History

History
It was established on 07/14/2010 in accordance with the law no. 6005 under the name of Konya University. Its establishment was published in the Official Gazette dated July 21, 2010 and numbered 27648.
On 12/10/2010, Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker was appointed as the Founding Rector. Our university was established in 2010 under the name of Konya University with the Law No. 6005 and it had 6 Faculties (Faculty of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities and Faculty of Tourism), 3 Institutes (Institute of Educational Sciences, Institute of Science and Technology and Institute of Social Sciences) and 1 Academy​ (School of Foreign Languages) at the time.
In 2011, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Education, Ahmet Keleşoğlu Faculty of Theology and Meram Faculty of Medicine, which had been under the Rectorate of Selçuk University until that date, were merged with our University by the Council of Ministers’ decision numbered 2011/2620.
In 2012, in accordance with the Law No. 6287, the name of our University was changed to Necmettin Erbakan University. Within the same year, Faculty of Dentistry, Faculty of Fine Arts, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences, State Conservatory of Turkish Music, School of Applied Sciences were established.
In 2013, Seydişehir Ahmet Cengiz Faculty of Engineering, Ereğli Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Ereğli Faculty of Education, Seydişehir Vocational School, Seydişehir Vocational School of Health Services and Konya Ereğli Kemal Akman Vocational School which had been under the Rectorate of Selçuk University until that date, were merged with our university by of the Council of Ministers’ decision numbered 2013/4480. Within the same year, Faculty of Educational Sciences was closed and Vocational School of Justice was established.
Receiving 595 votes in the Rectorate Election held on November 20, 2014, Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker was reappointed on December 9, 2014 by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Ereğli Vocational School of Justice was established in 2014 and Faculty of Law was established in 2015.
In 2017, Faculty of Political Sciences, Seydişehir Faculty of Medical Sciences, Meram Vocational School were established, and the School of Applied Sciences was transformed into the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
In accordance with Article 13 of the Law No. 2547 and Articles 2, 3 and 7 of the Presidential Decree No. 3, Prof. Dr. Cem Zorlu was appointed as the Rector of our University on November 22, 2018 by the President of the Republic of Turkey, Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Faculty of Nursing was established in 2018, Ereğli Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Vocational School of Health Services were established in 2019, and Ereğli Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences was transformed into Faculty of Agriculture in 2020.