HISTORY – INTRODUCTION
The idea of founding a university
in the eastern part of the
The
Today, our university has 10 faculties, 18 vocational schools, 3 institutes and 15 research and application centres, and acquired its place among the developed universities as an institution that aims to contribute to science, targeting and following the major developments in all fields of contemporary sciences.
The
Being in the easternmost of Türkiye, our university stands out as an institution situated in a region with its natural wonders waiting to be explored. There is so much to see and learn for young brains in this truly untouched region with mountains, lakes, subterranean richness, vegetation and zoology.
GENERAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE
Rector:
Prof. Dr.
TEL : +90 432 225 17 83
FAX : +90 225 10 36
ADDRESS : Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Zeve Yerleşimi 65080 VAN
WEB SITE : www.yyu.edu.tr
The Number of Academicians:
Full Professors : 90
Assoc. Professors : 70
Assist. Professors : 309
Lecturers : 192
Lectors : 49
Research Assistants : 715
Specialists : 28
Total : 1453
The Number of the Administrative Personnel: 1161
The Number of the Foreign Academicians: 19
The Number of Students: 14.519 (the number of the 2005-2006 academic year)
Faculties:
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Veterinary
Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Theology
Hakkari Faculty of Education
70 departments in total.
Vocational Schools:
Gevaş
Özalp
Erciş
Ahlat
Adilcevaz
Tatvan
Hakkari
Van
Ilahiyat
Yüksekova
Doğubeyazıt
Hizan
Başkale
Van Health Services
Muş Health
Bitlis
Bitlis Health
Van Health
Ahlat Tourism
75 Departments in total.
Institutes:
THE CAPACITY OF THE
DORMITORIES IN THE CITY
Approximately 4000 beds.
Services Provided for
Students:
Although our university is a rapidly growing one, the accommodation problem is solved to a great extent. As well as the private dormitories in city centre, the accommodation is provided by the Association of Higher Education Loans and Dormitories on campus. The total capacity of the Association’s dormitory on campus has reached 2074 beds (1034 men – 1044 women). The accommodation capacity of the vocational schools outside the province is 570.
The
2000 students each year get free lunch tickets. All students may take advantage of free clothing provided by some private clothes companies thanks to certain agreements.
BANKING
İşbank and Yapı Kredi Bank have branches and ATMs on campus. There are also a Post Office, a petrol station, guesthouse, shopping centre, social facilities centre, restaurants, bakery, patisserie, pay phones, laundry, barber’s, hair dresser’s and kiosks on campus.
SETTLEMENT
The main campus of the
TRAVEL
The campus is 15 minutes’ drive from the town centre, 25 minutes from the airport and 10 minutes from the coach terminal.
The transportation from town centre to the campus is provided by the student service buses, public buses and privately-run minibuses.
The university also owns 10 buses and 3 midi-buses for its personnel.
Turkish Air Lines have two flights
a day from
ACCOMMODATION
Although our university is a rapidly growing one, the problem of accommodation is solved to a great extent. As well as the private establishments in town centre, our students are largely accommodated by the Association of Higher Education Loans and Dormitories. The dormitories run by the Association on campus have the capacity of 2100 beds. The dormitories of the vocational schools outside the province have the capacity of 1100 beds. The accommodation problem of our students in towns outside the province is usually solved in cooperation with the directors of the vocational schools.
In addition, the local people are of great help for the students who wish to hire flats or rooms in the town.
FOOD
Students of the Yüzüncü Yıl University can eat out at two central food-halls each of which have the capacity for 1000 people. In addition, there are canteens and cafeterias for the use of students at all units.
Three food halls and one cafeteria are at the service of academic and administrative staff. Social Facility Building was opened at the end of 2004 and provides food service with its restaurant for 1500 people, and a cafeteria. In addition, there are also other social facilities in the Building. As well as these facilities provided by the university, there are also various privately-run restaurants and patisseries on campus. The food service for the students at the Faculty of Medicine and at the two Vocational schools in town is provided by the kitchen of the University Hospital.
At the Vocational schools with no cooking facilities, students eat out at the private restaurants which offer special prices for the staff and students who can also opt for Teachers’ Guesthouses.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND LOANS:
The Yüzüncü Yıl University students can take advantage of the scholarships and loans provided by the Association of Higher Education Loans and Dormitories and other public institutions. In addition, within the framework of the budget regulations and laws, the Executive Board of the University can allocate free loans for those who are successful but in need for financial support.
HEALTH:
There are two general practitioners, two dentists, six nurses, one health officer and an ambulance are at the service of students and staff at the Health Centre run by the Office of Health, Culture and Sports.
