Head of the Department: DURSUN ATALAY Directorate of Health, Culture and Sport Affairs is a centre of coordination and application, which is in charge of social, cultural and sanitary affairs for all those related to the university.
The main areas of activity of this department are as follows:
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Management of all sorts of sanitary services and establishing new sanitary centres.
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Organising various activities in fields of fine arts and sport.
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Supporting students in terms of finance, accomodation, recreation, leisure activities, transportation and post-graduate guidance.
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Psychological consultance and guidance for students.
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Doing research concerning the fields under its competence and publishing their outcomes.
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Organising in-service training programmes in order to ensure the efficiency of the personnel.
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Providing facilities such as accomodation, sport centres and camping places in order to achieve above-mentioned goals.
Some of the facilities provided by the Directorate of Health, Culture and Sport Affairs are as follows:
Healthcare Services
Additional to the central medico-social unit located in Buca-Kaynaklar, the university owns 5 health offices located in Bornova , Narlıdere , Alsancak and Buca campuses. These units and offices provide medical treatment facilities without any payment except for a symbolic fee of 300.000 TL, which corresponds approximately to 15 pence or 20 cents.
Seferihisar Student Training Camp
Our university owns a student camp located on the Aegean Sea coast around Seferihisar (approx. 40 minutes from the city centre), which is available for 200 students. The camp is provided with social and sanitary facilities available for 24 hours a day.
Accomodation
Besides the hostels owned and managed by the General Directorate of Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution, the university posesses a hostel for female students in Buca, which is available for 552 students. Students may also wish to hire flats around Buca, Bornova and Narlidere.
