KOÇ UNIVERSITY Istanbul, Turkey

Where are we?

• 104 Research Laboratories, 16 Research Centers, 3 Research Forums

• Schools: Sciences and Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities;

Business and Administrative Sciences; Health Sciences; Law

• Among the top three universities in Turkey for publications per faculty and

citation record

• 182 externally funded ongoing research projects with a value of 40

million USD including 5 out of 8 European Research Council (ERC) grants in

Turkey

• Over 500 externally funded projects between 2004-2015

• Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young researchers by

the Turkish Academy of Sciences

Key Facts

6.000+ students

400+ faculty

members

25% international

English

Instruction

What drives us?

• To be a center of excellence that provides world-class education to

students

• Create new knowledge and apply knowledge for the benefit of society

• Equip students with the highest sense of ethics, social awareness and

responsibility

• Hire the best faculty and incentivize them for excellence in cutting-edge

research

• Recruit the best undergraduate and graduate students

• Promote interdisciplinary thinking

Undergraduate

• College of Administrative

Sciences and Economics

• College of Social Sciences

and Humanities

• College of Sciences

• College of Engineering

• School of Law

• School of Nursing

• School of Medicine

Graduate

• Graduate School of Sciences

and Engineering

• Graduate School of Business

• Graduate School of Social

Sciences and Humanities

• Graduate School of Health

Sciences

Academic Structure

Accreditations and Memberships

• The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)

• Global Network of Advanced Management (GNAM)

• Global Business School Network (GBSN)

• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)

• Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA)

• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)

• Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS)

• The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

• Partnership in International Management (PIM)

• Law Schools Global League (LSGL)

• European Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MUDEK EUR-ACE)

• The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)

• Turkish Psychologist Association (TPA)

• DS (Diploma Supplement) Label

• United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)

• United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

Creative Teaching and Participatory

Learning

Faculty

• Internationally renowned faculty

• 16 faculty are members of the Turkish Academy of

Sciences

• Top recipients of national Research Awards

• 95% of all full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees from

leading universities in the United States and Europe,

remaining 5% from top Turkish universities

Students

• Turkey’s most talented and accomplished students

• 84% of students come from top 3% in country

• Over 80 student clubs and associations

• Over 400 volunteers in social responsibility projects and activities

Umran Inan, President, Professor Electrical Engineering

PhD. Stanford University

Mine Çağlar, Associate Profesor in Mathematics

PhD. Princeton University

Ali Serpengüzel, Professor of Physics

PhD. Yale University

Alkan Kabakçıoğlu, Assistant Professof Physics

PhD. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metin Muradoğlu, Associate Professor Mech. Engineering

PhD Cornell University, USA

Metin Türkay, Professor Industrial Engineering

PhD Carnegie Mellon University

Can Erkey, Professor Chemical and Biological Engineering

PhD Texas A&M University

Faculty

Faculty

Irşadı M. Aksun, Professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hakan Ürey, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, Cambridge Visiting Professor

Özgür Barış Akan, Professor Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Ph.D Georgia Institute of Technology

Çağatay Başdoğan, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD Southern Methodist University

Tuğba Bağcı Önder, Assistant Professor (Molecular Biology and Genetics)

Ph.D., Tufts University

Mert ERKAN, MD, Associate Professor General Surgery

PhD University of Heidelberg, PhD Technische Universität München

Nathan Lack, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine

Dphil, University of Oxford

Bertil Emrah Oder, Professor School of Law

PhD Universität zu Köln

Başak Çalı, Professor School of Law

PhD University of Essex

Zeynep Aycan, Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology

PhD Queen's University

Suhnaz Yılmaz, Associate Professor International Relations

Ph.D. Princeton University

Ziya Oniş, Professor International Relations

Ph.D University of Manchester

Zeynep Gürhan Canlı, Migros Professor of Marketing

Ph.D New York University

Fuat Balcı, Associate Professor Psychology

PhD Rutgers University

Faculty

Research Excellence

Infrastructure

• 104 laboratories

• 16 research centers

• 3 research forums

Support

• Research Support Services

• Technology Transfer Office

• Summer Research Program for

Undergraduates

• TÜSİAD – Koç University Economic Research Forum (EAF)

