Mersin University (Turkish: Mersin Üniversitesi) is a public university, built in 1992 in Mersin Province, Turkey.

It has about 39,000 students, 1,813 academic staff, and a number of foreign and guest academic staff.

[2] The university has research and sports facilities, in Mersin town centre and in other towns.

[3] In 2005 the Mersin Technology Development Zone (Technoscope) was set up, creating a partnership between the university's research and development departments and industry, with the aim of developing new technologies that could be directly translated into industrial production.

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