Yeditepe Üniversitesi
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History and Location
Yeditepe University is a private university (foundation) located in Istanbul, Turkey.-->
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The University was established in 1996 by the İstanbul Education and Culture Foundation (İSTEK VAKFI) which seeks to promote educational opportunities on a non-profit basis. Yeditepe University is principally located in a purpose-built campus at Kayisdagi on the Asian side of Istanbul. However, the Faculty of Dentistry and the University Hospital are located on another place in the Asian side of the city.
Education
Yeditepe now claims to be the largest of the 27 foundation universities in Turkey. All academic programs are offered in English except for a program of political science and international relations in French, a program of business administration in German and a program of art and design in Italian.The aim of Yeditepe University is "...to educate the young group as enlightened individuals, fully capable of dealing with the demands of the contemporary modern world, culturally rounded with technological skills and dedicated to the ideals of secularism, progress and creativity inspired by Atatürk's principles. The educational programs are geared towards securing this objective in the light of rapid global developments of the 21. Century".
According to the University's official web page, the total student population has reached 14,000 in number of whom 20% are students enrolled in graduate programs. The teaching staff is comprised of about 1,350 lecturers of which over two-thirds are full-time faculty members. The current Rector of Yeditepe University is Prof. Dr. Ahmet Serpil who is assisted in his functions by three Deputy Rectors.
Organizational Overview of Yeditepe University
Yeditepe University is comprised of eleven faculties, three graduate institutes and one vocational school of higher education:Faculties 2004 / 2005
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Law
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Fine Arts
- Faculty of Economics and Administration Sciences
- Faculty of Communications
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Commercial Sciences
- Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering
- Institute of Health Graduate Studies
- Institute of Social Sciences Graduate Studies
- School for Advanced Vocational Studies
International Profile
Currently, Yeditepe University is a signatory to Student Exchange Protocols and Memoranda of Understanding with over 30 universities in the United States and is actively involved with developing the ERASMUS / SOCRATES program with European institutions of higher education.
- School for Advanced Vocational Studies
International Profile
Currently, Yeditepe University is a signatory to Student Exchange Protocols and Memoranda of Understanding with over 30 universities in the United States and is actively involved with developing the ERASMUS / SOCRATES program with European institutions of higher education.Contact
Yeditepe University Rectorate 26 AGUSTOS CAMPUS Kayısdagi Cad. 81120 Kayisdagi Istanbul - TurkeyTel: (090) (216) 578 00 12 Fax: (090) (216) 578 02 49 Fax: (090) (216) 578 02 44
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