| Reference | Country | City | Organisation | Type of EUC | ID Code | | 248085-IC-1-2008-1-TR-ERASMUS-EUCX-1 | TR | NIGDE | Niğde Üniversitesi | STANDARD | TR NIGDE01 |

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| 2008 / 2009 ACADEMIC CALENDAR OF NIGDE UNIVERSITY | | FALL SEMESTER | | 08 - 11 September 2008 | Registration | | 15 th September 2008 | Begining of the Courses | | 31st December 2008 | End of the Courses | | 05 - 16 January 2009 | Exams | | SPRING SEMESTER | | 09-12 February 2009 | Registration | | 16th February 2009 | Begining of the Courses | | 22nd May 2009 | End of the Courses | | 25 May - 5 June 2009 | Exams | | OFFICIAL VOCATIONS-HOLIDAYS | | 28th October afternoon and 29th of October 2009 | | 23rd April 2009 | | 19th May 2009 | | Note: Each Semester equal to Fourteen (14) Weeks excluding Exam Period. | | Midterm Exams "Visas" are held in Each Semester. |
Information about Nigde University Nigde University has a young and dynamic teaching staff having post-graduate degrees from the major universities in Turkey, Europe, the USA and elsewhere. The young and dynamic staff that is communicative and willing to make close and sincere friends with students is beneficial for student’s career and individual developments. On the other hand, students have the chance to find part-time works within the university if they wish. Nigde University is also one of the important universities of in Turkey on account of scientific researches. Many research projects of the university are being supported by Scientific Research Projects Unit, European Union FP7, State Planning Organization and The Scientific & Technical Research Council of Turkey. Nigde University consists of two institutes, four faculties, two colleges, five vocational high schools, and four departmental headships directly attached to the rectorate, two applied research centers and one conservatory of music.
Information about Nigde Nigde, geographically in the middle of big cities that are developed on various fields, is located very convenient on account of highway and railway arrival. Nigde is regarded as a part of Cappadocia which is a well-known touristic place with its historical and natural wonders. It is an important touristic town famous for its Kemerhisar, an ancient site of the Roman city of Tyana, Roman aqueducts, Gumusler Monastery, Kavlaktepe underground city, ruins from the time of ancient Christianity, monuments of the Seljucks and other Anatolian civilizations, Mount Demirkazık that has a worldwide fame for mountaineering & climbing, Aladaglar National Park, the Bolkars and also Ciftehan Thermal Springs. Nigde, turning into a university town in parallel with the foundation and development of Nigde University, is an attractive city for university students on account of economic life conditions, cheap and easy transportation, and adequate accommodation, hospitability of town people, low crime rate and also peaceful & secure social frame. Accommodation Milli Piyango Dormitory accommodates a total of 700 students. In the city centre, there are two more Dormitories, which are Sabanci Girls Dormitory, accommodating 480 female, and the HECDI dormitory, Accommodating 648 male and 1.498 female students. Students attending Vocational Schools are also provided with dormitories.Besides there are private dormitories and hostels available in the town center Nigde and Bor.
Laboratories, Libraries The library provides modern services and accommodates 200 readers. The library collection consists of 20000 books. 10.000 periodicals, a total of 400 theses and 300 manuscripts. In addition, the library has adequate number of PC and CD-ROM databases. Beyond that, on line access to other databases around the world. The computer laboratories have equipped with the up-dated technology. There are 33 laboratories at the university, each one specified for different subjects, from Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Laboratory to Computer Software Laboratory and from Microprocessor Laboratory to Energy System Laboratories.
Social Facilities Students can use several sports centers available on and off campus. They may choose one of such sports branches like football, basketball, volleyball, judo, tennis, karate, taekwondo, wrestling, swimming etc. To be trained and then they make team and these teams take part in some inter-faculties games throughout the University. They can join a number of student clubs like theater, folk dance, chess, aviation; etc. Students can test cultural foods during the academic year and also in the spring festival which takes place every May.
Internalization Nigde University has been involved in European Exchange program since 2005. It has established strong relationships with several universities in Europe. The university also developed partnerships with some East Asian and the USA universities. Some of our scientific researchers have been carrying out projects within the European research schemes. University sports teams have been joining international sports activities since 1998.
Language of Instruction Turkish (English in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering) |