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Boğaziçi University

Boğaziçi University. 1863 - 2014. 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.

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Boğaziçi University

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  1. Boğaziçi University 1863 - 2014

  2. 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 public university in the Turkish Higher Education system.

  3. From Robert College...

  4. To Boğaziçi University • 6 Campuses • 4 Faculties • 2 Schools • 6 Institutes • 20 Research Centers • 31 Departments • 15.000 Students (app.) • 11000 Undergraduate Students • 4000 Graduate Students • 1200 Academic Staff (451 Full-time, tenured and tenure track, 274 Part-time, 370 Instructors and Lecturers, and 264 Research Assistants)

  5. 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

  6. Faculty of Arts and Sciences • Chemistry • History • Lingustics • Mathematics • Molecular Biology and Genetics • Philosophy • Physics • Psychology • Sociology • Translation and Interpreting Studies • Turkish Language and Literature • Western Languages and Literatures

  7. Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences • Economics • Management • Political Science and International Relations

  8. Faculty of Education • Computer Education and Educational Technology • Educational Sciences • Foreign Language Education • Primary Education • Secondary School Science and Mathematics Education

  9. Faculty of Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Civil Engineering • Computer Engineering • Electrical and Electronic Engineering • Industrial Engineering • Mechanical Engineering 1912-2012

  10. School of Applied Disciplines • International Trade • Management Information Systems • Tourism Administration

  11. Degrees offered +1 yr +2 yr +3 yr +4 yr Bachelor(B.A./B.S.) +5 yr +6 yr Master(M.A./M.S.) High School (K12) + ÖSYS English Prep. School Doctoral(Ph.D.) +9 yr +7 yr +8 yr +10 yr Undergraduate Graduate

  12. THE SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES • Turkey’s oldest and best English Education tradition... • Boğaziçi University has experienced education in English since 1863. • More than 80% of newly registered undergraduates spend a year in the English prep school. • Divisions • English Preparatory • Advanced English • Modern Languages

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

  14. 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.

  15. Rankings Times Higher Education, 2014 Among the first 150 Universities Times Higher Education, 2014 Among the first 400 QS WUR 2014

  16. Semesters Fall Semester Spring Semester End of September End of February Mid-January Mid-June Summer • Optional Semester • End of June- • First week of August • 6-Week intensive • 4000 students • 10% International

  17. 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

  18. Students 2765 students in the Prep. School International Students

  19. INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES Traditional long standing ties with world’s leading universities Boğaziçi University provides education abroad via exchange programs. About 25% of Junior Year students (app. 450) participate in an exchange program.

  20. Incoming and Outgoing Students

  21. Exchange Agreements 2013

  22. Erasmus Partners

  23. Some Exchange Partners: Brown University Columbia University Duke University Georgia Institute of Technology Indiana University New York 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 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 Humboldt-Universitat Berlin 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

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

  25. TRADITIONAL BU STUDENT ACTIVITIES

  26. Research at Boğaziçi • Research University To comply with the aim of becoming a research university in which teaching, research, and innovation are equally valued, BU is fully committed to provide its researchers with the necessary resources to engage in advanced research and innovation • Organizational Support BU supports its researchers with a large & strong “Administrative Coordination Office for Research Projects” (BAP) as well as a dedicated “Office for Sponsored Research” (APKO), and a well-structured -regularly meeting- “Ethics Board” and “IP Committee” • Technology Transfer Recently University’s “Office for Industial Relations”, “Patent Office” and “Project Support Units” have joined forces as a TTO within the university’s Technopark to capitalize on reserach outputs and technology licensing

  27. Research Centers

  28. Impact (Cites per document) Retrieved from Thomson Reuters InCites, July 2014

  29. Thanks for your attention...

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