About Us

Iğdır University Vocational School of Health Services was established in 2008 by the decision of the Council of Ministers. In addition, our school has completed its installation with the letters of the Higher Education Council dated 23.09.2009 and numbered 30609 and also with the letters numbered 6587 dated 17.02.2010. The Department of Medical Services and Techniques, established within the Vocational School of Health Services, started education in 2009.             

The Medical Documentation and Secretarial Program and Medical Laboratory Techniques Program affiliated with the Department of Medical Services and Techniques were opened in 2009, and the Environmental Health Program and First and Emergency Aid Program in 2010. The Medical Services and Techniques Department of our college started accepting students for its existing programs in the 2009 academic year with the Medical Documentation and Secretarial Program and Medical Laboratory Techniques Program. The Environmental Health Program, First and Emergency Aid Program, Medical Documentation and Secretarial (Evening Education) Program and Medical Laboratory Techniques (Evening Education) Program started accepting students in the 2012 academic year; the First and Emergency Aid (Evening Education) Program and Environmental Health (Evening Health) Program started accepting students in the 2013 academic year. The Anesthesia Program affiliated with the Department of Medical Services and Techniques was opened by the Presidency of the Council of Higher Education on 04.05.2017. With the letter numbered 75850160-101.03.01-E.70396 dated 20.10.2017 of the Council of Higher Education, the Audiometry Program and Opticianry Program affiliated to the Department of Medical Services and Techniques were opened. The proposal to accept students to the Opticianry Program was approved by the Council of Higher Education in 2018 and education began with 40 students in the 2018-2019 academic year.   

Based on the letter of the Council of Higher Education dated 30.01.2018 and numbered 75850160-301.01.01-E17470 titled “closing evening education programs and transferring them to daytime education programs”, the Environmental Health (Evening Education) Program of Iğdır Health Services Vocational School has been closed.   

The Department of Medical Services and Techniques, which was established to train personnel for the need for auxiliary health personnel in the health sector, provides associate degree diplomas by training knowledgeable and skilled Health Technicians in accordance with the conditions of the country. Our students take their courses in the Iğdır State Hospital Laboratories, Iğdır Public Health Center Laboratories, Microbiology Laboratory, Environmental Health Laboratory, Hospital Medical Archive, clinics and polyclinics in addition to the classrooms of our College.