Ankara University () is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in Turkey after the formation of the republic in 1923. The university has 40 vocational programs, 120 undergraduate programs and 110 graduate programs. History Ankara University was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the first president of Turkey. Ankara University faculties are: Faculty of Political Science (1859). The faculty was founded as a community college in 1859 and has undergone series of changes since the establishment. It was named Mekteb-i Mulkiye-i Sahane under the Ministry of Internal Affairs but in 1918 the name was changed to Mekteb-i Mulkiye under the Ministry of Education. After the founding of the Republic, at the request of Atatürk, the school was moved to Ankara, and named the School of Political Science. On March 23, 1950, the school was placed under Ankara University as the "Faculty of Political Science". Public Administration, Labor Economics, Business Administration and International Relations. Faculty of Law (1925) Faculty of Language, History and Geography (1935) Faculty of Science (1943) Faculty of Medicine (1945) Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (1842) The School of Divinity was founded in 1949 The School of Pharmacy in 1960 The School of Dentistry (1963) which became a faculty in 1977 Faculty of Educational Sciences in 1965 Faculty of Communication also known as İLEF was established in 1965 The Çankırı Faculty of Forestry and the Health Education Faculty were opened to education in 1996. Faculty of Fine Arts in 2015. Faculty of Applied Sciences in 2015. Faculty of Open and Distance Education (2020) School are: The School of Political Science was established as Mekteb-i Mulkiye on February 12, 1859, in Istanbul. The School of Law founded 1925 to train judiciaries, The Institute of Technology for Agriculture founded 1933, The School of Language and History – Geography founded 1935, The School of Political Sciences (that trained public administrators under the name of Mekteb-i Mülkiye since 1859, and which was later on moved to Ankara) in 1936 upon the directive of Atatürk. The Schools of Medicine and of Science were established in the 1940s. Research, application and education centers There are 41 Research, Application and Education centers in Ankara University. The Turkish and Foreign Languages Research and Application Center, TÖMER, was established in 1984. By 2014, TÖMER has reached 11 branches all over Turkey and the central office in Ankara.