Hitit University Department of Archaeology adopts an educational policy in line with the mission of the faculty and the university and shapes its four-year curriculum accordingly. Similarly, it sets the missions of the university and the faculty as its own objectives and regards achieving this vision as an institutional goal. The mission statements of Hitit University Department of Archaeology are as follows:
The Department of Archaeology is committed to being a department that conducts education and training, research and investigation, projects, and fieldwork in the light of universal values; educates productive and creative individuals who are capable of critical thinking, questioning, and research, and who are open to change and development, to take on roles in various areas of social life; and contributes to science and research, as well as social and cultural life. In this regard, the department has adopted the following principles:
To provide students with the ability to identify, understand, and analyse the dynamics of archaeology from the past to the present, and to develop a culture of scientific research.
To teach students archaeological research methods and enable them to obtain accurate information by selecting appropriate techniques during field research and analysis.
To equip students not only with academic knowledge but also with the ability to uphold local, national, and universal values, and to raise awareness of these values.
To provide in-depth knowledge of the emergence of humanity, cultural diversity, and changes over time, thereby enabling students to interpret the development of human history and establish cause-and-effect relationships.
