Mission- Vision

Gazi University;

Mission

To educate individuals in accordance with our university’s core values; and to contribute to the resolution of social issues and the process of lifelong learning by generating ideas, knowledge, science, technology and services at a global level through research.

Vision

To be an entrepreneurial and pioneering university in science, technology and the arts at an international level.

Core Values

Gazi University, bearing the honour of hosting the first educational institution to train the Republic’s pioneering teachers and the responsibility of being a research university;

• Pioneering in Education and Research

High academic standards that foster a desire for learning and research, contributing to universal science and the development of national culture;

• Quality-Focused

In line with its institutional culture; to continuously pursue improvement activities in the fields of education and teaching, research and community service, in accordance with the demands and needs of the modern age,

• Participatory

To conduct institutional decision-making processes by ensuring the participation of internal and external stakeholders,

• Environmentally Conscious

To take care to protect and improve the environment whilst developing and delivering products and services,

• Inquisitive and Innovative

Seeking originality in science; adopting an inquisitive, critical and innovative contemporary approach to developments in research, education and technology that serves the needs of society and humanity,

• Responsible towards People and Society

Centred on embracing national values, where all views and ideas can be expressed in an atmosphere of peace and tolerance; where differences are seen as a source of richness, and where a universal approach opposes all forms of discrimination;

To make the knowledge, technology and services produced available for the benefit of society through internal and external stakeholders;

• Committed to Merit and Ethical Values

Placing universal, scientific, academic and professional ethical values at the centre;

Upholding success, talent, hard work and effort; and conducting selection and evaluation processes based on competence whilst upholding objectivity;

• Strong Sense of Institutional Belonging

To be an institution of which members are proud and which can shoulder the associated responsibilities,

• Committed to History and Culture

To adopt an approach that is sensitive to historical, cultural, national and spiritual values,

• Aware of Regional and Global Responsibilities

To be sensitive to the country’s physical, economic, strategic and social conditions, as well as to issues in the immediate region and the wider world, and to be able to generate solutions, adopting these as its core values.

Department of Social Work;

Mission

To utilise contemporary educational methods and techniques to develop knowledge and service models tailored to changing social conditions and aimed at areas of social welfare, and to ensure their implementation.

Vision

To be an effective academic institution that leads the way in developing and disseminating social work education nationwide without compromising universal standards; that collaborates with individuals, institutions and organisations at national and international levels; and that conducts education, research and publishing in accordance with universal standards whilst taking national conditions into account.

Core Values

People-centred

Ethical

Tolerant

Participatory

Innovative

Inquisitive