1- To educate professionals who bring the national culture and its values to life following the principles and reforms Atatürk?s and serve the whole nation as well as the whole mankind

2- To educate professionals who have received the global scientific and educational basics in medicine and health issues and are able to put the academic knowledge into practice

3- The principles of the program are to enable students to meet the needs of the elderly based on knowledge of main needs of the elderly as well as to develop the skill to appraoch the elderly holistically

4- Besides basic knowledge of health knowledge, it is aimed to provide several qualifications such as foreign language and computer skills, which are indispensable for contemporary medical staff

5- The educational program aims at providing problem solving strategies which occure during the education

6- It is aimed to educate people being aware of social responsibility and sensitive to problems of the society

7- It is aimed to educate people possessing social and communicative skills, productivity and engagement