"Yeditepe University, Dedicated to the Atatürk's Renaissance"

Modern Turkey has roots going back to the entry of Turks into Anatolia (Asia Minor) in the 10th Century, from Central Asia through Iran. In Anatolia they mingled with the existing Byzantine Empire, absorbing and adding to, the many Anatolian civilisations and cultures which have existed since earliest times including Hittites, Assyrians, Ionian Greeks, and Romans. The Ottoman conquests, from the 14th Century onward, took Turks into the Balkans, Central Europe, the Caucasus, the Black Sea periphery, the Middle East and North Africa. Current Turkey mingles all these influences after a long historical process of mutual transformation.

Yeditepe University has the advantage of being situated in Istanbul, the biggest city in Europe and the former capital of three empires (Eastern Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman); and a historical centre of Islam, Orthodox Christianity and Eastern Christianity. Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul has continued to be the major city, if not the titular capital, in a Republic, which has inspired 20th Century movements of national liberation and secular reform. As the commercial centre of modern Turkey, it continues to join the Balkans and Anatolia, the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. The people of Istanbul have roots, and continuing links with Central Asia, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Europe.

Yeditepe means Seven Hills. This refers to the legendary Seven Hills of Istanbul.
Yeditepe belongs to a new wave of foundation universities established in Turkey since the 1985s.

Yeditepe University was established in 1996 by the İstanbul Education and Culture Foundation (İSTEKVAKFI) which promotes education on a non-profit basis in Istanbul. Apart from several schools, it also supports Yeditepe University. The President of the Board of Trustees of the İSTEK Foundation is Mr. Bedrettin Dalan, the ex- Mayor of Istanbul and deputy in the Turkish National Assembly who also founded the İSTEK Foundation. The Board of Trustees brings together representatives of major businesses and public organisations in Turkey.

Yeditepe University was established under the leadership of the Chairman of the Foundation, Mr. Bedrettin Dalan. Under the Higher Education Code, all foundation universities are public legal entities and enjoy financial and administrative autonomy.

With its highly distinguished academic and administrative personnel, many of whom have made outstanding contributions to Turkish society, the University has deservedly earned a leading position in the echelons of the Higher Educational System in Turkey. Our aim is to educate the young group as enlightened individuals, fully capable of dealing with the demands of the contemporary modern world, culturally rounded with technological skills and dedicated to the ideals of secularism, progress and creativity inspired by Atatürk's principles.

The educational programs are geared towards securing this objective in the light of rapid global developments of the 21. Century.

Source: http://www.yeditepe.edu.tr/7tepe/english/

General Information

Bilkent University was founded on October 20, 1984 by İhsan Doğramacı with the aim of establishing a center of excellence in higher education and research. Consistent with this aim, the university has attracted highest ranking students in the country, and very productive faculty.

The faculty is comprised of an academic staff from 43 different countries. Most of them were working in prominent universities in North America and Europe when they received offers from Bilkent University. According to ISI Citation Indexes, Bilkent continues to be first in Turkey in number of published papers per faculty member and ranks high internationally.

The medium of instruction in the University is English, i.e., all verbal and written classwork, assignments, and practical work is carried out in English. (The only exceptions to this are the language courses, and the courses on Turkish Law in the Faculty of Law.)

Bilkent University has an excellent educational infrastructure, including a modern library and extensive computer facilities with a private satellite Internet connection to the United States.

To promote the enrichment of teaching and research programs, Bilkent University entered into collaborative projects and exchange programs with many universities abroad. Bilkent has student exchange agreements with the University of California system, Purdue, Johns Hopkins, University of Maine, University of Rhode Island, University of Texas at Austin, University of Missouri, Bowling Green State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Carthage College, Franklin and Marshall College in the US; University of Laval and McGill University in Canada; Odense University in Denmark; University of Alicante in Spain; and Tel-Aviv University in Israel. Bilkent is a member of NIBES (Network of International Business and Economic Schools) and exchange programs are established with Pforzheim University in Germany and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Clarmont and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille of France. Bilkent is also a member of the EMSPS (European Mobility Scheme for Physics Students), an exchange program coordinated by the European Physical Society.

The university also has a communications office at Empire State Building 350 5th Ave. Ste. 5604 New York, NY 10118, equipped with interactive video conferencing capabilities. A number of courses are delivered through this office via satellite connection.

