ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
AGÜ was founded on 21 July 2010 as Turkey’s first foundation supported State University. University is a project of transforming Republic of Turkey's first and one of the largest industrial campus Sümerbank Cloth Factory to education campus. AGU admitted its first students in 2013 - 2014 Academic Year. The second campus of the university, Mimar Sinan Campus, is also under construction. Efforts to gain a new state university in Kayseri were initiated in 2007 by the opinion leaders of Kayseri, who came together with the initiative of the Metropolitan Municipality. With the exemplary development and entrepreneurship of Kayseri in Turkey, University was also intended to highlight the city in education and was thought to carry the name of Turkey's 11th President Abdullah Gül. Our president has accepted this provided that this university will make a difference in Turkey's higher education and that it can compete internationally. As AGU aspires to its aim of being a research and teaching University of international standards, an institution playing a key role in its development will be the AGU Foundation. AGÜ Foundation was established on 13 July 2011 and started to work to provide a parallel and effective support to university's development. Vision: To become a reputable international university that contributes to the science and society, by internalizing innovation and creativity, generating information and transforming knowledge into value. Mission: To educate individuals who will shape future with "learning oriented" approach and to convert information to value with partnerships as a research university looking for solutions to global problems.
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