Istanbul Kultur University

Istanbul Kültür University

Type	Private
Established	1997
President	Dursun Koçer
Academic staff	569
Undergraduates	5,345
Postgraduates	225
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Campus	Ataköy, Bahçelievler, İncirli
Website	www.iku.edu.tr

About IKU

İstanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) is a private university located in İstanbul, Turkey. It has three campuses, Ataköy, Bahçelievler and İncirli. The University was founded in 1997 and has five schools and two vocational schools. In 2009, Global Political Trends Center, a policy oriented research institution, was founded under the auspices of the University.

Istanbul Kültür University was founded in 1997 as the ultimate accomplishment of Kültür Education Foundation by adopting its half-century-long modern education tradition. Following the footsteps of Ataturk’s principles and revolutions, Istanbul Kültür University successfully continues educating the young generations equipped with the contemporary knowledge, skills and abilities, and committed to morals and ethics. With its vision, mission and projects, IKU is a model and pioneer among other universities of the 21st century.

Istanbul Kültür University has the principle of “Education is a lifelong, all-round experience for everyone”; to this effect, it not only focuses on student development but on personal and social progress as well by organizing many social, cultural and artistic activities.

The dining halls, cafés, libraries, auditoriums and exhibition halls on our three campuses, which are centrally located in Bakırköy, Şirinevler and İncirli districts, are at the disposal of both our students and guests.

You can follow our regularly updated website to get more information and announcements about these social, cultural, artistic and scientific activities which also allows us to get to know you better.

IKU Instructors

IKU instructors make up distinguished, productive and creative teaching staff. With this teaching staff, IKU has achieved many things even though it is a new institution. As an example, it surpassed half of the universities in terms of the number of articles published per instructor in 1998, and it ranked among the first ten universities in 1999. We rank 4th among foundation universities and 6th among state universities. Our objective is to rank among the first three universities in Turkey.

In IKU we apply programs that will develop students’ skills, and that will enable them to think abstractly and analytically. We direct our students in the way of becoming professionals and researchers who produce knowledge, create motivation and compete in the world arena. Additionally, we regard English language and computer skills as a must for all IKU graduates regardless of the department they graduate from.

IKU Faculties

In the 2007-2008 academic year, 7021 students are registered in 19 departments in 5 faculties, 13 programs in 2 vocational high schools, and 3 PhDs, 28 Post Graduate Programs in 2 institutes at IKU. In total, 622 instructors, 372 of whom are permanent and 250 hourly-wage ones, teach to these students. The rate of student/teacher is 10 in our university. The lessons and practices are administered in small groups by the active involvement of students.

24,4% of our students are the ones who are registered as scholarship student by OSYM. Also, higher education scholarship, monthly and monetary financial scholarships are provided to the foundation and 35% of the students. This means that, almost one out of three students benefits from the scholarships.

First students in associate degree and post graduate programs completed IKU in 1998-1999, and students completed their bachelor degrees in 2000-2001 academic year. All of our graduates have become successful in life or associate degree program graduates have started graduate programs through vertical transfer.

Istanbul Kültür University which started its education life with 3 faculties in the academic year of 1997-1998, now accepts students to 19 higher education programmes in 5 faculties.

• Faculty of Science and Letters
  • Physics
  • English Language and Literature
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Moleculer Biology and Genetics
  • Psychology
  • Turkish Language and Literature

• Faculty of Law

• Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
  • Economics
  • Business Administration
  • International Relations

• Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
  • Computer Engineering
  • Electronic Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Architecture

• Faculty of Arts and Design
  • Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (Special Ability)
  • Arts of Communication
  • Communication Design (Multimedia) (Special Ability)
  • Art Management

Post Graduate Programs

We do not consider post graduate program as a mass education carried out with a great number of students. We believe that a master with a thesis that is carried out according to personal interests in a mentor system gives “the privilege of being cultured”.

IKU gives great importance to artistic, cultural and scientific activities. Periodically, we organize classic western music concerts, recitals, conferences, and scientific meetings in our modern halls at Ataköy and Şirinevler Campuses. These activities are appreciated a lot by the students, parents and the public.

In addition to the gym in Ataköy Campus, we try to meet the sportive needs of the students’ clubs thanks to the agreements signed with various institutions in Ataköy, Bakırköy, and Yeşilköy, which are rich places in terms of sports facilities.

Health, consultation, and psychological counseling services are provided to the students by means of Health Directorate of the university. We refer to Ataköy Hospital as the contracted hospital when needed.

One of the biggest advantages that IKU offers to its students is the ease of transportation. Ataköy and Yenibosna subway, metrobus, and bus stations are very close to IKU. Our campus is on E-5 highway, and it is within reach of 10 minutes to Atatürk Airport and Bakırköy Sea Buses.

Giving modern and competitive education, IKU constantly follows the developments in the other countries’ universities and sets up connections with them. For example, we established contact with Herfordshire University from England, Idaho State University and Alabama University from USA, and Berlin Freie University and Gelsenkirchen University from Germany, for cooperation during the foundation period. Within the process of scientific cooperation, students’ program and training exchanges, mutual appointment of teaching staff, and development of scientific and technical projects have been given utmost importance. Our university started establishing contacts to become a member of EU Socrates / Erasmus programs. In this respect, some cooperation agreements are signed with various universities from Europe for Erasmus / Socrates programs.

Student and instructor exchanges with these universities still continue within the scope of this program.

IKU is the university of an administration, a teaching staff, and students who are loyal to and who adore Atatürk’s principles and reforms. I invite those students who want to receive a modern higher education with complacency to our university.

Facts and Figures of Istanbul Kültür University

• Istanbul Kültür University consists of 5 faculties and 2 vocational schools.
• Postgraduate education is given in 2 institutes: Social Sciences Institute and Institute of Science.
• 6797 registered students are currently educated.
• Undergraduate student population is 5345.
• Postgraduate student population is 225.
• Associate student population is 827.
• English Preparatory School has 320 students.
• Our university has 569 academics teaching our students.
• Our university has 225 administrative staff.
• Our 3 campuses are located in Istanbul Ataköy, Bahçelievler and İncirli.
• We have more than 80 international partners.
• IKU contains 20 undergraduate degree programs and 13 associate degree programs.
• IKU library covers an area of 560 m2 and contains 32,000 electronic publications, 27,000 books and 40,000 e-journals.
• 7 different cafés and restaurants serve on the campuses.
• The total audience capacity of the University Conference Halls is 1,400.
• Our university organized 88 scientific and 117 cultural events in the 2008-2009 academic year.