Erciyes University Agricultural Research and Application Center (ERUTAM) was established within the framework of the Regulation published in the Official Gazette dated 25 July 2011 and numbered 280005 in order to gather the research and practices carried out in the field of plant and animal husbandry at our university under a single roof. Established under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in the 1980s and first used in the field of Animal Science and later as Meadow Pasture and Forage Plants Station, Mithatpaşa Farm was transferred to Erciyes University in 1996. During these years, the relevant area was administered by Kocasinan Vocational School/Safiye Çıkrıkçıoğlu Vocational School. In addition, some buildings were built by the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and old buildings were renovated. ERUTAM was established in 2011 and became a center for all agricultural studies at the university. For this purpose, significant renovations have been made since 2011, an area of equipment and supplies has been strengthened, and efforts are still continuing to make the unit a research center at an international level. In our center, support for land, equipment and supplies, labor and technical matters can be provided in order to carry out many researches and applications on plants. For the studies to be conducted in the field of animal husbandry, supports such as animal materials, coops, pens and barns can be provided in broilers (2000 in number) and egg poultry farming (2500 in number), quails (500 in number), sheep raising (500 in number) and dairy cattle raising (150 in number) units. For the aforementioned activities, there is a land of approximately 4,500 decares in the following location: Central Campus, Mithatpaşa Mahallesi, İncesu-Yavaş.

Contact: Erciyes University Agricultural Research and Application Center/On Campus – Research Unit of the Faculty of Agriculture, Talas Boulevard No:99, 38039 Melikgazi/Kayseri / Tel: +90 352 2076666 – Ext. 13550 - 13551 / Farm: Mithatpaşa Mahallesi, Kocasinan/Kayseri / Access: http://erutam.erciyes.edu.tr / E-mail: erutam@erciyes.edu.tr