The social and cultural activities carried out in our city and university provides the students with many alternative opportunities for leisure.

Alongside academic success, our university gives great importance to social and cultural activities of students. Throughout the academic year, the university hosts many famous guests from different academic and artistic backgrounds, enabling students to participate in a variety of lectures, seminars and workshops, in addition to enjoying performances and special exhibitions of music, dance, theatre and visual arts.

Facilities for performances, lectures and seminars include the Atatürk Congress and Culture Center Blue Hall with a capacity of 514 seats and Cinema Complex with 128 seats located on the Kurupelit campus, and the OMU Theatre with 307 seats on the Atakum Fine Arts Campus.