Anglia Ruskin University
Dr Sufian Yousef
Director of Electronic and Telecommunication engineering Research GroupAnkara University
Established on 1946, Ankara University, provides education through associate (two-year) degree programs, undergraduate (bachelor degree) programs through its 14 faculties, 3 vocational schools, 6 colleges and a state conservatory. Graduate level education and research is provided by its 12 graduate schools. AU has 2647 associate degree and 28,775 undergraduate level students. Teaching and research staff is composed of 1143 professors, 323 associate professors, and 299 assistant professors. The total number of auxiliary academic staff is 1625, which consists of 120 instructors, 282 lecturers, 178 specialists, and 1045 research assistants. Ankara University also employs 4016 administrative staff. AU gives a very high priority to cooperation between university and industry, particularly in scientific research. It established a Technology Development Area and to incorporate the present Technology Development Center into this area in order to accelerate national production with scientific and technological innovations and developments.
Faculty of Media is one of the leading communication faculties in Turkey.which was founded on 1965. It has three BA programs as journalism, radio television and cinema and public relations. It has also three MA and three Ph.D programs that has hundereds of students attend. Ankara University Faculty of Media has strong academic infrastructure and also strong and long termed relations to media sector and industry in Turkey. There are many national and several EU projects that are still continued by the academic members of faculty. Faculty of Media at AU has coordinated and conducted many national and international trainings for journalists up today. We'are very keen on to conduct a project on "media peace and conflict journalism issues"