Boğaziçi University

Foundation  Robert College, founded in Istanbul by Dr. Cyrus Hamlin and Mr. Christopher Rheinlander Robert in 1863, was the first American institution of higher learning outside the United States.  Boğaziçi University, the official successor to Robert College, was inaugurated on the same campus in 1971 as a Turkish public university.

From Robert College...

To Boğaziçi University  7 Campuses  4 Faculties  2 Schools  6 Institutes  19 Research Centers  28 Departments  Students  8587 Undergraduate Students  2453 Graduate Students  1320 Academic Staff (467 Full-time tenure track, 347 Part-time, 132 Instructors and Lecturers, and 374 Research Assistants)

Academic Units  4 Faculties: Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Engineering,  6 Graduate Institutes, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History Institute of Biomedical Engineering Institute of Environmental Sciences Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Institute of Science and Engineering Institute of Social Sciences  2 Schools School of Foreign Languages School of Applied Disciplines

Degrees offered +1 yr +2 yr +3 yr +4 yr +5 yr +6 yr +7 yr +8 yr +9 yr +10 yr UndergraduateGraduate English Prep. School High School + ÖSS

THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES  Turkey’s oldest and best English Education tradition...  Boğaziçi University has experienced education in English since  87% of newly registered undergraduates spend a year in the English prep school.  Divisions English Preparatory Division Advanced English Division

LANGUAGES TAUGHT AT BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY  German  French  Spanish  Italian  Chinese  Japanese  Russian  Arabic  Latin  Persian  Ancient Greek  Modern Greek  Armenian  Korean

High Standards  ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS… Examined by European University Association (EUA) in 1999, academic and administrative perfection of Boğaziçi University has been approved by EUA and many other international associations.  ENGINEERING FACULTY THAT HAS BEEN PROVED TO BE IN WORLD STANDARDS... After ABET’s (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology) evaluation on Boğaziçi University Engineering Faculty in 1997, 2004 & 2010 contents and the level of the programs in the faculty were shown to be equivalent to the universities in USA and all departments were found to be in accordance with ABET standards.

International Networks  IAU - International Association of Universities  Magna Charta Universitatum  EUA - European University Association  unimed - Mediterranean Universities Union  Utrecht Network  Black Sea Universities Network  SEFI - European Society for Engineering Education

Student & Academic Staff  Student statistics: undergraduate vs graduate  Faculty:  International milieu

Students Asia175 Europe154 USA14 Africa1 Total344 International Students 2376 students in the Prep. School

Percentage of Undergraduate Students by Faculty: 2500 out of are engineering students

Percentage of Graduate Students by Faculty: 50% out of are engineering and science students

Ratio of Students to Full-time Academic Staff: 20:1

Articles per Full-Time Faculty Member in Citation Indexes

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES Traditional ties with world’s leading universities Boğaziçi University provides education abroad via exchange programs. In the period , 316 BU students participated in International Exchange Programs.

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Some Exchange Partners: Brown University Columbia University Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology Indiana University-Purdue University Purdue University Rice University Syracuse University University of Arizona University of California System University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign University of Iowa University of Maryland University of Michigan University of Texas at Austin University of Washington University of Wisconsin-Madison Washington University in St. Louis Ecole Centrale Paris Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Ecole Normale Superieure Ecole Polytechnique Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne ENSTA Paris Tech Technische Universitat Berlin Technische Universitat Darmstadt Technische Universitat Munchen University of Bologna Delft University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Tokyo Institute of Technology University of Queensland Monash University

CAMPUS RESOURCES AND SERVICES  University Library started with 200 law books donated by the Harvard Law School in The present building holds a total of 320,000 volumes in English, Turkish, French, German and other languages, which makes it one of the largest collections in the country.  Computer Center: Its main task is to run a smoothly functioning campus network for 24 hours every day, providing access to computational services and to world wide academic communications through internet.

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Selected Partners: THES-QS ranking first 100

ACTIVITIES AT BOĞAZİÇİ  Boğaziçi University supports and encourages student and club activities…  Student Clubs that develops social responsibility, thinking and individual creativity…

TRADITIONAL BU STUDENT ACTIVITIES Sports Festival → Sports Committee Art Festival → Art Clubs International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students (ICAMES) → Engineering Society International Student Congess (GAIA) → Management and Economics Club Dance Festival → Dancing Club Aviations Festival → Aviation Club Unlimited Music Days → Radio Boğaziçi Taş Oda Concerts → Music Club Presentation & Recruitment Days → Management and Economics Club Engineering Society