• Cost of living  
• Accommodation
• Meals
• Medical facilities
• Facilities for special needs students
• Insurance
• Financial support for students
• Student affairs office
• Learning facilities
• International programmes
• Practical information for mobile students
• Language courses
• Internships
• Sports and leisure facilities
• Student associations
 

Cost of Living
It is estimated that the average monthly personal expenses for students are between 300 and 400 Euro including rent and all other expenses. Average prices of some basic products and services are as follows:

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Accomodation
Erasmus students will be offered accommodation in the student dormitories at low prices. There is also a rare opportunity to stay with host families (especially the families of the classmates), or they can rent apartments for reasonable prices nearby the campus. Rents are about 200-250 Euro per month according to the district and the size of the flat. The central heating is usually paid in addition to the rent.

If the students prefer to stay in the flats belonging to facilities of our Institute, they are charged around € 100, including cleaning services.

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Meals
Cafeteria services are available at all three different campus locations. The lunch menus consist of five-course calorie and nutrition controlled meals at reasonable prices. There are also cafes at all campus locations which provide a rich variety of snacks, fast food choices and beverages. No regular breakfast and/or dinner are available for the students. However, student dormitories for incoming Erasmus students have kitchens and necessary cooking facilities.

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Medical Facilities
Medical and dental services are available for students and the academic staff at the GIT Health Services Centre, located at the R-Block of Çayırova Campus, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

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Facilities For Students With Special Needs

GIT is committed to making reasonable accommodations and adaptations in order to make equitable the educational experience of students with special needs and to promote their full integration into the campus community.

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Insurance

You are strongly advised to take out comprehensive medical, accident, personal liability and possessions insurance valid for Turkey, before you leave home. While you are here, you are eligible to use the health services provided by the university. Foreign students are responsible themselves for the cost of hospitalisation, medical treatment or services not available at the university campuses.

Insurance against theft or other kinds of insurance is voluntary and may be supplied by the students's own national insurance company.

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Financial Support for Students

Gebze Institute of Technology Rectorate, The General Directorate of Health, Culture and Sports and various public and private institutions grant scholarships for the students, both on the basis of outstanding performance and demonstrated financial need. Free lunch and books are also provided for students in need.

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Students Affairs Office

Registrar’s Office coordinates and carry out registration procedures and all other student affairs. It is responsible for the registration of marks, the processing of the study plans and examinations, registrations and issues certificates.

International Office is responsible for the coordination of the mobility process within the scope of LLP/Erasmus Program. It takes care of all of the administrative and registration procedures regarding the preparation and support for the incoming and outgoing students and teaching staff in cooperation with the Registrar’s Office.

Registrar’s Office

Çayırova Campus, R Block

Istanbul Cad. No:101 Çayırova KOCAELİ / TURKEY

Tel: +90 – 262 - 6051101

Fax: +90 – 262- 6051105

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Learning Facilities 

GIT’s main learning facilities are education and/or research laboratories, computer centres and the main library.

GIT has 79 research and/or education laboratories equipped with state of the art hardware. Every major department has its own computer network and laboratory for its students. In addition, public computer laboratories are available workdays and weekends.

Prof. Dr. Nejat Göyünç Library is located on Çayırova Campus. The library has an impressive collection of more than 10000 books, and is subscribed to 8 electronic databases, 9705 on-line periodicals and 33 print-periodicals. The reading room at the library is available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Library services are free of charge (membership is required to borrow books out of the library).

Each department has its own learning facilities. For detailed information please visit department web pages given below

• Computer Engineering
  

• Chemical Engineering
  

• Electronics Engineering
  

• Environmental Engineering
  

• Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering
  

• Materials Science and Engineering
  

• Mechanical Engineering
  

• Biology
  

• Chemistry
  

• Mathematics
  

• Physics
  

• Architecture

• City and Regional Planning

• Earthquake and Structural Science

• Business Administration

• Science of Strategy
  

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International Programmes

Student and teaching staff exchange activities are performed under the body of LLP-Erasmus  program. GIT has a standard Erasmus University Charter which is valid until 2013. Currently, GIT holds Erasmus bilateral agreements with 33 universities from 10 different countries.

In addition, the Department of Chemistry at GIT has a joint PhD program with L’Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, France within the framework of “De Cototelle Internationale d’ These” sponsored by the French Consulate in Turkey.

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Practical Information For Mobile Students

About The City Of Gebze

Gebze (ancient names: Dakibyza and Libyssa) is an industrial city in Kocaeli Province, Turkey. Situated 30 miles east of Istanbul on the northern shore of the Sea of Marmara, it is the largest district of Kocaeli; Gebze has experienced rapid growth in recent years- from 159,116 in 1990, to 253,487 in 2000. Gebze accounts for 15% of Turkish industrial production.

