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Ege University, the fourth founded university of Turkey, is established on May 20th,1955. By the year 2023, Ege University includes 19 Faculties, 9 Institutes, 3 Graduate Schools, 1 State Conservatory of Turkish Music, 10 Vocational Schools, 6 Rectorate Units, 40 Application and Research Centers.   Since its establishment, Ege University, as Turkey’s fourth, and the region’s first and the oldest university, has adopted the principles of contributing to the scientific world in a universal scale by producing knowledge rich in quantity and quality, educating productive individuals and culturally well-equipped researchers who are conscious about local and global facts, and creating a higher added value with its regional strength by prioritising social benefit. During its 68 years of background, Ege University has succeeded not only in research and education, but also in transferring the acquired knowledge to society, and thus has broken new ground in multiple fields. Besides its internationally acknowledged quality education, and the theoretical and practical research activities, with its unique model to bring the university together with industry, state, research and development, innovation, entrepreneurship, and information and knowledge transfer issues, Ege University is a pioneer representative of Fourth Generation University Concept.