• Koç University Migros Retailing Education Forum - KUMPEM

• Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF)

Research Forums

Research Excellence

• Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC)

• Migration Research Program at Koç University (MIReKoç)

• Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM)

• Koç University Research and Application Center For Gender and Women’s Studies (KOÇ-KAM)

• The Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM)

• Koc University center for Survey Research (KUCSR)

• Social Policy Application and Research Center

• Koc University Center For Global Public Law (CPGL)

• Dr. Dr. Nüsret-Semahat Arsel International Trade Law Application and Research Center

• Koc University Incubation and Entrepreneurship Research Center (KUGAM)

• Surface Technologies Research Center

• TÜPRAŞ Energy Center - KÜTEM

• KU Drug Research Center

• Koc University – Arcelik Creative Industries Research Center (KUAR)

• Koc University – OPET Nanomaterial Research Laboratory (KUNAL)

• Semahat Arsel Nursing Education and Research Center (SANERC)

Research Centers

Laboratories

• Micro-nano Fabrication Laboratory (Clean

room)

• Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (RML)

• Advanced Materials Laboratory

• Vibration and Design Laboratory

• Energy Technologies and Supercritical Fluids

Research Laboratory

• Molecular Biochemistry Research Laboratory

• Cell and Tissue Enginerring Laboratory

• Wireless Vehicular Networks Laboratory

• Wireless Communication and Network

Laboratory

• Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

(CFD)

• Center for Advanced Design Technologies

• Intelligent User Interfaces Laboratory

• Composite Materials Manifacturing Laboratory

(KMÜL)

• Networks and Distributed Systems Laboratory

(NDSL)

• Next-generation Wireless Comunication Laboratory

(GKHL)

• Cryptography, Security &Privacy Research Group

(CRYPTO)

• Systems Laboratory

• Molecular Engineering and Biotechnology

Research Center

• Center of Computational Biology and

Bioinformatics (CCBB)

• Computational Systems Biology Group (COSBI)

• Manufacturing Automation and Research Center

(MARC)

• Koç-IBM Supply Chain Research Center

• Multimedia Vision and Graphics Laboratory (MVGL)

• Optical Microsystems Laboratory (OML)

• Mechanical Characterization Laboratory

College of Engineering

Laboratories (continued)

College of Sciences

• Computational Chemistry Laboratory

• Computational Physics Laboratory

• Inorganic Synthesis/X-ray Diffraction

Laboratory

• Laser Research Laboratory

• Micro-Photonics Research Laboratory

• Mitochondrial Biogenesis Laboratory

• Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory

• Nano-Photonics Research Laboratory

• Quantum Dot and Nanoparticle Synthesis

Laboratory

• Metamaterials and Plasmonics Laboratory

• Polymer Research Laboratory

• Ceramics Laboratory

• Surface Physical Chemistry Laboratory

• Surface Plasmon Resonance and

Sonochemistry Laboratory

• Behavioural Sciences Laboratory

College of Administrative Sciences

College of Social Sciences and Humanities

• Psychology Laboratory

• Archeology Laboratory

• Design Laboratory

School of Nursing

• Practical Laboratory

• Micro Chemistry Laboratory

• Physiology Anatomy Laboratory

Research Impact

• KU is positioned as an excellent research partner with national

and international public and private institutions

• Among the top three universities in Turkey in terms of

publications per faculty and citation record

• PhD students graduate in 5 years publish 1.5 papers each

• Over 400 externally funded active research projects

• Over $50 Million in funding received for active research

partnerships

• Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young

researchers by the Turkish Academy of Sciences

Anatolian Scholarships Donor Companies

2011-2013

New Donors 2014

New Donors 2015

Office of International Programs

• Develop and advance strategic internationalization goals

of the university in learning, teaching and research

– Partnership development

– Mobility

– Special and short programs

– Service learning and global civic skills

– International student recruitment

Office of International Programs (OIP)

International partnerships with 200+ reputable institutions in over 40 countries for

exchange, special programs, joint degrees and research.

