Özyeğin University

Özyeğin University is a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey.

Özyeğin University
Özyeğin University
Özyeğin University
Motto-
TypePrivate - Non-Profit
EstablishedMay 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)
Location,
41°01′57.8″N 29°15′29.9″E
CampusÇekmeköy, Istanbul
LanguageMainly English, and Turkish
Websiteozyegin.edu.tr
University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]200 (2022)

History

Özyeğin University, taken from Engineering faculty building

The university was founded by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, and its establishment was approved by Foundation Act No. 5656, published in the Official Gazette No. 26526 on May 18, 2007.[2]

Özyeğin University admitted its first class of students to the department of Business Administration and started its education in September, 2008.

According to the "Most Popular Universities" survey conducted by Bloomberg Business Week in 2014, Özyeğin ranked 3rd among foundation universities, following Sabancı and Koç universities, respectively. Özyeğin University was also placed 4th among all universities in the online survey conducted with 15.700 students from 89 universities between January and May 2014.[3]

Özyeğin University ranked 6th among the Most Entrepreneurial and Innovative Universities of Turkey and rose in the ranking compared to 2013. [4]

Campus

Altunizade Campus is the university's first campus, which was opened in June 2008. The university launched the main new campus in Çekmeköy, Istanbul. Later the building in Altunizade was evacuated and all departments moved to the Çekmeköy Campus in May 2013.

Organization and structure

Özyeğin University aims to contribute to the development of Turkish society by producing original, creative, and valuable knowledge with its thoroughly modern education system, innovative structure, and service sector oriented education programs as well as being financially accessible to all students through an effective scholarship and financial support model.[5]

Academics

Undergraduate

Faculty of Architecture and Design
  • Architecture (English and Turkish)
  • Communication Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
Faculty of Business
  • Banking and Finance
  • Business Administration
  • Economics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • International Business and Trade
  • Management Information Systems
Faculty of Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Law
  • Law
Faculty of Social Sciences (English and Turkish)
  • International Relations
  • Psychology
School of Applied Sciences
  • Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
  • Hotel Management
School of Aviation
  • Air Transportation Management
  • Professional Flight Program
School of Languages
  • Modern Languages Programs
  • Preparatory English Program
  • Undergraduate English Programs

Graduate

Graduate School of Business
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Executive MBA
  • Financial Engineering and Risk Management, covered by the Graduate School of Engineering
  • MBA
  • PhD in Business
Graduate School of Engineering
  • Architecture
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
Graduate School of Social Sciences
  • Graduate Program for Design, Technology and Society (MA, PhD)
  • Graduate Program for Law
  • Graduate Program for Psychology

Notable alumni

See also

References

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