Our center began operations with training programs for the Mersin Children and Youth Science Academy project, part of the 2019 implementation of the Çukurova Development Agency's Attraction Centers Support Program (CMDP), approved by the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

Our Rectorate allocated 3,400 square meters of physical space on our university's central campus for the project. The allocated building houses 14 workshops/laboratories for children and young people, as well as two conference halls, each with a capacity of 160 people, one of which can be used as a theater and the other as a cinema.

To ensure the sustainability of the project and the continuity of activities within this scope, an application was made to the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) to transform our Unit into a Center. The "Youth, Science, Art, Application and Research Center," which was approved by YÖK in its letter dated April 17, 2020, began its operations on May 20, 2020, following the enactment of the regulation published in the Official Gazette dated May 20, 2020, and numbered 31132, in accordance with Law No. 2547 on Higher Education.

Mersin University Youth, Science, Art, Application and Research Center; It has started its work in units such as the Children's Library, Effective Presentation and Stories Workshop, Maker Workshop, Robotics Coding Laboratory, Scratch Coding Laboratory, Web Design and Mobile Application Development Laboratory, Virtual and Augmented Reality Laboratory (VR&AR), Game and Drama Workshop, Ballet and Dance Workshop, Music Workshop, Visual Arts Workshop, Mathematics Workshop, STEM Laboratory, Language Laboratory, Science and Nature Workshop.