Rector's Speech 1

I am Professor Ahmet Kizilay, Rector of Inonu University. I'm a medical teacher. My specialty is ear, nose,throat and bash-neck surgery. My other specialty is in mouth, face and jaw surgery. I started my undergraduate education at Hacettepe University. I have been working as a medical professor at our own university for 29 years.I continued the assistant professorship part of my academic life with Dr. Myers, a very important doctor in the United States. I've done a lot of scientific work so far. I've performed about 20,000 surgeries; I've diagnosed and treated hundreds of thousands of patients. I have trained a large number of medical students. Inonu University is one of the well-established universities of our country. Our university is a university that has graduated around 150,000 students. Since the establishment of our university, we have raised and brought very important people to our country. Inonu University has proven itself in many fields on a global scale. Our university has proven its place among universities in our country thanks to its work, students and academicians and scientific studies. Our university has launched different academic departments since its establishment. The establishment of our university was with the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Then The Faculty of Arts and Sciencesfollowed. In addition, the Faculty of Education has been added to these. These founding faculties are also the faculties that make up the history of our university today. Then it became a university with all faculties and units in the Medical Faculty, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Theology and other faculties. It also has 6 institutions for postgraduate education. It also includes Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences, Educational Sciences, Alevism Research Institute and Liver Transplantation Institute. We have OSB Vocational High School,which is the logical and technical fields of our university in terms of education and vocational education. MalatyaVocational High School focuses on social sciences and Health Services Vocational School focuses on health sciences. The Vocational School of Justice continues its education with its own theme. The School of Foreign Languages and Our State Conservatory completes 26 academic branches of our university. Inonu university became a prominent university in our country in the field of health with the establishment of Turgut Özal Medical Center. Inonu University has come to the forefront with its education units in the field of health, including the Medical Faculty, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Vocational School of Health Services, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences and Institute of Health Sciences and Liver Transplantation Institute. Turgut Özal Medical Center is a very important center in diagnosis and treatment of our country, and our Oncology Hospital and Liver Transplant Hospital, which is affiliated with it, have brought health education and these units to the top in our country with their strong practices in the field of health. We're a very strong university in health care. Apart from health, our university has very deep-rooted, strong competencies in engineering, law, theology,social sciences and art fields. I would like to emphasize the field of art in particular. It is a university that has been offering a Doctorate in music for many years. Our university has completed its Doctoral education in this field until now and has more than 60 teachers who have received their Doctorate in music in our university and have become academicians in various universities of our country. Music and other art fields are very valuable units of our university. Our university stands out very prominently in health, but we are a university with a strong staff that competes with all universities of our country. Many of our graduates have become entrepreneurs and businessmen by entering the business world. These graduates represent our university greatly.