Girne American University (Turkish: Girne Amerikan Üniversitesi) is a non-profit university in Kyrenia, a city in Northern Cyprus. The university was founded in 1985[1] by Mr Serhat Akpinar as an institution of American-style higher education. It part of YÖDAK, the higher education coordinating council of Northern Cyprus[2] and YÖK, its Turkish parallel.[3]
Faculty of Engineering includes five departments:[4]
Civil Engineering
Computer Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Energy Systems Engineering
Faculty of Business & Economics
Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts. In 2013, the Faculty was announced as one of the top 10 Architecture Faculties in Turkey and North Cyprus by Mimari Medya (Architecture Media Network).[5] In 2012 and 2013, the master programme in Construction Management was chosen by Eduniversal as one of the best 100 master programmes in the world.[6] Established in 1985, the Faculty has 4 departments including:
Graduate School of Science & Technology (Engineering Master & PhD Programs)
Graduate School of Social Sciences (Master & PhD Programs)
School of Applied Sciences
Marine School
Nursing School
School of Sport and Recreation
School of the Performing Arts
Research centresedit
Research Centre for Applied Science, Engineering and Technologyedit
In GAU Research Centers and Laboratories, advanced researches are performed in the fields of Applied Science, Engineering and Technology.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
International Centre for Heritage Studies (ICHS)edit
The International Center for Heritage Studies (ICHS) is a research and design centre founded within the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Fine Arts (established since 2012) and is working on historical, landscape and archaeological research and the restoration project for the Acheiropoietos Monastery in Cyprus.[14]
International academic organizationsedit
ISEAIAedit
The annual International Symposium on Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Applications (ISEAIA) is a platform for researchers, practitioners, developers and educators to share their experiences in the fields of engineering, artificial intelligence and their applications in.[15][16]
ISEAIA2013 was held between 6 and 8 November 2013 in Girne/Cyprus.[17] ISEAIA2014 was held between 5 and 7 November 2014 in Girne/Cyprus.[18]
CAUMME IIedit
CAUMME, Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle-East, is a series of conferences organized by AUMME. The 2nd CAUMME Conference organized by Girne American University, Yıldız Technical University and Qatar University in 2014. The organization of a biennial international symposium in different areas of architecture and urbanism constitutes the main academic activity of CAUMME series of conferences. The first CAUMME international symposium was held in 2012 at Yıldız Technical University. The main motivation of the second CAUMME international symposium was on the concept of Post-Professionalism.[19]
Journaledit
Girne American University publishes a scientific journal called GAU Journal of Social and Applied Science.[20][21]
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