Namık Kemal University in Tekirdağ was founded in 2006 on the basis of the Faculty of Agriculture and a number of Vocational Schools, former academic units of Trakya University in Edirne. Our Faculty of Arts and Sciences was established in 2007. Now comprising some twenty Departments with over one hundred Faculty members and administrative staff, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences offers full-time comprehensive undergraduate and graduate education in various fields of social and natural sciences. Applying the most recent developments in these fields and by means of audio-visual devices and computer-based, our teaching staff provides the students with overall and indispensable knowledge and practical skills through different specialized and elective courses. In addition, our students learn foreign languages and are strongly encouraged to participate in the Erasmus Programme and become members of different clubs.