Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University (KMU), which has taken its name from the third and the greatest emperor of Karamanoglu Seigniory, which declared Turkish as an official state language for the first time, was founded on the 29 of May in 2007.
With the foundation of Karaman Vocational School in our city in 1987, the foundations of the university were established. Higher educational activities were carried out as a part of Selcuk University with three faculties, two high schools and three vocational schools between 1987 and 2007. In accordance with the law number 5662, it was separated from Selcuk University with its academic units and affiliated with Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University.