HISTORY
The roots of Marmara University’s can be traced back to Hamidiye Ticaret Mektebi Alisi (Hamidiye School of Higher Commerce), which was founded on January 16, 1883 in a house situated behind Istanbul Kız Lisesi (Istanbul High school for Girls) in the Cagaloglu district. 13 students were the first graduates in 1887. The School joined the Ministry of Education in 1889, but was abolished in 1893 to be renovated and re-opened later. It was re-opened on October 15, 1897 and has carried out its educational programs ever since.
In 1915, the Hamidiye School of Higher Commerce started to offer education at two levels.With the foundation of the Turkish Republic (1923 -1924 academic year), the School was divided into three levels of education: Orta Ticaret Mektebi (Secondary School of Commerce), Yüksek Ticaret Mektebi (Higher School of Commerce) and İstanbul Aliye-i Ticarriye Mektebi (Istanbul Higher School of Commerce) and joined the Ministry of Economics. As of 1924-1925 academic years, the school was only for boys, or only for girls, or co-educational. On February 15, 1932, the three levels were reorganized as Ticaret Lisesi (High School for Commerce) and Yüksek İktisat ve Ticaret Mektebi (Higher School of Economics and Commerce), and rejoined the Ministry of Education. Our institution became the İstanbul İktisadi ve Ticari İlimler Akademisi (Istanbul Academy of Economics and Commercial Sciences) in 1959 and in 1982 it was amalgamated with other university institutions to become the Marmara University
The main distinction of Marmara University is to abide by the goals and main principles in accordance with the Higher Education Law No: 2547 and be one of the pioneers of modern, democratic, egalitarian and dynamic institutions of higher education, as put forth by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. By July 20, 1982 the university encompassed 83 faculty members including 20 professors, 31 associate professors along with 197 lecturers, assistants and 280 instructors. On October 1, 1998 there were 1042 faculty members including 369 professors, 276 associate and 397 and 2539 academics, 1497 of which are lecturers and assistants. In the interim, the number of faculty members increased ten times. The number of enrolled students, which was 12.000 during 1982-83 academic years, is currently 51.024 in night school, 2-year associate bachelor, and bachelor degree and graduate programs. In total, Marmara University is ranked third in terms of the number of students following Istanbul and Gazi Universities, and ranked fifth in terms of the number of faculty members.
Marmara University was officially established during 1982-1983 academic year with nine faculties, one vocational school and one institute. Today, the university is comprised of 14 faculties, 9 vocational schools of higher education and 11 graduate institutes. The number of associate bachelor’s and bachelor degree programs is 136.
