Sakarya University, frequently referred to simply as SAU, is a public research university located in the city of Adapazarı, the capital of the Turkish province of Sakarya.
Considered one of the largest universities in Turkey with more than 85,000 students,
Sakarya University has very high research activity and its comprehensive graduate program offers doctoral degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Humanities, as well as professional degrees in business, medicine, law, nursing, social work and dentistry. It hosts five different institutes: Educational Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Social Sciences, and Middle East Institute.
In Turkey, Sakarya University is the first and only state university receiving the ISO-2002 Quality Certificate and \"the EFQM Excellence Quality Certificate of Competency Level\"
