Strengths

• Being within the Faculty of Health Sciences
• The aims of department of nursing are compatible with the mission of the program (faculty/department) and the university to which it is affiliated
• Operation of the department is carried out by established committee
• Having lecturers who are experts in their field teach the courses
• Having a continuously developing university hospital and cooperation with hospitals
• A wide variety of fields can be used as application areas
• Having a summer internship
• Having a diploma supplement label
• Although the education is a classical education model, active teaching methods are used, it is student-oriented, and models are taught and used in vocational courses
• Program Outputs have defined to include HEPDAK outputs and Turkish Higher Education Qualifications Framework (TYYÇ) goals
• Having full student quota (including foreign students)
• Filling the horizontal and vertical transfer quotas
• Participation of students in decisions regarding themselves through representative meetings
• Having a graduate program
• Having a simulation laboratory
• University library, internet connection, access to publications in the field of nursing
• Erasmus and Farabi programs are active
• The entire department consists of nurse academicians
• All decisions are taken by the department boards
• Operation of the department is carried out by established committee
• Have support from clinical/field guide nurses in applications
• Participation of our academic staff and students in scientific activities to improve themselves

Weaknesses

• Inability of clinics to respond to the increasing number of students in certain areas (Pediatric Nursing, Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing, Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing)
• Insufficient number of faculty members
• Very insufficient number of research assistants
• Lack of faculty members in every department (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nursing)
• Insufficient physical conditions of faculty
• Assesment and evaluation committee has been newly established in faculty

Opportunities

• Having a preferred department
• Having 100% occupancy rate
• The majority of students do not experience unemployment problem
• Faculty members are known in the national and international academic environment because they have sufficient knowledge and equipment in their fields.
• Having active faculty members
• Having sufficient academic staff to work on national and international projects
• Academic staff have sufficient experience, talent and desire for development
• Being close to big cities such as Istanbul and Izmir and providing easy support for education from these cities
• Having easy access to resources and information

Threats

• Number of students increasing every year
• Quota having much higher than our academic resources
• Insufficient physical features and capacity of work areas and  building
• The number of faculty members remains low compared to the increasing number of students
• High number of students and course load per faculty member
• Lack of faculty members in every department (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
• Insufficient laboratories
• Norm staff application