Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University

Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University (ALKÜ) is a public institution founded in 2015. It is named in honour of the Seljuk Sultan Alaeddin Keykubad, one of the sultans of the Seljuk Empire. The university holds the distinction of being the first state university established in a Turkish town, as opposed to in a provincial capital. 

Located in Alanya, a city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast roughly 135 km east of Antalya, the university’s campus sits in Kestel, a rapidly developing district. 

Academically, the university comprises a wide range of faculties, including medicine, dentistry, education, economics, administrative and social sciences, engineering, aviation and space sciences, health sciences, sport sciences, art, design and architecture, and tourism. 

There is also a Graduate Institute, as well as multiple vocational schools and language centres, which support a broad portfolio of academic pathways. 

It has a lively campus culture featuring festivals, clubs, seminars, exhibitions, job fairs, technical trips, concerts, and entrepreneurship contests. 

The university hosts international students from across the globe, teaching in Turkish and English, as well as options for German, Russian and Arabic study.