In the early 1960s, officials from the Federal Republic of Germany, who wanted to implement a technical education assistance project in Turkey, initiated the establishment of a Textile Engineering College in İzmir. İzmir Textile Technical College, which forms the foundation of today's Department of Textile Engineering, began education on September 10, 1966 in buildings near Alsancak Stadium under the Ministry of National Education.

This college was transformed into İzmir State Academy of Architecture and Engineering in 1969 and was affiliated with Ege University in 1971. In 1978, it became the Faculty of Textiles. With the restructuring of universities under the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) in Turkey, it began providing educational services as the Ege University Faculty of Engineering, Department of Textile Engineering in 1982.

The buildings of the E.U. Textile Engineering Department, constructed according to plans from Germany and opened in 1972 on the Ege University Campus, consist of administrative offices, educational facilities, laboratories, pilot production halls, and auxiliary workshops.

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