Kastamonu University offers cooperation with ENU in a number of areas
The L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University hosted a meeting with representatives of Kastamonu University, one of the leading universities in Turkey offering a wide range of academic programs and providing high-quality education with high standards. The objectives of the meeting were discussed by the coordinator of foreign relations Mustafa Akcaoglu and the coordinator for Erasmus and foreign languages Mehmet Bolluk.
Welcoming the guests, ENU Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Development Lyazzat Nurkatova noted that our university is always open to cooperation.
“Today, the L.N.Gumilyov Eurasian National University cooperates with 40 partner universities from Turkey. This year, 9 Turkish students are studying at the university. We are actively cooperating with Turkish universities within the framework of academic mobility programs for students and teaching staff under bilateral agreements, Mevlana and ORHUN, attracting foreign specialists,” - L.Nurkatova noted.
She also informed the guests that this year the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University has become the only university in Central Asia to be included in the TOP 50 best universities in the world for the subject “Hospitality and Leisure Management”. And in 2023, for the first time, ENU entered the ranking of the best universities in the field of achieving sustainable development goals – QS Sustainability Rankings 2024.
During the meeting, representatives of the University of Kastamonu presented their university, founded in 2006, to colleagues from ENU, focusing on the implementation of two programs – double-degree education and academic mobility.
“Our university strives not only for academic success, but also for the development of student life and the enrichment of the cultural experience of students. The university has 13 faculties, 2 institutes, 4 colleges, 13 vocational schools and 35 departments. Education is conducted in historical buildings of the Ottoman period on campuses, but with modern academic buildings, libraries, laboratories and other educational resources. About 20 thousand students study at the university, of which about 3 thousand are foreign. As for the teaching staff, the staff includes 840 teachers,” - Mustafa Akcaoglu, Coordinator of External Relations of Kastamonu University said.
According to him, among the 13 faculties there is a faculty of tourism, within which it will be possible to develop cooperation.
“We intend to consider the issues of opening a double-degree education in the following areas: Turkology; Pedagogy; Physics; Tourism; Two Foreign Languages, and are also open to academic mobility,” - Mehmet Bolluk, Coordinator for Erasmus and Foreign Languages of Kastamonu University said.
It is worth noting that in October 2018, a memorandum of cooperation was signed with Kastamonu University. 3 university professors are foreign scientific consultants of ENU doctoral students.