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About Toros

Toros University was founded by the Mersin Education Foundation (MEV) in 2009 and it's the last link of the Private Toros Schools Group education tradition, established in 1964. Toros University started its activities by accepting its first students in the 2010-2011 academic year.

With its responsibility and experience from its past, it is not just a university today; being the name of an idea and a culture, Toros University, as a city university in Mersin, the pearl of the Eastern Mediterranean, with its campuses in the city center, is walking fast towards its goals with the slogan "Beyond Education, In The Life".

Within Toros University; there are Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Healthcare Vocational School, School of Foreign Languages and Vocational School and Graduate Education Institute. In the academic units of our university; it provides education in 17 undergraduate, 21 associate degree and 13 graduate departments/programs.

What makes us different as Toros University?

Advisory Boards

"Advisory Boards" have been established on the basis of each department/program within the faculties/schools/institutes of our university. The advisory boards include: academicians, industry/sector representatives, alumni and students. Advisory boards play an important role in the creation/updating of course curricula of departments and programs, and in making decisions on R&D and social contribution.

Distance Education System

Some of the courses in the curricula of associate degree and undergraduate programs affiliated to academic units that provide education within our university are given through distance education methods. The credits required for the graduation of the students are given up to 40% over 120 ECTS for associate degree and 240 ECTS for undergraduate degree.

Intern and 3+1 Model (Applied Education)

Students who study undergraduate education within the faculties and colleges affiliated to our university graduate when they successfully complete one semester (70 working days) of 8 semesters of education and students who study associate degree within the Vocational School graduate when they successfully complete one semester (70 working days) of 4 semesters of education in the sector.

Study Abroad Opportunities

Toros University has Erasmus Bilateral Agreements with 47 universities, providing our students with the opportunity to study and intern abroad for one year. Graduate students have the opportunity to do internship for 18 months.