New generation programs suitable for the professions of the future are waiting for their students at MAKÜ

Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University continues to renew its academic structure according to the professions of the future and the changing expectations of the business world. With new departments and programs opened in the fields of health, information technology, engineering, agriculture, animal husbandry, and design, MAKÜ aims to offer its students stronger career opportunities and contribute to the country's need for qualified human resources.

In this context, the MAKÜ Faculty of Medicine, one of the university's most important academic investments, is preparing to accept its first students in the new academic year. Established on June 30, 2025, by presidential decree, the Faculty of Medicine is starting its educational journey with the student admission permission received from the Higher Education Council.

Considered an important investment that will strengthen Burdur's health infrastructure, the Faculty of Medicine will initially implement an affiliation model. In line with this model, the existing state hospital will serve under the status of a Training and Research Hospital, hosting the practical training of medical students. Thus, students will have the opportunity to grow in a modern healthcare environment alongside expert physicians in their field, in addition to theoretical education.

Rector Dalgar: “We are implementing new generation departments and programs that will offer our students stronger career opportunities”

MAKÜ Rector Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar highlighted the university's academic transformation vision in a statement made on his social media account regarding the first-time student admissions of nine new departments and programs.

In his statement, Rector Dalgar used the following expressions:

“We are renewing our university's academic structure by considering the needs of the changing world, technological transformation, and the future of professions.

As MAKÜ, instead of areas with declining preference trends; we are implementing new generation departments and programs that will offer high employment returns, compatible with the professions of the future, and provide our students with stronger career opportunities.

In the new academic year, along with our Faculty of Medicine, nine new departments and programs in health, information technology, engineering, agriculture, animal husbandry, and design will accept students for the first time.

Our goal is to ensure that our students make more conscious choices, prepare them strongly for the future business world, and contribute to our country's need for qualified human resources.”

Nine new departments and programs will accept their first students

The approval of the Higher Education Council for the Faculty of Medicine to admit students has created great joy in Burdur, while the new programs opened in different faculties and vocational schools of the university will also be included in the 2026 ÖSYM preference guide.

In this context, the Medical Program at the Faculty of Medicine, the Digital Game Design Program at the Faculty of Arts and Design, and the Hydraulic and Pneumatic Technician Program at the Vocational School of Technical Sciences will accept students for the first time.

The Beekeeping Program and the Animal Husbandry Technologies and Management Program will be opened at the Burdur Vocational School of Food, Agriculture, and Animal Husbandry; while the Digital Health Systems Technician Program will be opened at the Burdur Vocational School of Health Services.

Within the Bucak Emin Gülmez Vocational School of Technical Sciences, the Back-End Software Development Program, the Carbon Management Technician Program at the Gölhisar Vocational School, and the Corporate IT Expertise Program at the Tefenni Vocational School will also be offered to candidates in the new academic year.

With the newly opened departments and programs, MAKÜ is strengthening its educational capacity in the fields of health, information technology, engineering, agriculture, animal husbandry, and design; while continuing its efforts in line with the goals of employment-oriented academic transformation, regional development, and training qualified human resources.

The new departments and programs will be included in the ÖSYM preference guide to accept students for the first time in the 2026-2027 academic year.