Our university was founded under the name of Niğde University in accordance with the Annex 22 of the Law numbered 3837 published in the Official Gazette dated July 11, 1992 and numbered 21281. The School of Education (1974) in Niğde which was affiliated with Selçuk University was turned into the Faculty of Education by incorporating Niğde Vocational School (1974), the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (1987) and Aksaray Vocational School (1986). In accordance with the same law, The Faculty of Science and Letters, the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, the School of Physical Education and Sports, the Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences were established in Niğde, and the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering and Ortaköy Vocational School were established in Aksaray.