Education in Ankara

Education in Ankara is primarily provided by public schools and private schools. Compulsory education lasts 12 years. Ankara is the center of education in Turkey. Many foundations such as Ministry of National Education, Council of Higher Education and Education and Science Workers' Union is centered in the city.

Primary and secondary education

Numbers of schools, students, teachers and classrooms in Ankara in 2017-2018^[1]
	Number of schools			Number of students			Number of teachers			Number of classrooms			Students per classroom
	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private	Total	Public	Private
Pre-primary education	112	375	487	54.341	19.939	74.280	3.531	1.482	5.013	1.968	2.143	4.111	28	9
Primary education	621	200	821	271.562	30.694	302.256	15.350	3.709	19.059	10.052	3.045	13.097	27	10
Middle school	579	212	791	282.482	36.604	319.086	17.936	4.314	2.250	8.472	3.000	11.472	33	12
General high schools	150	293	443	95.348	50.151	145.499	7.040	6.899	13.939	3.623	4.523	8.146	26	11
Vocational high schools	215	47	262	101.952	11.278	113.230	10.672	1.063	11.735	3.747	841	4.588	27	13
Religious high schools	64	0	64	22.621	0	22.621	2.284	0	2.284	1.564	0	1.564	14	0
Total	1.741	1.127	2.868	828.306	148.666	976.972	54.470	17.467	71.937	28.071	13.552	41.623	30	11

Universities

There are 14 universities in Ankara, 7 of them are private and 7 of them are public. It is the city with highest number of universities in Turkey after Istanbul. Universities in Ankara include Gazi University which is the first university in history of Republic of Turkey,^[2] Middle East Technical University which is the first university in Turkey that taught a foreign language,^[3] Bilkent University which is the first private university in Turkey^[4] and Hacettepe University which is the most advanced university in Turkey in the field of medicine.

List of universities

Student dormitories

There are 32 public and 306 private student dormitories in Ankara. There were 27,225 students staying in public dormitories and 12,251 students staying in private dormitories in 2018. Eighty-two schools across the city have their own pensions and number of students staying in those pensions is 12,343.^[5]

References

^ Ankara Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü 2017–2018 (İn Turkish)
^ "Tarihçe - Gazi Üniversitesi". gazi-universitesi.gazi.edu.tr. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "ODTÜ Ankara Kampusu Aday Öğrenci Sayfası | Siz de ODTÜ'lü Olmalısınız". 2015-10-22. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
^ "Bilkent University". bilkent.edu.tr. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2021-03-24.
^ "National Education Statistics 2017/'18" (PDF).

[1] Ankara Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü 2017–2018 (İn Turkish)

[2] "Tarihçe - Gazi Üniversitesi". gazi-universitesi.gazi.edu.tr. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

[3] "ODTÜ Ankara Kampusu Aday Öğrenci Sayfası | Siz de ODTÜ'lü Olmalısınız". 2015-10-22. Archived from the original on 2015-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-27.

[4] "Bilkent University". bilkent.edu.tr. Archived from the original on 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2021-03-24.

[5] "National Education Statistics 2017/'18" (PDF).

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Transportation	Ankara Metro AŞTİ Esenboğa International Airport Etimesgut Air Base EGO Ankara
Museums	Anıtkabir Atatürk Museum Mansion Erimtan Museum Pembe Köşk Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Çengelhan Rahmi M. Koç Museum Ethnography Museum Feza Gürsey Science Center Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library METU Science and Technology Museum MİT Museum of Espionage Roman Baths of Ankara State Art and Sculpture Museum TCDD Open Air Steam Locomotive Museum Ulucanlar Prison Museum Vakıf Museum War of Independence Museum
Theatres	125th Anniversary Çayyolu Stage Altındağ Theatre Ankara Opera House İrfan Şahinbaş Workshop Stage Küçük Theatre Mahir Canova Stage Muhsin Ertuğrul Stage Oda Theatre Şinasi Stage
Concert halls	Ankara Opera House Bilkent Concert Hall Çankaya Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi Concert Hall CSO Concert Hall IF Performance Hall Jolly Joker MEB Şura Salonu
Libraries	Presidential Library National Library Mehmet Akif Ersoy Literature Museum Library
Sport venues	Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Ankara 75th Anniversary Race Course Ankara Aktepe Stadium Ankara Arena ASKI Sport Hall Ankara Atatürk Sport Hall Başkent Volleyball Hall Cebeci İnönü Stadium Ankara Ice Skating Palace Selim Sırrı Tarcan Sport Hall THF Sport Hall Osmanlı Stadium Eryaman Stadium
High schools	Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi Atatürk Lisesi Milli Piyango Anadolu Lisesi Science High School Gazi Anadolu Lisesi Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara TED Ankara College Foundation Schools TVF Fine Arts and Sports High School
Universities Colleges	Ankara University Atılım University Bilkent University Çankaya University Gazi University Hacettepe University Hacettepe University Ankara State Conservatory Middle East Technical University TOBB University of Economics and Technology Turkish National Police Academy Yıldırım Beyazıt University
Religious buildings	Ankara Synagogue Aslanhane Mosque Hacı Bayram Mosque Kocatepe Mosque Maltepe Mosque St. Térèse Church
Parks	Altınpark Atatürk Forest Farm and Zoo Dikmen Vadisi Esertepe Park Gençlik Parkı Gökçek Park Göksu Park Güvenpark Kuğulu Park Wonderland Ankara
Streets Squares	Atatürk Boulevard Bangabandhu Boulevard Cinnah Caddesi Gazi Mustafa Kemal Boulevard İsmet İnönü Boulevard Kızılay Square Mevlana Boulevard Mithatpaşa Avenue Sıhhiye Square Süslü Sokak Ulus Square Zafer Square
Others	Ankara Castle Ankara International Music Festival Hittite Sun Course Monument Kavaklıdere Keçiören Gondola Roman Road of Ankara Temple of Augustus and Rome Tomb of Karyağdı Hatun Victory Monument
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