HISTORY
Yozgat Bozok University was established by the Council of Ministers' decision dated 01/03/2006 and numbered 5467, published in the Official Gazette on 17/03/2006. Although our university was established independently in 2006, its infrastructure dates back much further. The Yozgat Vocational School, established in 1982 in Yozgat Province under Erciyes University, and another Vocational School, established in 1989 under Gazi University, form the foundation of our university. These two vocational schools were merged in 1994 and affiliated with Erciyes University. Under Erciyes University, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture and the Faculty of Agriculture were established in 1992, the Faculty of Science and Letters and the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in 1994, and the School of Health Sciences in 1996. Akdağmadeni Vocational School started operating in 1997 under Cumhuriyet University. Until 2006, the faculties and colleges that provided education and training under Erciyes and Cumhuriyet Universities were affiliated with Bozok University, thus gaining an independent structure.
Our university is located on Atatürk Road in the central district of Yozgat province, on an area of 4070 decares, in the Erdoğan Akdağ East Campus and the Bilal Şahin West Campus. In addition to the main campus, there are campuses in Yozgat city center including the Rectorate Protocol Building, the Faculty of Dentistry building, and the Esentepe area. Outside the main campus, it conducts education, training, and research activities in an area of 7632 decares, including campuses in the districts of Sorgun, Akdağmadeni, Yerköy, Boğazlıyan, Şefaatli, Çekerek, and Sarıkaya.
Having completed its establishment phase and accelerating its development, our university... Having started its educational activities in the 2006-2007 academic year with 4 Faculties, 1 School, 2 Vocational Schools, and 2 Institutes, the university continues its operations in the 2021-2022 academic year with 14 Faculties, 4 Schools, 8 Vocational Schools, 2 Institutes, 1 Research and Application Hospital, 15 Application and Research Centers, 1 Technopark, 1 Technology Transfer Office, and 4 departments under the Rectorate.
Since its establishment in 2006, our university has also developed significantly in terms of human resources. It continues its activities with nearly 1000 academic staff and more than 1000 administrative and support service personnel. The number of students has increased by approximately 400% in fourteen years, exceeding 20,000.
In 2020, within the scope of the "Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization Project" conducted by the Council of Higher Education, our university was included among the "Specialized Universities" with its project titled "For Sustainable Biomaterials and Bioenergy: Industrial Hemp".
OUR MISSION
Yozgat Bozok University has undertaken the task of being a university that, with its regional development-oriented specialization, is entrepreneurial and innovative, anticipates and implements universal changes in its education system to add value to its country and humanity, prioritizes quality, produces knowledge, and manages change, transformation, and development processes through the use of this knowledge at all levels.
OUR VISION
To be one of the leading universities that, with its entrepreneurial and innovative face, transforms the knowledge it produces into economic value with its stakeholders and offers it to the service of humanity.
OUR CORE VALUES
• Justice: Our university values establishing justice in all its processes.
• Freedom: Our university believes that freedom of thought and conscience is an indispensable part of scientific development and effective learning.
• Tolerance: Our university embraces its stakeholders with respect, love, and understanding in all its processes.
• Productivity: Our university values the productivity of all its members and their contribution to humanity.
• Entrepreneurship: Our university prioritizes encouraging all positive entrepreneurial efforts of its stakeholders with all available resources.
• Participation: Our university highly values the participation of its stakeholders in the decision-making, planning, implementation, and preventive processes of management.
• Quality Orientation: Our university conducts all its processes with a focus on quality.
• Environmental Awareness: Our university, together with all its members, values a sustainable environmental approach that respects the environment and nature and is sensitive to global environmental problems.
• Accountability: Our university places great importance on transparency and accountability in all its processes.
OUR DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY
Location Preference: Entrepreneurial Focus
Success Region Preference: Specialization in Regional Development Focused on Industrial Hemp and the success region identified in other academic fields and units.
OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES AND GOALS (For details, please review the 2022-2026 Strategic Plan)
Objective 1. To improve the quality of education and training.
Goal 1.1 Education and training programs will be improved and developed.
Goal 1.2 Learning resources will be enriched, accessibility will be increased, and the proportion of blended learning courses will be raised.
Goal 1.3 Student motivation and competencies will be increased.
Goal 1.4 The university's national and international recognition will be increased.
Goal 1.5 Postgraduate education capacity will be developed.
Objective 2. To increase high-quality scientific research and project activities whose results can translate into social and economic benefits.
Target 2.1 The university's visibility in internationally indexed journals will be increased.
Target 2.2 The capacity for externally funded projects will be increased.
Target 2.3 Specialization activities in the field of industrial hemp will be increased.
Target 2.4 Activities related to training scientists and supporting researchers will be increased.
Target 2.5 The open access rate for scientific publications affiliated with the university will be increased.
Objective 3. To develop an innovative and entrepreneurial atmosphere within the university.
Target 3.1: Innovative entrepreneurial and R&D activities carried out by the private sector, faculty members, and students in Bozok Technopark will be increased.
Target 3.2: Training and other activities aimed at raising awareness of innovation and entrepreneurship will be increased.
Target 3.3: The number and quality of R&D activities aimed at entrepreneurship will be increased.
Target 3.4: The number of projects (newly accepted annually) carried out through university-industry collaboration, excluding the field of industrial hemp, will be increased.
Target 3.5: The annual number of patents, utility models, and designs registered with the university will be increased.
Objective 4. Increasing activities, collaborations, and social responsibility services aimed at contributing to society
Target 4.1 The number of national and international scientific, artistic, and cultural events organized within the university will be increased.
Target 4.2 The standards and variety of health services provided to the people of our city and region will be increased.
Target 4.3 Innovations related to plant and animal production in our city will be introduced to producers, guiding them towards high value-added products and production with unique methods, and joint studies will be conducted with stakeholders to solve regional problems.
Target 4.4 Communication channels accessible to the public will be developed within the scope of media literacy.
Target 4.5 Work will begin on establishing an Animal Hospital and opening clinical services to provide solutions to regional and national animal health problems.
Objective 5. To develop and ensure the sustainability of institutional capacity
Target 5.1: The implementation and monitoring of all requirements of the Internal Control System will be ensured,
Target 5.2: The qualitative competencies and satisfaction levels of our university's human resources will be increased,
Target 5.3: A Sustainable Green University Management System will be established,
Target 5.4: The institutional image of our university will be improved,
Target 5.5: The physical spaces of our university will be improved.