AMERICA

Brazil (5)

Canada (11)

Chile (1)

Costa Rica (1)

Mexico (4)

Peru (1)

United States (36)

Uruguay (1)

AFRICA

South Africa (2)

AUSTRALIA

Australia (5)

EUROPE

Austria (2)

Belgium (3)

Bulgaria (1)

Croatia (1)

Czech Republic (2)

Denmark (3)

Estonia (1)

Finland (3)

France (20)

Germany (18)

Greece (5)

Hungary (2)

Ireland (2)

Italy (10)

ASIA

Azerbaijan (1)

China (8)

Hong Kong (5)

India (4)

Israel (1)

Japan (4)

Lebanon (1)

Pakistan (1)

Russia (1)

Singapore (5)

South Korea (4)

Taiwan (3)

Thailand (1)

Netherlands (12)

Norway (2)

Poland (2)

Portugal (3)

Romania (1)

Slovenia (1)

Spain (8)

Sweden (6)

Switzerland (5)

United Kingdom (21)

Some of our partners

Partnership Development

SUMMER PROGRAMS

• Global Summer Academy: Philanthropy and Civil Society

• Graduate Summer Seminars: Urban Ecology

SPECIAL PROGRAMS

• Doing Business in the Middle East & Turkey

• GEM Discoverer Prelude Turkey - Nanyang Technological

University

• Stanford Summer Program

RCAC PROGRAMS

• Istanbul Through the Ages

• Cappadocia in Context

• Ottoman Summer Program

Short Term Programs

Summer Research Program for

Undergraduates

• Open to high school and

undergraduate students from all

countries

• Research internship with faculty

in all disciplines

• No tuition, free on-campus

accommodation

• June – September (flexible

duration)

• http://vprd.ku.edu.tr/kusrp/home

ELCforKids Mentor Program

• Paid summer internship mentoring

Turkish children in English language

skills

• Free on-campus accommodation for

undergraduate students of English

speaking countries and majors in

Education, English, Psychology and

other related disciplines

• Intakes in June, July, August

• http://elc.ku.edu.tr/tr/

Special Summer Programs

Student, Faculty & Staff Exchange

2014-15 INCOMING OUTGOING

STUDENTS 367 283

INTERNS 2 24

FACULTY 3 2

STAFF 2 5

Exchange student services

• Comprehensive orientation program including:

Istanbul tour

Complete guidance in matriculation, immigration affairs (ICO)

• Housing on campus (2786 room dormitory capacity)

• Integration activities led by student mentors trained to support exchange

students (1:5)

• 80 student clubs, including International Student’s Society, KU Global Aid

• Conversation circles with domestic and exchange students doing “language

swap”

• Survival Turkish and Turkish language course for all exchange students

• Full range of support in terms of tutoring, psychological, etc.

• Research Assistant program for exchange students

Looking for talent worldwide

• High caliber faculty conduct lots of research, require

expansion of graduate programs

• Recruitment of PhD students is a major challenge

• Competition from global brands is ferocious

• Large numbers of outstanding foreign students at KU

Number of admitted MS/MA and

PHD Students

Looking for talent worldwide

What do we offer?

SCHOLARSHIPS

Masters

• Different scholarships are available for qualified students. These scholarships may include

full/partial tuition fee waiver, free housing in nearby campus or housing allowance, monthly

stipend, laptop, health insurance.

