Okan Culture, Education and Sports Foundation was founded in 1986 to research and study sports, health and education problems in social, cultural and economic fields and to prepare proposals for solution of problems within the country's unity and to assist the state in their solution.
Okan University was officially founded in 1999 by the Okan Culture, Education and Sports Foundation and education and training started in 2003-2004 academic year. The rapidly growing University has settled in the new and modern Tuzla Campus since 2006-2007 academic year. Okan University has 9 faculties for 2014-2015 academic year (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences) Applied Science School) and 2 Vocational School, 1 Vocational School, 1 conservatory.