Source: www.bilkent.edu.tr

Bogazici University was formally established on September 12, 1971. While thus appearing to be a newcomer to the community of Turkish universities, it has behind it the long history of Robert College, which was the first American College to be established outside the boundaries of the United States. With the transfer of the site to the Turkish government, Bogazici University became the direct heir to not only the excellent facilities of Robert College but also to its distinguished academic tradition.
In 1971 Bogazici University had three faculties plus one school of higher education. Since 1982, it has grown to include four faculties, six institutes (offering graduate programs), the School of Foreign Languages, and the School of Applied Disciplines. The University's four faculties are: Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences, and Education. Many faculty members teach in more than one faculty and the faculty structure promotes interdisciplinary teaching whenever appropriate.
Many of the University's buildings are located on the historic South Campus, with the Bosphorus and the historical castle of Rumelihisar as its boundary to the east. The North Campus, the Hisar Campus and the Sarýtepe Campus in Kilyos contain the newer additions to the University facilities. A fourth campus, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, houses the historic Kandilli Observatory, which is the center of a nationwide network of seismic stations and a prominent research unit of the University.

Government of The University
The Rector, as chief officer of the University, presides over the Senate and the University Executive Council.
The chief executive body of the University is the University Executive Council comprised of deans and members elected by the University Senate.
The Senate is the principal academic body, comprised of deputy rectors, deans, directors of institutes and directors of schools, as well as members elected by the faculties.
Senate committees deal with a wide range of subjects, but matters relating to teaching and examination are also dealt with by the Boards of Faculties, Schools and Institutes. Each Faculty, School or Institute has its own Council and Board.

Source: http://www.boun.edu.tr/index_eng.html

General Information

Bahçeşehir University was founded in 1998, as a foundation university by Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions.

Bahçeşehir University is aiming to take its place among the leading universities in the world with its strong academic staff, research and educational-instructional programs on international level, education-abroad opportunities and modern technical infrastructure. Bahçeşehir University encourages its students to be productive, investigative and intellectual individuals, who are respectful of human rights and freedoms with social responsibility to serve humanity and who are adorned with creative thinking in line with universal knowledge and values.

Campus is located in Beşiktaş at the heart of Istanbul, the city, where Europe meets Asia. Bahçeşehir University at present comprises of six faculties; Business Administration, Communication, Engineering, Arts and Sciences, Law and Architecture, two institutions; Institute of Natural Sciences and Institute of Social Sciences and a Vocational school. The medium of instruction in the university is English. Following an English program for proficiency in Preparatory, the students are eligible for faculty courses. German, Spanish or Russian are given as a second language.

Bahçeşehir University has various academic and strategic cooperation agreements with the leading universities of USA and participates in the Erasmus Program. It also carries out joint programs with many universities in Europe and the Far East. Similarly Bahçeşehir University offers its students the opportunity of completing its English Preparatory School program abroad. The program is implemented in Kansas, Fort Hays University and in Boston as well as in Cambridge and London in EF schools. Soon to follow these are New York and Oxford centers.

A liaison office in Brussels cooperates with the European Universities, to benefit from the Brussels-based EU funds and offers internship opportunities in EU Institutions.

Bahçeşehir University organizes many certificate programs, conferences and hosts various cultural events during the year as a service to and for the intellectual development of the community. “School of Politics and Leadership” that has been carrying out its program for two years and the “Public Academy” that was started in 2006, are successful programs developed in line with this vision. Public Academy is initiated as the starting point of “Istanbul, Capital of Culture 2010” process to which Bahçeşehir University will contribute with various different projects. “Public Academy” where courses are given voluntarily by experts from different fields and academicians, is free of charge and open to public.

Source: www.bahcesehir.edu.tr

General Information

The Izmir University of Economics was established as a public corporation on April 14, 2001 by the Izmir Chamber of Commerce Education and Health Foundation under the auspices of the Izmir Chamber of Commerce in accordance with statute 4633. The IUE is an institution of higher education and aims to nurture individuals who are creative, dedicated and wholly comitted to Atatürk’s principles and reforms.

The Izmir University of Economics is the first foundation university in Izmir and the Aegean region and began to accept undergraduate students in 2001.

