Campus Site
Number of Campus Site: 6
As a state university founded in 1992, Kırıkkale University is located at the heart of Türkiye, only 70 km away from the capital city, Ankara, with 12 faculties, a school of foreign languages, 7 vocational schools, and 3 graduate schools. It has 1 main large campus of about 20 acres of land and 5 satellite campuses, which are Keskin Vocational School, Delice Vocational School, Hacilar Vocational School, Fatma Şenses Social Sciences Vocational School, and Faculty of Health Sciences Campus.
Kırıkkale University, as a higher education institution that understands and values the importance of research and life-long learning, has 23 research centres in such fields as Environmental Problems, Distance Education, and Elderly Health Studies. Local people, as well as students and researchers from inside and outside the university, enjoy the opportunities offered by the Technopark, the Technology Transfer Office, and various research laboratories in faculties, such as Biology Lab, Electronics Lab, and Microprocessors Lab. Kırıkkale University also offers health services with 4 hospitals (Medical Hospital, Dental Hospital, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital, and Animal Hospital)
Total campus area : 8034069 square meter
Total campus ground floor area of buildings: 155301 square meter
Total campus buildings area: 464434 square meter
The ratio of open space to total area: 98%
Total area on campus covered in forest vegetation: >9-22%: 629755 square meter
Total area on campus covered in planted vegetation: >10-20% - 802500 square meter
Total area on campus for water absorption besided forest and planted vegetation : >40% 5231367 square meter
Total number of regular students: 33190
Total number of online students: 1289
Total number of academic and administrative staff: 2871
Total open space area divided by total campus population 184 square meter per person
Total university budget for sustainability effort: 10919359 (dollar)
Percentage of university budget for sustainability effort: >15
Campus facilities for disable and maternity care exist in all buildings and are fully operated.
Security and safety facilities are available and fully functions and security responding time for accidents, crime, fire and natural disasters is less than 5 minutes
For further information about our security facilities, please visit http://https://guvkor.kku.edu.tr/Idari
Health infrastructure facilities for students and academic staff wellbeing are available and accessible for public.
Kırıkkale University also offers health services with 4 hospitals (Medical Hospital (https://hastane.kku.edu.tr/net/ Dental Hospital ( https://dis.kku.edu.tr/Fakulte
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Hospital https://hastane.kku.edu.tr/net/bolumler/fizik-tedavi-ve-rehabilitasyon-anabilim-dali )
Conservation: plant (flora), animal (fauna), and wildlife, genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium or long-term conservation facilities are implemented in >50-75%
Kırıkkale University makes a very
intense effort to protect biodiversity. Releasing partridges is one of them. Partridges
are natural warriors that destroy and fight against many pests in nature. It is
beneficial for the struggle with the increase in harmful species in nature,
especially after climate change.
Link of the news:
https://tomer.kku.edu.tr/Idari/Haber/Index/3823
Faculty of
Veterinary Medicine has conserved chickens including 70 Sultan breeds, 10 Denizli
breeds, 25 Gerze breeds, 20 Berat breeds for 3 years to protect against extinction.
Link of the news:
https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/yasam/nesli-tukenme-tehlikesindeki-yerli-tavuk-irklari-universitede-korunuyor/3089658
In addition, Kırıkkale University has
Kızılırmak Research and Application Center. The main purpose of the Kızılırmak
Research and Application Center is to determine the current status of the
ecosystems in the Kızılırmak River and its basin, to protect them, to prepare,
implement and evaluate sustainable development plans, and to carry out
interdisciplinary research, education, and coordination services related to the
subject. In addition, it is to cooperate with the relevant institutions and
organizations in the settlements through which the Kızılırmak River passes and
to ensure coordination for the protection of the Kızılırmak River.
Link of the Center:
https://kizilirmak.kku.edu.tr/Idari/Sayfa/Index?Sayfa=Hakkinda
Kırıkkale University has an associate
program named “Plant Conservation”
Link of the department: https://bpbkdelicebk.kku.edu.tr/Idari/Sayfa/Index?Sayfa=ProgramVizyonMisyon
Kırıkkale University has a Beekeeping
Research and Application Center.
Link of the Research Center: https://aauam.kku.edu.tr/Idari/Sayfa/Index?Sayfa=Misyon