The Department of Special Education was found in 2001 under the School of Educaiton. The department has two programs: Education of the Individuals with Mental Disabilities and Education of the Individuals with Hearing Impairments. Currently, our department only accepts undergraduate students for the Special Education Teacher Training programme.
The undergradaute program is 4-year log and reults in diploma for teaching children and students with disabilities. Special Education teachers who graduate from the Department of Special Education are employed in public or private special education institutions that are affiliated to the Ministry of Education in Turkey.
There are three associate professors, two assistant professors, four lecturers and three research assistants in the Department of Special Education.