The IUE offers undergraduate degrees in "Computer Engineering", “Industrial Systems Engineering” and "Software Engineering" in the Faculty of Computer Sciences; “Mathematics” and “Psychology” in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; “Fashion Design”, “Interior Architecture and Environmental Design”, “Industrial Design” and “Architecture” in the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design; ”Economics”, “Business Administration”, “Logistics Management”, “International Relations and the European Union” and “International Trade and Finance” in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences; dual diploma programs in “Economics” and “Business Administration” with U.S.A. SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Cortland ; “Public Relations and Advertising” and “Mass Media and Communications” in the Faculty of Communications; and “ English Translation and Interpreting Studies” in the School of Foreign Languages.

The graduate programs in “European Studies”, “Financial Economics”, “Management and Business Administration (MBA)”, “Logistics Management”, “Management and Managerial Development” (with and without thesis) are conducted within the Graduate School of Social Sciences. Furthermore, the University initiated a doctorate program in “Management and Business Administration” in the 2004-2005 academic year.

In the following years to come, the University is planning to provide degrees in “Information Systems Engineering” and “Computer Games and Arts” at the Faculty of Computer Sciences.

Source: http://www.iue.edu.tr/

Mission

Koç University's mission is to produce the most capable graduates by providing a world-class education, to advance the frontiers of knowledge and to contribute to the benefit of Turkey and humanity at large.

Koç University's graduates will be leaders in their respective professions, critical thinkers, creative individuals and will be able to
operate in any environment, adhere to the highest ethical standards, feel social responsibility and be committed to the
values of democracy.

Koç University's research will contribute to advance universal knowledge and influence the intellectual, technological, economic and social developments in Turkey.

Vision
Koç University will be recognized as a model in Turkey; its students, faculty, educational and research programs will be recognized worldwide within the next decade.

Source: http://www.ku.edu.tr/main.php

METU in Turkey
METU is one of Turkey's most competitive universities. Each year, among the students taking the National University Entrance Examination, over 1/3 of the 1000 applicants with the highest scores attend METU. Due to the high demand towards METU is so great, most of our departments accept only the top 1% of the approximately 1.5 million applicants taking the National University Entrance Examination. Over 40% of METU's students go on to graduate school.

Campus
The campus area is 4500 hectares and the forest area is 3043 hectares, including Lake Eymir, about 20 kilometers from the centrum of Ankara. The lake is available to METU students for rowing, fishing, picnicking and general recreational activities. Bus service is provided from the METU main campus and locations in the city to the lake.

Life at METU
The main part of the campus has dormitory capacity for approximately 6000 students who benefit from a shopping area, banks, post office and many eating places. Also a wide variety of sports facilities, including gymnasiums, tennis courts, basketball and football fields, jogging trails, olympic-size indoor swimming pool, and an outdoor swimming pool are available on METU campus. Among off campus facilities, METU has lodges at Elmadag, 30 kilometers from the METU campus, and a resort at Uludag near Bursa where mountain climbing and various skiing activities are possible.

Activities
Throughout the academic year, students can enjoy art exhibitions, concerts, recitals, cinema and theater events as well as a variety of social and academic activities. The Cultural and Convention Center hosts many of these events and many more. One of the most favored social activities is the traditional International Spring Festival held in May.

Source: http://www.metu.edu.tr/

Brief History
Ankara University was founded by Atatürk himself in order to set foundation for his teachings and revolutions on which those would get stronger and spread wider, and for those principles that are the expressions of a modern society, science and enlightenment are hold dear and protected.

The first and most impressive performance of the young Republic in the field of higher education was to establish the following higher education institutions: School of Law, to train judiciary who were to realize the new order of law in the secular and democratic Republic ( 1925); Institute of Technology for Agriculture, to lead the modernization of Turkish agriculture (1933); School of Language, History and Geography, to establish a bridge of language and culture between Turkey and the rest of the world and to conduct research on the rich culture of Anatolia (1935); and School of Political Science, which had been training top level public administrators under the name of Mektebi Mülkiye since 1859, and which was later on moved to Ankara in 1936 upon the directive of Atatürk. We should also mention the schools of which the preparation stage was started by Atatürk, yet the establishment postponed until the beginning of 1940’s due to Second World War. Among those schools, was Schools of Medicine and Science.

