Giresun University Faculty of Education is a higher education institution that carries forward a well-established tradition of teacher education dating back to 1962. Having continued its educational activities under various institutional structures and statuses, the Faculty assumed its present institutional structure following the establishment of Giresun University on 17 March 2006.

The foundations of Giresun University Faculty of Education were laid in 1962 when the three-year Boarding Teacher Training School for Girls began its educational activities. The institution continued its teacher education mission under changing educational models and institutional structures over the years.

The institution was reorganised as a four-year Primary Teacher Training School in the 1973-1974 academic year, and its status was changed again in the 1974-1975 academic year. During this period, educational activities were carried out concurrently by the three-year boarding and day Giresun Teacher Training High School and the two-year boarding and day Giresun Institute of Education.

Following the closure of Giresun Teacher Training High School in the 1978-1979 academic year, the institution continued its activities as Giresun Institute of Education. The boarding section of the Institute was discontinued in the 1979-1980 academic year.

Having operated under the Ministry of National Education until 1982, Giresun Institute of Education was affiliated with the Fatih Faculty of Education at Karadeniz Technical University and transformed into Giresun School of Education pursuant to Decree-Law No. 41, which entered into force on 20 July 1982.

Pursuant to the decision of the Council of Higher Education dated 23 May 1989, the duration of study at Giresun School of Education was extended to four years beginning with the 1989-1990 academic year. Under Law No. 3837, adopted on 3 July 1992 and published and brought into force on 11 July 1992, the School was renamed the Giresun Faculty of Education of Karadeniz Technical University.

Following the establishment of Giresun University on 17 March 2006, the Faculty became affiliated with Giresun University and began continuing its educational activities as Giresun University Faculty of Education.

Giresun University Faculty of Education continues the teacher education tradition that began in 1962 under the institutional framework of Giresun University. The Faculty comprises seven active departments and offers a total of fourteen graduate programmes in various fields. Through education, scientific research, teaching practice and community engagement activities, the Faculty continues to combine its well-established academic experience with contemporary educational needs.