Founded in 1981 under the bodily constitution of Bursa Teacher Training College, the program was reorganized as a department within the organization the Education Faculty of Uludag University in 1982. The courses within the program, which were restructured by the Council of Higher Education in 1998, were updated in 1982. The program with its one year Preparation Class that was put into practice in academic term 1990-1991, was located in the Gorukle Campus since 1996.

The program offers first cycle (bachelor’s) degree with 240 ECTS in the field of English Language Teaching, one of the branches within the general field of “Teacher Training and Educational Sciences” in the structure of the scientific organization of Higher Education System. Those who have completed the program successfully by gaining its qualifications can hold bachelor’s degree in the field of English Language Teaching (with the title of “English Teacher”) In addition to program’s degree, candidates may hold short cycle certificate degree in English language Teaching by completing minor degree program with 120 ECTS.

First Cycle

Candidates must have high school diploma and an eligible score from the University Entrance Exam.

The provisions in “Regulation on Transfer among Associate and Undergraduate Degree Programs, Double Major, and Subspecialty and the Principals of Credit Transfer among Institutions in Higher Education Institutions” are applied.

To obtain bachelor´s degree in English Language Education program the students must successfully complete the required and elective courses (total 240 ECTS) and maintain the minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0/4.0

VISION SATATEMENTS
The vision of the department of English Language Teaching is to become a department that produces and practices knowledge related to teaching and the profession of teaching, and that continues to develop, and that sets an example in training competent teachers and whose members are proud to be so.
MISSION STATEMENTS
- The mission of the Department of English Language Teaching is to educate distinguished teachers who are sincerely faithful to Atatürk’s principles and revolutions, who are conscious of the idea of national and universal identity, who have internalized the moral values of being self-sacrificing, honest, hardworking, tolerant and just, who have adopted the culture of democracy, who are equipped with professional competence and precision, who are in peace with themselves and environment, who are autonomous learners, who have developed the self-evaluation skill, who can produce and construct knowledge, who can learn and teach by doing-experiencing, and who have developed 21st century skills. Additionally, our mission is to prepare individuals to carry out research and teaching activities for the society’s good in the light of scientific knowledge and contemporary and innovative approaches.
- Our mission is to carry out original theoretical and practical research about teaching of English language and training teachers of English language.
- Our mission is to raise universal awareness about the importance of teaching English language, as a lingua franca as a result of globalisation and the development of knowledge and communication technologies.
- Our mission is to present in-service training and awareness programs and to carry out solution-oriented projects and research.