Ankara University comprising Faculty of Law (1925), Faculty of Language, History and Geography (1935), Faculty of Science (1943), and Faculty of Medicine (1945) was established officially in 1946. The University acquired the Faculties of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine previously belonged to the Institute of Technology for Agriculture in 1948. School of Divinity was founded in 1949; Faculty of Political Sciences in 1950, then came the School of Pharmacy in 1960, and in 1963 School of Dentistry which later became a faculty in 1977, Faculty of Educational Sciences in 1965, and Faculty of Communication in 1965. Çankırı Faculty of Forestry and Health Education Faculties were opened to education in 1996.

Today Ankara University is a highly esteemed university with its 15 Faculties, 7 Graduate Schools, 12 schools, and 25 research centers.

There is currently 3720 highly qualified academic staff working at Ankara University. Of this figure 978 are professors, 325 are associate professors and 393 are assistant professors. There are 4603 vocational, 33516 undergraduate and 6707 graduate students receiving education at the University with a total number enrolled, 44906.

Ankara University has been the parent University for Several Universities which reached top quality education today.

There are more than 2800 graduates of Ankara University, who work as academic staff at different universities all over Turkey.

The University conducts superior quality research and offers education and training in every scientific area including Medicine, Veterinary Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Science, and Agriculture, and in almost every social science area.

We provide quality health services to tens of thousands of people through our health clinics and hospitals, with a bed capacity of more than 2500.

At the University, language of teaching is Turkish, yet we also know that being fluent at least in one foreign language is essential for our students. With this idea in mind, we have made available the foreign language preparatory schools. Attendance is compulsory at the foreign language programs of Faculty of Letters, Divinity, Medicine, Engineering and School of Physical Education and Sports.

We now also have prep schools, offering intensive foreign language courses in Agriculture, Communication, Veterinary Medicine, Law and Science Faculties.

Ankara University TOMER (Turkish Language Teaching, Research and Implementation Center), with it’s across the country branches, is providing language education to more than 20000 people in 20 different languages per year. These services are not only used by Turkish people but also by foreigners. Parallel with the western oriented social and economic policies that are in place in Turkey, the demand for foreign language courses from the business world is increasing.

As the nations prepare themselves for 2000s, developed countries, in particular, are competing to establish a monopoly in science and technology to increase their market share. In this race, the most valuable resource we have is our youth. Aware of this fact, our University aims to catch up with the process of change in the world, in its education and research activities. The most ordained mission of the University is to train our youth with having the following virtues: faithful to the Atatürk's teachings and secular order of the country with well developed ability to think, perceive, question, find solutions to problems, and undertake responsibilities; open minded, appreciative of authentic culture and traditional values, highly skilled and qualified.

As a result of specific conditions brought about by its historical development, and like in many other well established older universities of big cities, Ankara University too carries out its activities in a multi campus system.


Introducion
Ankara University is a comprehensive public university located in the capital of the nation. Being the first higher education institute of the Republic, it has established a reputable image both within the country and in the international arena, with its vast experience for 50 years, its highly qualified academic staff and students, and its well established teaching, learning and research facilities.

During the past fifty years, Ankara University has achieved great progress in the field of education-training and research. Whilst increasing its physical capacity, the university managed to improve its academic quality as well. At present the University offers top quality education and training in nearly 40 vocational, 114 undergraduate and 110 graduate programs, including basic and applied sciences such as; Agriculture, Dentistry, Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, Veterinary Medicine and Social Sciences including Communications, Divinity, Education, Law, Letters and Political Science.

The University takes great pride not only in its graduates but also in their contributions in serving the nation. A significant proportion of the private sector managers are our graduates. We are very proud of their contributions to the overall development of the country.

We constantly make efforts to improve the quality of education-training programs at every level of the University. We closely monitor the advancements taking place in this area. We review our programs to provide more flexible and functional education-training and to equip our students with the skills and knowledge required by the changing circumstances. In redesigning the programs, our aim is to provide the students with a number of elective courses and options that are not only in line with the students’ interests and needs but that also build on their previous achievements, fill their gaps, and meet the demands of the market.



Source: http://www.ankara.edu.tr/english