Governance and Digitalization

Dokuz Eylul University supports sustainability through a strong governance structure, transparent management, and an integrated digital transformation strategy. Sustainability activities are coordinated by the Sustainability Office in cooperation with the Zero Waste and Environmental Management Coordinatorship, ensuring the implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement of sustainability policies across all campuses.

The University demonstrates its long-term commitment by allocating significant financial resources to sustainability. During the last three years, the average annual university budget reached 220.8 million USD, while 46.4 million USD was invested directly in sustainability-related activities, corresponding to 21.0% of the total institutional budget. To ensure transparency and accountability, annual sustainability reports, financial reports, and administrative activity reports are regularly published through the University’s official websites.

Digital technologies play a central role in university management. Institutional platforms such as AVESIS, KALBİS, business intelligence dashboards, course information systems, digital attendance systems, and other university automation platforms support planning, monitoring, reporting, and evidence-based decision-making. Research outputs are linked to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through AVESIS, while digital reporting tools strengthen institutional performance monitoring and continuous improvement.

The University has also established comprehensive policies on Artificial Intelligence, information security, personal data protection, and ethical digital transformation. AI applications are governed by institutional procedures and supported by national guidelines, while personal data are managed in accordance with the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), ISO 27001 Information Security Management System, and GDPR-aligned principles where applicable.

Good governance is further strengthened through institutional ethics, transparency, and stakeholder participation. The University operates comprehensive ethics committees, anti-corruption mechanisms, internal audit systems, complaint and whistleblowing channels (OGEB and CİMER), and digital literacy programmes for students and staff. Gender equality is also reflected in institutional leadership, where 233 of 461 leadership positions (50.5%) are held by women. Together, these governance and digitalization practices provide a transparent, accountable, inclusive, and data-driven framework that supports the University’s long-term sustainability goals.