Pamukkale University

Overview

Pamukkale University

Pamukkale University (PAU) is a public university located in Denizli Province, Turkey. It started operations in 1957 as a female normal school. The university became the Education Institute in 1976 and then Denizli Education College under Dokuz Eylül University in 1982. It was officially established as the Pamukkale University Faculty of Education in 1992.

Pamukkale University Key Statistics

The university comprises 16 faculties and 3 colleges offering undergraduate courses and 6 graduate schools. These include the Faculty of Architecture and Design, the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Educational Sciences, and the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. It also offers associate degrees through its 17 vocational schools.

PAU has 48,828 students enrolled in its courses, composed of 34,867 graduates, 2,091 postgraduates, 721 doctoral, and 11,149 associate degree students. It employs around 1,418 administrative staff and 2,218 academic staff.

The major library at PAU provides access to a collection of 103,338 printed books, 382,826 electronic books, 101,950 electronic magazines, and 5.4 million theses. The university also houses Turkey's first archeology institute on its campus.

Other Pamukkale University key statistics include its bilateral cooperation agreements with universities from many countries worldwide, within the scope of Erasmus+, LLP Erasmus, SED Erasmus, Socrates, Farabi, Mevlana, and Leonardo projects. PAU is also a member of the European Universities Association, the International Association of Universities, and the Magna Charta Universitatum.

Pamukkale University Research

The university's top three research fields are medicine, chemistry, and engineering. Its researchers have published in publications like Applied Energy, Energy Conversion and Management, and Expert Systems With Applications. Its researchers had been invited to attend and/or present papers at international conferences such as the Joint International Conference on Information Sciences, the International Microwave Symposium, and the European Microwave Conference.

The most cited publication from Pamukkale University research is Erdem et al.’s (2004) “The removal of heavy metal cations by natural zeolites,” published in the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. It has received a total of 1,832 citations to date. The second most cited paper is Kuscu et al.’s (2014) “Genome-wide analysis reveals characteristics of off-target sites bound by the Cas9 endonuclease,” published in Nature Biotechnology. It has received a total of 717 citations. The university’s third most cited paper is Turkoglu et al.’s (2007) “Antioxidant and antimicrobial activities of Laetiporus sulphureus (Bull.) Murrill,” published in Food Chemistry. It has been cited by papers, articles, and other publications around 561 times so far.

Pamukkale University has 44 research centers, which include the Application and Research Center For Economic and Econometric, the Application of Language Teaching and Research Center, the Botany Garden Application and Research Center, and the Center of Sports Science and Technical Research and Implementation.

It also operates the Child and Youth Training Application and Research Center, the Centre for Research and Application of Ataturk's Principles and History of Turkish Revolution, and the Deneysel Cerrahi Uygulama Ve Arastirma Merkezi.