Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Üniversitesi

History
The history of the University can be traced back to the
establishment of the Institute of Child Health on July 8,
1958, and the inauguration of the Hacettepe Children’s
Hospital by Professor İhsan Doğramacı, MD. In 1961 the
School of Health Sciences and its divisions of Medical
Technology, Nursing, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
were opened. Two years later the Faculty of Medicine and
the School of Dentistry were founded. In the following year
a School of Basic Sciences was opened, offering courses in
natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. In 1966
a general teaching hospital was built and all Hacettepe
teaching institutions were grouped under the title
“Hacettepe Science Center”. Hacettepe University was
chartered through Act No. 892 of the Turkish Parliament
on July 8, 1967. The Hacettepe Institutes of Higher
Education formed the core of Hacettepe University, and
the faculties of Medicine, Science and Engineering, and
Social and Administrative Sciences were established. In
1969 the School of Pharmacy and the School of Health
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