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The university has about 5,500 students and charges the highest tuition amongst all universities in Turkey.
The university has about 5,500 students and charges the highest tuition amongst all universities in Turkey.
It accepts international students from various countries and has an extensive network of partner-universities.
It accepts international students from various countries and has an extensive network of partner-universities.

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Koç University was ranked as the 73rd best business school in Europe overall and 29th for the EMBA program in 2011 by the Financial Times.<ref>[http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2011 Financial Times: European Business School Rankings 2011]</ref>

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Koç University is currently ranked among the top 226-250 universities in the world by the ''Times Higher Education'' World University Rankings 2012-2013.<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2012-13/world-ranking/range/226-250 The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012-2013]</ref>

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==Faculties, departments and schools==
==Faculties, departments and schools==
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* Health Sciences Institute
* Health Sciences Institute
* English Language Center
* English Language Center

==Rankings==

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The [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]<ref>''[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013-14/world-ranking/range/276-300 World University Rankings]. Retrieved, May 24th, 2014.''</ref> ranked Bilkent University as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Turkey !! In Asia !! In the World
|-
! 2014
| 4th || 39th || 276-300th
|}

The same organization listed Koç among the category 100 under 50 Years<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2013/one-hundred-under-fifty Best 100 Universities Under the Age of 50 Years]</ref> as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Turkey !! In the world
|-
! 2013
| 1st || 31st
|}

''THE'' powered by Thomson Reuters ranked Bilkent in the category BRICS & Emerging Economies<ref>[http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2014/brics-and-emerging-economies BRICS & Emerging Economies ranking]</ref> as follows:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Turkey !! In the world
|-
! 2013
| 5th || 20th
|}


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Koç University was ranked as the 73rd best business school in Europe overall and 29th for the EMBA program in 2011 by the Financial Times.<ref>[http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/european-business-school-rankings-2011 Financial Times: European Business School Rankings 2011]</ref>

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== People ==
== People ==

Revision as of 15:33, 14 March 2014

Koç University
Koç Üniversitesi
File:Koç University Official Seal.jpg
Seal of Koç University
TypePrivate - Non-Profit
Established1993
ChairmanRahmi Koç[1]
PresidentProf. Umran Inan[2]
Vice-presidentProf. M. İrşadi Aksun (Research and Development)
Prof. Barış Tan (Academic Affairs)[3]
FounderVehbi Koç[4]
Administrative staff
312
Undergraduates2935
Postgraduates375
Location
Sarıyer, Istanbul
,
 Turkey
CampusRumelifeneri Campus in Sarıyer

West Campus in Zekeriyaköy

Nişantaşı Campus in Şişli

RCAC Beyoğlu Campus in İstiklal Avenue, Beyoğlu

İstinye Campus in İstinye, Sarıyer[5]
University PressKoç University Press[6]
AffiliationsVehbi Koç Foundation[7]
Bologna Process[8]
Erasmus Exchange Programme[9]
TÜBİTAK
YÖK
Websitewww.ku.edu.tr

Koç University is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumeli Feneri campus which is 30 km north of the city centre, near Sarıyer in 2000. With Colleges of Social Sciences and Humanities, Administrative Sciences and Economics, Science, Engineering, Law, Nursing and Medicine, Koç University offers 22 undergraduate, 31 graduate and 16 PhD programs.[10]

Founded in 1993, Koç University became one of the top universities in Turkey.

History

It was founded in 1993 by the Vehbi Koç Foundation, with the aim of creating a world-class university and stimulating modern research. It is the first university in Turkey which bears a person's last name. Koç University has a four year long education system and students have to take core lessons. The language of education is almost exclusively English. The university has about 5,500 students and charges the highest tuition amongst all universities in Turkey. It accepts international students from various countries and has an extensive network of partner-universities.

Faculties, departments and schools

Koc University has the following academic units:

  • College of Administrative Sciences and Economics
  • College of Sciences
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Law School
  • School of Medicine
  • School of Nursing
  • Graduate School of Business
  • Graduate School of Sciences & Engineering
  • Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Health Sciences Institute
  • English Language Center

Rankings

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings[11] ranked Bilkent University as follows:

Year Turkey In Asia In the World
2014 4th 39th 276-300th

The same organization listed Koç among the category 100 under 50 Years[12] as follows:

Year Turkey In the world
2013 1st 31st

THE powered by Thomson Reuters ranked Bilkent in the category BRICS & Emerging Economies[13] as follows:

Year Turkey In the world
2013 5th 20th


Koç University was ranked as the 73rd best business school in Europe overall and 29th for the EMBA program in 2011 by the Financial Times.[14]

People

Presidents

  • Seha Tiniç (1993-2001) He resigned from the presidency due to a conflict with

the founding Koç family about the faculty salaries.

Notable professors

Campus


Notes and references

  1. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/about-ku/chairman
  2. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/about-ku/president
  3. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/about-ku/coordination-committee
  4. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/about-ku/founder
  5. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/navigation/campus-life
  6. ^ http://www.kocuniversitypress.com/about/?lng=en
  7. ^ http://www.ku.edu.tr/en/about-ku/history
  8. ^ http://vpaa.ku.edu.tr/bologna-process
  9. ^ http://oip.ku.edu.tr/erasmus/programme
  10. ^ History of Koç University
  11. ^ World University Rankings. Retrieved, May 24th, 2014.
  12. ^ Best 100 Universities Under the Age of 50 Years
  13. ^ BRICS & Emerging Economies ranking
  14. ^ Financial Times: European Business School Rankings 2011

External links

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