Dean Message
Dear Students,
The Faculty of Nursing, one of the first three educational institutions established within Ege University, has been training our colleagues for 70 years since 1955. With its experienced academic and administrative infrastructure, distinguished faculty members, and teaching staff, it is a highly equipped and dynamic faculty.
Our faculty is a pioneer in nursing education, having launched the first bachelor's degree program in nursing in our country and Europe in 1955. It was also accredited by the Nursing Education Programs Evaluation and Accreditation Association (HEPDAK) as the first Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in Turkey to receive five-year accreditation. With our student-centered management and educational approach, we have continued to provide education during disaster situations in both online and face-to-face learning environments without compromising on quality, and we continue to do so.
Our faculty successfully and effectively conducts research services at the national and international level through conferences and symposiums organized in conjunction with externally funded projects such as the European Union and TÜBİTAK, as well as Scientific Research Projects, carried out by our strong academic staff. The first patent in the field of nursing was obtained by our faculty's retired faculty member Prof. Dr. İsmet Eşer and doctoral student Elem Kocaçal. The Utility Model Certificate, a first in the field of Psychiatric Nursing in our country, was obtained with the “SIA Instrument” by our Dean Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Dönmez, doctoral student Derya Küliğ Atabey, and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Maruf Alaskan. Our faculty was the first to join the Florence Nursing and Midwifery Network in 2006, which has 22 member countries and 51 nursing education programs, and has hosted the Florence Network meeting twice. Our faculty launched the Ege University Faculty of Nursing Journal in 1985, which is indexed in numerous national and international databases. We collaborate with external stakeholders by signing cooperation protocols at the national and international levels to support our students' practical training, employment, and our faculty members' research and development activities.
Due to our faculty's significant place in the history of the nursing profession in our country and in Europe, the Ege University Faculty of Nursing History Collection was opened on November 16, 2021, and is on display in the foyer area. Our faculty has also earned the “Orange Flag Accessibility Award” in 2022 for the accessibility arrangements it has made in its premises for people with disabilities.
Our faculty has been granted the right to use the Turkey Qualifications Framework (TYÇ) logo, which signifies high quality and standards in the employment market, for its Nursing Bachelor's
Degree Program as of May 9, 2024. Our faculty has been named the “Highest Performing Faculty in the Field of Health Sciences” at our university according to the 2024 Research University Performance Monitoring Criteria. Our faculty ranked in the 151-223 band in the QS World University Rankings by Subject on March 12, 2025, thanks to its scientific studies. Our Dean, Prof. Dr. Ayşegül Dönmez, was awarded the “Izmir's Successful Women Award” by the Governor of Izmir, Dr. Süleyman Elban, in 2025. Our Dean was elected President of the Council of Deans of Nursing Faculties on May 23, 2025.
University education is important in human life in terms of self-actualization and professional identity development. At our Faculty, which does not compromise on quality, we will become even stronger with our contributions to science through a student-centered approach in line with our goals of digitalization and internationalization, with the participation of you, our students. Our entire academic and administrative staff is delighted to provide nursing education to you, our students. There will always be a need for nurses, who undoubtedly constitute the largest workforce in the healthcare team. Therefore, I know that you, our students, will maintain your high level of internal motivation and be innovative in this regard, so that we can be at the forefront of the international competition related to our profession, as befits Ege University.
I would like to express my gratitude to our esteemed Rector, Prof. Dr. Necdet Budak, who has never spared his contributions and support in bringing our Faculty of Nursing to where it is today, to all past and present academic and administrative staff who have worked at our Faculty, and to the individuals and institutions that have supported us.
I congratulate you for choosing our university, our faculty, and the nursing profession. Our goal is for you to become good nurses who embody our country's national values, are aware of the central role of the healthcare team, are creative, and have adopted lifelong learning as their philosophy.
Yours truly,
05.09.2025
Prof. Dr. Ayşegül DÖNMEZ
Dean of Ege University Faculty of Nursing
