About Us

The mission of the Gazi Faculty of Education Department of Art Education, which is the Turkey's oldest art education institutions, is to train self-renewing, developing, critical thinking, open to innovations, able to guide the society, at peace with himself, visionary and idealistic based on learning, teaching and human development art educators, who are depend to Our Republic’s basic values and Atatürk’s Principles and Turkish Revolution.

Art Education Department, which started teaching in 1932, has 4 years of education. Language of education is Turkish. Students are accepted by two-stage, first of which is pattern and the second one is imaginary, special talent test to this educational institution, Turkey’s Pioneer in the field, aims to educate art teacher equipped with contemporary knowledge.

7 Professors, 5 Associate Professors, 5 Teaching Fellow, 5 Iecturer and 2 Research Assistants work in the Department.

In the curriculum of Art Education Department, educates Visual Arts Teacher, there are copmulsory education and culture courses with optional courses behinde the major area courses. At the Art Education Department; has a detached building in the major campus of Gazi University; Painting, Graphic and Statue Major Art Atelier courses have given in addition to teorical courses. There are 4 Statue, 6 Painting, 1 Textile, 2 Printmaking and 3 Major Design Ateliers as classroom at the building. Also Service is provided by 4 classrooms, 1 computer laboratuary and 1 reading room at the Department.

During the year, exhibitions of instructors and students are exhibeted at the Malik Aksel Exhibiton Hall, located at the department building. Memory of Art, located at the same building, is alike small museum includes education tools used from past to future in Art Education.

Besides, Students can benefit from Erasmus Student Exchange Program according to the contracts signed with abroads universities.

Graduates from Art Education Department can work at schools affiliated to Ministry of National Education or private as a teacher and beside this there is oppurtunity to study for master or doctorate for whom intends to make academic study.

Graduates of our Department, besides being a visual art teacher, can work as an academic stuff at various universities and as communication expert, advertiser and designer at public enterprises or private sector.