Ege University, the fourth founded university of Turkey, is established in accordance with the law No. 6595 issued on May 20th, 1955 and began its educational life on November 5th, 1955. The first two faculties of Ege University are Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture, which were founded in 1955. School of Nursing was also established within the same academic year. Ege University, having completed its entire establishment in a span of 20 years, added new faculties, institutions, and schools to its academic units in different dates. In 1982, the bisection of Ege University facilitated the foundation of Dokuz Eylül University with the handover of many pre-established faculties and graduate schools. 

With the importance given for PLM studies, Ege Uni. organized a PLM workshop in November 14-15, 2014 with the participation of German and Turkish academics and students. Afterwards first PLM Research and Application Excellence Center of Turkey was established at Ege Uni. in April 3, 2015.

Furthermore, PLM Master Degree training started under Ege Uni. Graduate School of Natural and Applied Science in 2017. An Erasmus+ KA2 Strategic Partnership project entitled “Raising Awareness on Product Lifecycle Management via Education and Industrial Strategic Collaboration within Europe (RAPROMISE)” directed by Ege Uni., and was completed in 2018.