The University Hospital, equipped with developed technology, provides health service not only for the university students and staff, but also the people of the region. The staff and students at the Vocational schools outside the province make use of the health centres in the town their schools are situated. The medical expenses of the students with no social benefits are met by the Office of Health, Culture and Sports.
SPORTS:
The University believes that it is important to support all sorts of sports and regards discipline and team work as its major principle. There is sufficient infrastructure for students to acquire these principles and use their energy in the right place. Sportive activities are always on the agenda with new projects.
As well as an indoor fully equipped sports hall with a capacity of 2000 people, there is also an indoor football pitch with a tribune for 400 people. There are also table tennis and billiard halls, basketball fields, an open-air football field, four tennis courts and a fitness centre.
The University is represented with its teams at the football, volleyball, basketball, handball, table tennis, billiards, natural sports, wrestling, judo, karate, badminton, skiing, step and athletics tournaments organised by the related federations.
The first and only High Altitude Diving and Underwater Rescue Centre in Türkiye is established at the Yüzüncü Yıl University in cooperation with American Diving Organisation (NAUI). The infrastructure preparation for activities like wind surfing, rowing, para-gliding and riding is about to be completed.
Yüzüncü Yıl University Sports Festival, organised each year between 11 April – 11 May, attracts sports people from around the country to participate in the excitement.
OTHER FACILITIES:
The two bank branches and ATMs, post-office, petrol station, guesthouse, shopping centre, social centre, restaurants, bakery, patisserie, pay phones, laundry, barber’s, hair dresser’s, market and kiosks make life easier for students and staff.
FUNDING:
The Research Fund in the University supports the projects of Academicians and post-graduate students from the budget given by the Ministry of Finance.
LIBRARY:
The library and documentation centre on campus has facilities for 750 people at a time, with its state-of-the-art technology, renewed in 2000, in a 4000-square-metre indoor area, 8 large halls in a five-storey building. The number of books in the library reached 63.509 in 2005. It is possible to reach on line the abstracts of eighteen thousand journals, and reach the full texts of almost nine thousand journals since 1990. There are 13 electronic databases to follow journals abroad. In addition, there are 32 computers with internet connection in the library where there is an open shelf system.
In the fields of medicine, veterinary, biology and mathematics, the library has subscribed to CD-ROM databases covering the years between 1984 and 1995. All services are computerised. The library is used via membership, and it is possible to reach on the internet. The materials not found in the library can be obtained via inter-library loan.
CONFERENCE HALLS:
There are currently four conference halls:
Nihat Bayşu Hall, for 272 people.
Hakkı Atun Hall, for 208 people.
YYU Cultural Centre, for 447 people.
YYU Social Centre Conference Hall, for 250 people.
Our Target
is to educate students who;
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are loyal to Atatürk’s
revolutions and principles,
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respect human rights,
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are contemporary, secular, democratic, enlightened,
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are aware of their duties and responsibilities,
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can express themselves,
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are free, interrogative with powerful scientific
thought,
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are constructive, creative and productive,
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possess solidarity and cooperation required by the
democratic life,
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value and esteem sports and arts,
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are requested in their profession.
As the Yüzüncü Yıl University,
in order to produce information, spread the scientific data, reach the targeted educational level, contribute to the national development and progress, become the selected members of the scientific world,
Our principles
are;
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carrying out scientific studies and researches at
the highest level,
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providing cooperation and harmony among disciplines,
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performing scientific studies in universal norms,
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providing academicians with facilities to improve
themselves,
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realizing international scientific cooperation,
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renewing curricula according the results of the
latest scientific researches,
and
constantly
renewing ourselves.
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
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Plant Production
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Food Engineering
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Animal Production
The Faculty of Agriculture, one of the first faculties of the Yüzüncü Yıl University founded in 1982, offers education with its contemporary understanding and large academic staff.
The Faculty of Agriculture is educating engineers who have the knowledge and experience to lead the agricultural production of the country to the international standards.
With its ten departments, the faculty always follows new technologies in academic curricula.
The Departments of Horticulture, Crop Science, Animal Sciences and Food Engineering offer Master’s and Doctoral programmes, while the others offer only Master’s.
FACULTY OF FINE ARTS
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Traditional Handcrafts
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Sculpture
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Painting
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Ceramics
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Graphics
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Music
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Stage Décor and Costume
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Cinema and Television
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Photography
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Textile
The Faculty of Fine Arts, one of the youngest faculties of the University, has built its infrastructure through works carried out since 1997, and got prepared for education.
The target of the Faculty is to educate artists with innovative, creative, aesthetical and different perspective.
