Specialization
Within the scope of the ‘Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project’ by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), our University has been awarded specialization in the field of ‘Intelligent Logistics and Integrated Regional Applications’.Within the scope of the ‘Regional Development and Focused Mission Differentiation’ project, to which the new COHE understanding attaches great importance, our University's application on ‘Smart Logistics and Integrated Regional Applications’ was accepted as a result of the examinations made. The universities that are eligible for specialization, including Artvin Coruh University, Hittite University, Kırklareli University and Yozgat Bozok University, were introduced to the public at the meeting held at Dec.
Or in the meeting members of the executive board, as well as deputy minister of industry and technology Çetin Ali Dönmez, deputy agriculture and forestry Akif ozkal was peace Ministry of industry and Technology Development Agency Director General of the Janissaries, the members of the commission within the scope of the project, the project identified 10 previously the rectors of the universities, rectors of the universities to the project with newly elected governors and 5 of the presidents of the chambers of industry and Commerce in their respective provinces joined. YÖK President Prof. who made the opening speech of the meeting. Dr. M. A. Yekta Saraç mentioned the importance of the ‘Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project', which they put into practice in 2015, stating that it is a manifestation of the New COHE understanding.
Emphasizing that the project in question is a ‘working together, acting together’ project, YÖK President Prof. Dr. SARAÇ said that these studies are carried out not only on economic factors, but also taking into account many other factors such as government policies, regional and local organizations, consulting services provided by the public, supporting the growth dynamics of the region, public financial support. Saraç said“ ""It is a very important issue for universities to convert research outputs into production by sharing the research they will do at the local level and their results with the relevant private and public sectors. Thanks to a health communication network to be established between universities and regional development agencies, the expected power of the project will increase to the highest level. Dec. Although it is still a 4-5-year project, we see many sprouts and we are hopeful for the future of Turkey from the project."
“We are proud of our university once again”
Bartın Governor Sinan Güner, who conveyed his thoughts about the specialization of our university, stated that as the Governor's Office, they will always support Bartın University in the future as well as in the past. Governor Güner said, "Today we were proud of Bartın University once again. Taking into account the dynamics of the region and carrying out its studies accordingly, our university has achieved significant progress and has been awarded the right to specialize in the field of ‘Intelligent Logistics and Integrated Regional Applications’. Our University, which will concentrate its studies on the ‘Decoy Port and Industrial Zone Project’, which is one of the most important commercial moves of our region and our country, will make a great contribution to our national economy while making a mention of itself in the national and international arena. I am from here, Dear Rector Prof. Dr. I congratulate Orhan Uzun and wish this important development to be auspicious on behalf of our region and our country,” he said.
"Today is an important day for our University"
Rector of our University Prof. who conveyed his opinions about the specialization of our University in the field of ’Smart Logistics and Integrated Regional Applications‘ within the scope of the ’Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project'. Dr. Orhan Uzun said that they have achieved an important success as Bartın University. Rector Uzun said, "We welcome with great happiness the acceptance of the specialization application of our university, whose upward trend continues from year to year. as a result of the researches and stakeholder opinions we have been conducting since 2017, we have come to the conclusion that the potential of our region will emerge with the ‘Filyos Port and Industrial Zone Project’, the first mega industrial zone of our country under construction. In a report prepared by the Western Black Sea Development Agency (BAKKA) in 2019, “Logistics Village”, “Software for Logistics” and “Intelligent Systems” were mentioned among the possible sectors that could Decelerate in the region. After being convinced that the existing potential of our university also coincides with these areas, we started working on an application to YÖK. As a result of the outstanding efforts of our faculty members and their ownership of the subject, we have found a very productive working environment and prepared our application file,” he said.
“We have had a long preparation process”
Rector Uzun, who also gave information about the process, said, “We can say that our specialization studies have started for the first time since 2017. As we started to explore the potential of the region, we started to focus on some areas. Firstly, we started to provide graduate education in the field of “Sustainable and Smart Cities” within the scope of the 100/2000 Doctoral Scholarship project initiated by YÖK. Subsequently, in the year 2018, Faculty of Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical & Electronic Engineering Department, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Department of international trade and logistics in the year 2019, and mathematics portions of computer technology and information systems of the Faculty of science was opened. The studies we have carried out and the departments we have opened have enabled the emergence of academic manpower specialized in the field of ‘Filyos Port and Industrial Zone Project’ in general. Thanks to a long-term planning and step-by-step progress, we have achieved today's result,” he said.
