The Department of Special Education, established in 2013 within the Faculty of Education at Hacettepe University, admitted its first undergraduate students in the 2016-2017 academic year. The undergraduate program in Special Education lasts four years (eight semesters), and the language of instruction is Turkish.

Since 2018, the department has offered a master's program in Gifted Education, and since 2019, a master's program in Education of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) has been available. Additionally, the doctoral program in Gifted Education has been offered since 2019.