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ARTS
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Department of Chemistry
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Department of Biology
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Department of Physics
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Department of Mathematics
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Department of Turkish Language and Literature
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Department of English Language and Literature
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Department of German Language and Literature
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Department of French Language and Literature
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Department of Art History
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Department of History
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Department of Sociology
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Department of Geography
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Department of Geography
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Department of Archaeology
This is one the first faculties of the University. In the department of this faculty, the sufficient and contemporary academic staff educate individual with scientific understanding in its up-to-date laboratories. The students can access to the world literature related to both social and scientific subjects in the computer centre of the central library.
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND
ARCHITECTURE
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Environmental Engineering
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Electric-Electronic Engineering
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Industrial Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Geophysics Engineering
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Geology Engineering
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Chemistry Engineering
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Mining Engineering
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Machine Engineering
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Architecture
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Civic and Regional Planning
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Textile Engineering
FACULTY OF FINANCIAL AND
ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES
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Business Economics and Industrial Relations
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Econometrics
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Economy
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Business Management
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Public Administration
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Finance
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International Relations
The Faculty of Financial and Administrative Sciences, founded in 1997, if the youngest faculty of the University. The target of the faculty is to educate innovative, productive and qualified entrepreneurs who can understand the needs of the business world speedily and make in-time decisions, which is largely needed in business markets.
FACULTY OF THEOLOGY
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Basic Islamic Studies
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Philosophical and Religious Studies
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Islamic History and Art
The Faculty was founded in 1992 in the aim of educating contemporary religious scholars who follow Atatürk’s principles, much needed in Türkiye.
FACULTY MEDICINE
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Basic Medical Sciences
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Internal Medical Sciences
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Surgical Medical Sciences
The Faculty of Medicine recruited its first students in 1995. It made a great progress in a short time and became an institution situated on a 32.000 square-metre area with a hospital of 550-bed capacity. The faculty, educating contemporary, democratic and secular brains that lead the country to future, has a hospital consisting of 26 policlinics at the service of local people.
The faculty spreads the results of the researches at the faculty through the journals such as Van Tıp (Van Medicine), Doğu Fiziksel Tıp (Eastern Physical Medicine), Eastern Journal of Medicine and Sleep and Diagnosis published at the faculty.
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
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Primary Education
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Turkish Education
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Fine Arts Education
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Physical Education and Sports
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Foreign Language Education
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Educational Sciences
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Computer and Teaching Technologies Education
The Faculty of Education was first founded as an Educational High School in 1984. ıt was converted to a Faculty in 1992, and today it provides education for future teachers.
The use of teaching technologies such as overhead projector, data projector, television, internet, computers and the development of new teaching materials are main targets of our educational programme.
FACULTY OF VETERINARY
SCIENCE
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Basic Veterinary Sciences
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Diseases and Clinical Sciences
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Zootechnics and Animal
Husbandry
The Faculty has been actively providing education since 1983 to contribute to the improvement of animal husbandry in the region, and to participate in the veterinary literature via researches being carried out.
VAN HIGH SCHOOL OF HEALTH
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Nursing Programme
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Midwifery
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Health Officers’ Programme
BITLIS HIGH SCHOOL OF HEALTH
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Nursing Programme
BITLIS VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL
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Civil Construction Programme
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Automotive Programme
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Machinery
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Computerised Accountancy and Taxing Application
Programme
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Management Programme
THE VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
OF HEALTH SERVICES
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Anaesthesia Technicians
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Radiology Technicians
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Medical Documentation and Secretariat
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Medical Laboratory Technicians
OZALP VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Computer Programming
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Milk and Milk Products
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Garden Agriculture
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Animal Husbandry and Health
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Field Plantation
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Computerised Accountancy and Taxing Applications
TATVAN VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL
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Electrics
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Construction
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Mapping
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Computing
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Food Technology
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Laboratory
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Accountancy
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Management
AHLAT VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Computer Programming
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Automotive
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Office Management and Secretariat
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Tourism and Hotel Management
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Computerised Accountancy and Taxing Applications
HAKKARI VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL
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Animal Husbandry and Health
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Electrics
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Computer Programming
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Garden Agriculture
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Construction
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Accountancy
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Banking
ERCIS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Electrics
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Machinery
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Construction
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Meadow and Feeding Plant Production
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Green Housing
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Banking
GEVAS VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Computer Programming
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Animal Husbandry and Health
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Garden Agriculture
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Computerised Accountancy and Taxing Applications
ADILCEVAZ VOCATIONAL HIGH
SCHOOL
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Computer Programming
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Office Management and Secretariat
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Tourism and Hotel Management
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Management
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Accountancy
VAN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
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Radio and Television Technicians
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Electrics