PhD

All students who are accepted into a PhD program receive:

• Tuition waiver

• Monthly living expenses stipend

• Accommodation in shared graduate student apartments near campus OR housing allowance

• Meal card

• Health insurance

• Office space and laptop computer

• Coverage of thesis related expenses (including attendance to approved conferences)

GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia

USA • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Duke University

• UPenn

• Columbia University

• University of Massachusetts

• University of California

• New York University

• Penn State University

• Harvard University

• Johns Hopkins University

• Cornell University

• University of Minnesota

• Yale University

• University of Florida

• Rutgers University

• Arizona State University

• University of Pittsburgh

EUROPE • University of Cambridge

• University of Oxford

• University of Birmingham

• London School of

Economics

• Tilburg University

• University of Strathclyde

• Central European

University

• University of Essex

• University of Bielefeld

• Middlesex University

• University of Amsterdam

• University of Bonn

• University of Zurich

• University of North Carolina

• Temple University

• Tufts University

• University of South Florida

• University of Texas at Austin

• University of Virginia

• University of Michigan

• Washington University in St. Louis

• University of Iowa

• University of Arizona

• Texas A&M University

OTHER • Queen's University

• University of Alberta

• University of Melbourne

• Waseda University

• York University, Canada

• University of Western Ontario

• Simon Fraser University

• Carleton University

GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• PriceWaterHouseCoopers

• DHL Türkiye

• Philip Morris SA A.Ş

• Bosch Turkiye

• UNHCR

• Ministry of Foreign Trade of Turkey

• Teknotel Enerji Telekomünikasyon

• Türk Telekom

• Ericsson

• Eczacıbaşı Holding

• Doğuş Holding

• Nadis Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Merkezi

• Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropololgy

• Egon Zehnder International

• Davranış Bilimleri Enstitüsü Kurumsal Gelişim Merkezi

• Bezm-i Alem Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi

• Anne-Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı

• Türkiye Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı

• KAGİDER

• Indesit

• Fritolay

• TUBITAK

• ECON

• Yapı Kredi

• Albaraka Türk Part.

Bank

• Finansbank A.Ş.

• Citibank A.Ş.

• İş Bankası

• Garanti Bank

• Odin Financial

Advisors

• SETAV

• Terakki Vakfı

• Vehbi Koç Foundation

• TURKTUV

• TUSEV

• COMMIT Network FZC

• VIP Tourism, Arttravel

• Küçükyalı ArkeoPark

• United Travel Services

• Yenikapı Excavations

• İstanbul Archaeology

Museums

• İstanbul Modern Museum

• Borusan Art Center

• Boston Art Commission

GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia

USA • MIT

• Pittsburgh University

• University of California, Berkeley

• Weill Cornel Medical College

• University of Texas at Austin

• Gorgia Institute of Tecnology

• University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill

• University of California San Diego

• Anvato (USA)

• Santa Clara, Research Division of

Nvidia

• University of Maryland School of

Medicine

• University of Wyoming

• California Polytechnic State University

EUROPE • Eindhoven University of

Technology

• EPFL, Neuchatel

• Warwick University

• CRG - Barcelona

• DESY (Hamburg,Germany)

• Brno University of Tech.,

Czech Republic

• ETH Zurich

• European Bioinformatics

Instıtue, United Kingdom

• University of Konstanz

• Imperial College., London

OTHER • McGill University,

Canada

GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• Google

• Facebook

• Punch Powertrain

• ArgelaTechnologies

• Vestel Electronics Inc

• Centre for Next Generation Localisation

• M. Can Arslan & Company

• Pavezyum Kimya San. Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.

• TÜBİTAK

PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia

TURKEY

• Koc University

• METU

• Boğaziçi University

• Hacettepe Univeristy

• Sabancı University

• Bilkent Üniversitesi

• Özyeğin Üniversity

• Bilgi University

• Kültür Universitesi

• Gebze Institute of Technology

• Çukurova University

• Bahçeşehir University

• Yaşar University

• Marmara University

• Yalova University

Keep in touch

Koç University

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Office of International Programs

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International Conferences

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