culture, create difference and value and stand as an example for other universities. The University develops a Green Campus culture to raise awareness about the efficient use of natural resources and prevent waste generation, and, as a result, to provide activities that will increase the positive effects of the University on the environment.