CoHE Allocates 800 New Research Assistant Positions to Universities

The Council of Higher Education allocated 800 research assistant positions to state research universities: 624 within the scope of priority areas, 100 to 25 universities under the Mission Differentiation and Specialization Aimed at Regional Development Program, and 76 to 19 universities specializing in priority areas.

October 16, 2023

The Council of Higher Education has allocated 800 new research assistant positions to research universities, universities under the Mission Differentiation and Specialization Aimed at Regional Development Program, and universities specializing in priority areas.

624 research assistant positions have been allocated for Ankara University, Atatürk University, Boğaziçi University, Bursa Uludağ University, Çukurova University, Dokuz Eylül University, Ege University, Erciyes University, Fırat University, Gazi University, Gebze Technical University, Hacettepe University, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Karadeniz Technical University, Marmara University, Middle East Technical University, Yıldız Technical University and Izmir Institute of Technology.

The universities that specialize in priority areas such as Abdullah Gül University, Akdeniz University, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Eskişehir Technical University, Galatasaray University, Gaziantep University, İstanbul Medeniyet University, Karabük University, Kocaeli University, Niğde Ömer Halisdemir University, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Pamukkale University, Sakarya University, Selçuk University, Sivas Science and Technology University, Süleyman Demirel University, Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University and Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University were allocated an additional four research assistant positions each. As a result, 76 positions were allocated to 19 universities.

An additional four research assistant positions were determined eligible for postgraduate education in the fields of specialization for the universities in the program. Aksaray University, Artvin Çoruh University, Bartın University, Batman University, Bingöl University, Bitlis Eren University, Burdur Mehmet Akif University, Çankırı Karatekin University, Düzce University, Giresun University, Gümüşhane University, Hitit University, Iğdır University, Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey University, Kastamonu University, Kırklareli University, Kırşehir Ahi Evran University, Munzur University, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Muş Alpaslan University, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University, Siirt University, Uşak University and Yozgat Bozok University will receive an additional four research assistants for graduate education in their fields of specialization. In this way, 100 positions were allocated to 25 universities under the program.

In total, the Council of Higher Education allocated 800 new research assistant positions to 64 universities.