Student review [#5286]
at Aksaray University - ASU

Hi the future students who think to come here,

I am working as a technical expert in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, ECE, at Aksaray University. First thing what you have to know about our university is that Aksaray university is a very new established one, in 2006, and the ECE department started to accept students for undergrad education is in 2013. In Turkey, it requires at least 20 years for a university which can be defined as a rooted and reinforced educational institution. The same time is valid for a strong department as well.

Aksaray is a small but very nice Anatolian city which locates in the middle of Turkey and which is very close to some touristic zones such as Cappadocia, Ihlara Valley, Mount Erciyes, Ankara which is capital, Konya which is the spiritual city cuz of Jalaluddin Mevlana Rumi, and Mersin which is a great seaside city. Going to mentioned these cities from Aksaray is taking just around 2 hours and the fare for buses are around €5. There are a lot of nice cafes where you can find Turkish tea, coffee, and soft drinks. However, I am sorry to inform you about the fact that finding a pub, disco or places at which alcoholic beverages served in Aksaray is very hard, maybe even impossible. This is a little Anatolian town and most of the people of this city observe their religious senses, but they are not fundamentalist at all, they are really decent and hospitable ones. Also, this doesn’t mean you can’t find any alcoholic beverage at all, you can buy it from liquor stores and supermarkets to drink at your home with friends.

As I mentioned before, Aksaray University is a young one. You will find university staff very friendly, helpful, and sincere. Any person among the university personnel is full of good intention on her or his behavior. Almost in every department at University Campus, minimum one of the academic personnel know English very well, so you will not have hard time to communicate with your department. The university student profile is kinda cosmopolitan: Mostr of the students are nationalist or conservative, and the rest of them is open-minded and secular.

And now, last but not least, I would like to talk about Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. The academic staff of the department is quite qualified and strong on their academic area. Half of them obtained their Ph.D. or M.Sc. degrees from popular universities in Europe and U.S. The other half, also, has degrees from the best universities in Turkey. Laboratory infrastructure is enough for undergraduate education. The only problem in this department arises from the students who don”t know the value of their department and their education. Most of students in this department is aimless, and unmotivated for their job area and even their future. This fact causes a mentality incompatibility between these current students and the highly educated academic staff. Since the department has been new yet, this problem will be overcome with years and with new students in future years.

You will have some good time, maybe not best, by choosing Aksaray University. As being helpful administrative or academic personnel, we can’t wait to see you prospective students to come here. I wish you all guys a wonderful, colorful and successful student life!

Best Regards