Location and Transportation

GIT is located on the north-eastern shores of the Sea of Marmara, bordering İstanbul on the west and is only 60 kilometres away from the Bosporus. The present industrial town Gebze in the Province of Kocaeli, has a population of five hundred thousand, with numerous industries and hosts the largest research and development centre in Turkey, TÜBİTAK-MAM, and the Gebze Institute of Technology. The main campus of GIT (Çayırova Campus) is located on the İstanbul-Ankara highway, 10 kilometres away from Gebze city centre towards İstanbul. The campus is settled in a wooded green savannah of 1.385.922 square meters. The Rector’s Office, administrative offices, Library, and classrooms for the entire undergraduate and some of the graduate studies are located in Çayırova Campus. The second campus, Muallimköy, is actively providing graduate studies and has research laboratories in its two main buildings comprising 48,000 square meters of enclosed area. Both campus locations are continuously being developed and expanded in order to meet the needs of increasing student population.

Both Campus locations of GIT are accessible from İstanbul and Kocaeli city centres by the E - 5 and the TEM Highways, via Haydarpaşa - Gebze commuter trains, Harem and Eskihisar Ferries and the connecting commuter minibuses. Both campuses are located very close to Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in the Anatolian side of İstanbul .

Gebze-Harem Minibuses operate between İstanbul and GIT Çayırova Campus. Gebze-İzmit Minibuses operate between İzmit (province centre) and GIT Çayırova Campus. Fares are fixed and usually displayed on the front window of the minibuses. (Both Gebze-Harem and Gebze-İzmit travel fares are about € 2). Taxis can be found within the city and identified with their original yellow colour. They operate using taxi-meters and the fare depends on the length of your journey. They are naturally more expensive than minibuses, but foreign visitors usually find the fares quite reasonable.

The Library

Prof. Dr. Nejat Göyünç Library is located in Çayırova Campus. The library building has 2 floors. The first floor is the collection room, and the second floor is the reading room. The library has an impressive collection of more than 10000 books, and is subscribed to 8 electronic databases, 9705 on-line periodicals and 33 print-periodicals. The reading room at the library is available from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On weekdays. Library services are free of charge (membership is required to borrow books out of the library).

It Services

The university network system is connected to the internet via ULAKNET backbone, and data processing amenities are offered to both students and academic staff in the various locations. Every department has its own computer network and computer laboratories for its students. In addition, public computer laboratories are available on workdays and weekends.

Laboratories

GIT has 37 Research and / or Teaching Laboratories equipped with state of the art equipment.

Banking Services

All major Turkish Bank have branches in Gebze city centre, where you can open accounts in different currencies.  They are open Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 5 pm.  There are ATM’s belonging Garanti Bank, Vakifbank and Ziraat Bank next to the main entrance of Çayırova Campus. Other cash dispensing machines are placed at busy junctions around Gebze.

Communication Services

Turkey has an active telephone network. Türk Telekom provides all kinds of national and international telecommunication services in Turkey. Türk Telekom puts a whole range of telecommunication services such as ADSL, ISDN, TTnet, Centrex, Leased Lines, Packet Switched Data, VSAT, IBS, GMPCS, Video Conference, Videotex, NMT Mobile Telephone, Paging, Directory and 118 Assistant Directory etc.

Any number within the country or around the world can be called by entering the required codes. Telephone numbers are composed of two parts, the three digit area code and the seven digit telephone number.

Public phones are public service telephones operating by token, magnetic card, credit card and smart card. There are many public phones in GIT campus. Tokens and cards used in public phones are sold by Türk Telekom dealers at the current tariff rates.

International students are entitled to bring one mobile phone into Turkey within one calendar year for use during their stay in Turkey. A personal mobile phone brought in to Turkey in this manner is exempt from tax and duty. You can use your mobile telephone line if it is enabled for international roaming.

Local Time

GMT + 2 hrs. (Summer)

Electricity

220 volts AC, all over Turkey. The voltage is clearly marked on all hotel outlets.

Tap Water

It has been chlorinated but we recommend you to prefer bottled water for drinking which is sold across the city markets and newsagents.

Weights and Measures

Metric system.

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Language Courses

School of foreign languages (http://www.gyte.edu.tr/yabanci_diller/) offers English preparatory courses.

Incoming Erasmus students are also offered introductory Turkish Language courses. The courses are given by the Department of Turkish Language .

In addition, Basic Russian is also available as a regular language course.

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Internships

GIT has established some links with the local industry in order to provide internship opportunities for undergraduate students. Currently, GIT has a formal agreement with ARÇELİK (a private company manufacturing household appliances) to provide internship positions for the undergraduate students of the Departments of Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering.

Since GIT is located in a dense industrial zone, both the faculty and the students established non-formal connections with the local industry, and these connections are employed to promote internship opportunities for undergraduate students.

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Sports and Leisure Facilities

The GIT Çayırova Campus houses a sports complex offering many sports opportunities including artificial turf football fields, tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts, table tennis, squash, indoor half-size basketball court and a conditioning gymnasium with a qualified trainer, and saunas. The Water Sports Club located at the GIT Marmara Seaside Social Complex is open to those interested in activities such as swimming, canoeing and rowing. At the GIT Sports Club, all sporting facilities are available for use everyday, including weekends on appointment in advance.

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Student Clubs and Associations

There are 12 student clubs (photography, science culture and art , chess, cinema, music, climbing, water sports, robotics and mechatronics, theatre, dance, community volunteers, mathematics) offering sports, entertainment and community service.

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