Kastamonu University is a state university located in Kastamonu, Turkey  founded in 2006. Kastamonu University continues its academic activities with 13 faculties, 2 institutes, 4 colleges, 13 vocational schools, and 35 departments. Education is still provided in historical buildings from the Ottoman period on its campuses.

Kastamonu University continues its education life with 16,894 undergraduate and 4,452 graduate students and 810 academic staff.

The university's mission is to access, produce, apply and disseminate information for the social, cultural, economic, scientific and technological development of society and humanity by carrying out teaching, research and community service activities at universal standards, and to raise individuals equipped with this information. Its basic principles are scientific approach, academic freedom, interdisciplinary approach, lifelong education, training qualified individuals, support for students, communication with society and participatory management.