The Department of Information Technology was established upon the establishment of our University on May 22, 2008 with the Law No. 5765, in accordance with Article 51 of the Higher Education Law No. 2547 and the Decree Law No. 124 on the Administrative Organization of Higher Education Supreme Organizations and Higher Education Institutions.
In our department, Osman KÖSE, Vahit ÇAKIRTAŞ (acting), Sait ÇAKIRTAŞ, and S. Mustafa KAYAR previously served as the Head of the Department. İrfan BUĞDAY was appointed as the Head of the Department in 2021.
Our department was relocated to the Information Technology Center located on the Mehmet Emin Acar Campus in 2016 and has been striving to provide services to all units of our university from there.
The duties of our Presidency are as follows:
- To establish, operate, develop, and carry out or outsource the maintenance and repair of the information processing system in collaboration with all units of our university.
- To determine the principles of coordination and cooperation between our University units regarding information processing projects,
- To make arrangements in line with the principles determined by the university regarding the procurement, installation, maintenance, and repair of information and electronic systems within the scope of information technologies, and to carry out or outsource maintenance and repair tasks when deemed necessary,
- To establish an electronic information, document, and workflow system in accordance with the developments in information technologies, to develop, implement, and enforce projects in this regard,
- To ensure online and offline data flow and coordination between systems on a national and international scale in matters within the scope of the university's responsibilities,
- To monitor advancements in information technologies and provide opinions and recommendations regarding their integration into our university,
- To carry out and implement the necessary work for information sharing, data collection, publishing, and tasks such as email communication among the units of our university via the internet,
- To ensure the archiving and secure storage of the university's data and information,
- To organize training activities to ensure the more efficient use of information systems and information technologies,
- To perform other tasks assigned by senior authorities,
The purpose of our department is to closely monitor advancements in information technologies and systems, establish the most suitable information systems and hardware infrastructure in line with the needs of all units of our university, and ensure the most efficient use of information technologies and systems in academic and administrative activities,