Our Faculty of Health Sciences started education in 1993 under Ondokuz Mayıs University, and was transformed into a School of Health by the Decision of the Council of Ministers on 10/10/1996, and was affiliated with Sinop University, which was established with Law No. 5662, which came into force after being published in the Official Gazette No. 26536 dated 29 May 2007. . With the Presidential Decree No. 2319 dated March 27, 2020, the School of Health within our University was closed and the Faculty of Health Sciences was established instead.
The Department of Nursing was opened under Ondokuz Mayıs University and student admission to the program first started in the 1993-1994 Academic Year.
The proposal of Sinop University Rectorate to open departments within the Faculty of Health Sciences was examined at the Higher Education Executive Board meeting dated 09/04/2014, and in accordance with Article 7/d-2 of Law No. 2547, amended by Law No. 2880, the Department of Occupational Health and Safety was opened and students were recruited to the program. It first started in the 2016-2017 Academic Year.
Proposals for opening departments and departments within higher education institutions were examined at the Higher Education Executive Board meeting dated 18/02/2015, and in accordance with Articles 7/d-2, 7/h of Law No. 2547, amended by Law No. 2880, and Article 4 of Law No. 3843, the Department of Midwifery in our Faculty has been opened. Our department started its education activities in the 2022-2023 Fall Semester.
Our Faculty Departments
Department of Nursing
Department of Social Service
Occupational Health and Safety Department
Department of Midwifery
Department of Child Development
Department of Nutrition and Dietetics
Our faculty building is at Sinop Osmaniye District, Üniversitesi Caddesi No: 52L.
Our faculty continues its education in the Vocational School building. There are 4 lecture halls, 6 classrooms, 1 application laboratory, 21 faculty offices and 4 administrative staff offices, which are equipped in accordance with today’s conditions in order to carry out educational activities and scientific research in the best way.
As of 2024, there are a total of 38 Academic Staff in our Faculty, including 2 Professors, 6 Associate Professors, 21 Doctoral Lecturers, 1 Lecturer, 8 Research Assistants.
Additionally, the Faculty has 3 Administrative Staff, 5 Permanent Workers and 1 contracted staff.