in the world and 574th in the subject area "Engineering" as of 2019. In the recent Academic Ranking of World Universities 2018/2019, KTU is ranked at 201-300th in "Civil Engineering", 301-400th in "Mechanical Engineering", and 401-500th in "Chemical Engineering. By CWTS Leiden Ranking 2019, KTU is ranked at 818th (overall), 681st in "Biomedical and Health Sciences", 596th in "Life and Earth Sciences", 690th in "Mathematics and Computer Science" and 656th in "Physical Sciences and Engineering". By URAP 2019, KTU is ranked at 1135th (overall), 756th in the broad subject area "Engineering", 378th in "Civil Engineering" and 897th in "Medical and Health Sciences". Academics Faculties Source: Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Dentistry Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Forestry Faculty of Marine Sciences Faculty of Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences Faculty of Science Faculty of Letters Faculty of Technology Colleges Source: Abdullah Kanca Vocational Junior College Arsin Vocational Junior College Beşikdüzü Vocational Junior College Heath Services Vocational Junior College Maçka Vocational Junior College Trabzon Vocational College Vakfıkebir Vocational Junior College Vocational School of Tourism and Hotel Management Institutions Source: Institute of Education Sciences Institute of Health Sciences Institute of Science and Technology Institute of Social Sciences Institute of Forensic Sciences Black Sea Research Institute Marine Science and Technology Institute Research and application centers Source: History of Atatürk's Principles and Reforms Computer Sciences Computer Aided Design-Engineering and Production Geographical Information Systems Environmental Issues Sea Ecology Electronic Communication Systems Hazelnut - Tea Patient Rights Landslide Women Suleiman the Magnificent Organ Transplant Education Black Sea, Caucasus and Central Asian Studies Materials Science and Production Technology Preschool Education Saadettin Güner Fuel Forestry Foreign Languages Teaching Strategic Research Continuing Education Turkish Studies Distance Education Foreign Language Teaching Affiliations Since its establishment, Karadeniz Technical University has been heavily involved in international cooperation. Over the past few years, however, it has realised an enormous increase in international activities involving staff and student exchanges with universities in Japan, Central Asian Turkic republics, United States and many countries in Europe. Karadeniz Technical University, which is one of the first universities in Turkey to join the Socrates-Erasmus program, matched with Gent University in Belgium, obtained Erasmus charter in 2003 (Charter No: 221082-IC-1-2003-1-TR-ERASMUS-EUCX-1). Since then, the number of bilateral agreements and the number of outgoing and incoming exchange students have increased steadily. The main aim is to receive as many students as we send abroad. Therefore, the