Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek, the Rector of Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (MSKU), based on transparency and accountability in management, evaluated all the work and achievements carried out between January 2020 and April 2021. He announced the third of the Gains and Goals Presentation, in which future-oriented projects were conveyed.
MSKU Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek shares his managerial, institutional and scientific studies and future goals with the public at certain intervals, since he took office on July 14, 2018, with the Achievements and Goals Presentation.
The situation assessment presentation, which was held for the third time this year, took place online with a high rate of viewing. Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek evaluated all his work during the specified period under the titles of Education-Teaching, R&D, Community Interaction, Institutional Development and Goals.
MSKU Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek stated that they were determined to be an R&D University as their main target; He said that they have successfully completed the "Preparation and Grounding" and "Implementing the Projects" phases, and that they have been carrying out strong work in the field to complete the "Sectoral Collaboration" phase, which is the next step.
Rector Çiçek announced some important services under the title of "R&D" such as the achievements realized in the distance education process through the Distance Education Research and Application Center, the educational activities progressing in parallel with digitalization and technological transformation, the studies carried out within the Technopark, the Experimental Animals Application and Research Center to the region and our country. He talked about the contributions, emphasizing the major breakthroughs in TÜBİTAK and 100/2000 PhD Projects from external funds, and the services provided during the pandemic. Rector Çiçek, emphasizing once again that all these studies are carried out with an interdisciplinary approach and students are included in the process with the same understanding in order for stronger projects to emerge, underlined that the real power that will make MSKU an R&D University is the students.
Emphasizing that an institution can only be as strong as its cooperation with other institutions, Rector Çiçek touched upon the collaborations with institutions in our province under the title of "Interaction with the Community" and the trainings carried out by our University for the personnel of various institutions.
He mentioned under the title of “Corporate Development”, that the activities carried out by the Accessible Campus Unit to make the campus more accessible and the activities carried out by the Sustainable Green Campus and Waste Management Coordinator.
The future goals of MSKU as he said are to increase the number of qualified publications, to expand accessible campus studies throughout the university, to establish a Language and Speech Therapy Department within the Faculty of Health Sciences, to increase the clinical capacity of the Faculty of Dentistry, to increase the diversity and capacity of thematic field laboratories. To start educational activities in the Dalaman Civil Aviation School as soon as possible, and activate Akyaka Tourism Vocational School, to activate the Fethiye Business Administration Faculty building are among their major priorities ahead.
At the end of the Achievements and Goals Presentation, Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Çiçek thanked all the employees and stakeholders of our University by saying, “We achieved all the successes together and we will achieve new successes together”.