| Istanbul Beykent University | |
| Native Name: | İstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi |
| Motto: | İşte Gelecek |
| Mottoeng: | The Future Is Now |
| Established: | 1997 (founded by Adem Çelik-Beykent Educational Foundation) [1] |
| Type: | Foundation |
| Chairman: | Dr. Erkan Çelik[2] |
| Chancellor: | Prof. Dr. Volkan Öngel[3] |
| Vice Chancellor: | Prof. Dr. Hamparsun Hampikyan, Prof. Dr. Yalçın Kırdar, Prof. Dr. Kazım Sarı |
| Students: | 30.000[4] |
| City: | Ayazağa-Sarıyer, Istanbul |
| Country: | Turkey |
| Coor: | 40.9861°N 29.0536°W |
| Campus: | Urban Sarıyer-Ayazağa Campus, Taksim Campus, Beylikdüzü Campus, Hadımköy Campus |
| Free Label: | University Press |
| Free: | Beykent University Press |
| Colours: | Yellow, black and turquoise |
| Mascot: | Beykent Compass |
| Affiliations: | Beykent Educational Institutions International Baccalaureate Bologna Process Erasmus Exchange Programme TÜBİTAK YÖK |
Istanbul Beykent University is a foundation university in Istanbul, Turkey, teaching in English, Russian combined and Turkish with 30.000 students.[4]
Beykent University has agreements with European universities under the Socrates and Erasmus programmes, which allow university students to continue their education in a European university and foreign students to study in Turkey.
Ahmet Davutoğlu, the former Prime Minister of Turkey, worked at Beykent University as a professor from 1999 to 2004, serving as Head of the Department of International Relations, Member of University Senate and Member of Board of Management.[5]
Ömer Dinçer, the former Minister of National Education of Turkey, worked at Beykent University as a professor from 1999 to 2003, serving as Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Director of Institute of Social Sciences and Vice Chancellor.[6]
Istanbul Beykent University Men's Volleyball Team has become the champion in the first League Volleyball Tournament organized on March 18–29, 2013 by the Turkish University Sports Federation.[7]
Beykent University is a foundation university having the public legal entity status which was founded by Adem Çelik - Beykent Educational Foundation on 09.07.1997 under the Law No. 4282.
Believing that education is the only solution for the unsolved problems of the increasingly growing and developing modern Turkey, our founder Adem Çelik has taken initiatives in the field of education with the ideal of “serving the community”, and created a flawless chain of education from kindergarten to primary and high school followed by Beykent University.
The university, which began its educational journey on Büyükçekmece Campus in the Academic Year 1997 – 1998, offers education on four highly equipped campuses located in central districts of İstanbul.
Faculty of Science and Literature
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
Faculty of Law
Faculty of Fine Arts
Faculty of Communication
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Dentistry
School of Applied Sciences
School of Foreign Languages
School of Health Services
Vocational School
Associate (Pre-Bachelor's) Degree
Institute of Social Sciences
Department of Business Administration (MBA)
Department of Psychology (MA)
Department of Economics (MA)
Department of Law
Department of International Relations (MA)
Department of English Language and Literature (MA)
Department of History
Art Department of Cinema and TV (MA)
Art Department of Communication and Design (MA)
Art Department of Textile and Fashion Design (MA)
Institute of Science and Engineering
Department of Mathematics and Computing (MSc)
Department of Computer Engineering (MSc)
Department of Industrial Engineering (MSc)
Department of Architecture (MSc)
Department of Machine Engineering (MSc)
Department of Construction Engineering (MSc)
Department of Interior Architecture (MSc)
Doctorate – Competence in Art
Institute of Social Sciences
Institute of Science and Engineering
Distance Learning
Institute of Social Sciences
Institute of Science and Engineering
Campuses include:[8]
The Beykent Büyükçekmece Beylikdüzü Campus is located at Istanbul's Büyükçekmece county within the residential area of Beykent. The 12 floor building is centered around the Beylikdüzü life center, healthcare institutions and the Tüyap Exhibition.
The 16.000 m2 closed educational complex provides modern educational facilities, laboratories, workshop studios, an auditorium, and a cultural center. The external sports area and swimming pool at the Beykent College can be used by the students of the university.
The facility houses mainly the Vocational School, which runs 38 programmes, 23 in the daytime and 15 in the evening for the benefit of working students. The Vocational School opened its doors for the 2005-2006 teaching year.
Also the newly opened Communications Faculty will be housed within this building, starting teaching in the 2008–2009 academic year.[9]
The Ayazaga-Maslak Campus is in the Sarıyer[10] region of Istanbul. This modern building opened with an 8,000 student capacity for the 2005-2006 lecture year. It provides facilities mainly for BA and BSc programmes as well as for the Turkish youth series Hepsi 1.[9]
In 2011 the Ayazaga-Maslak Campus has a maximum 12,000 student capacity because of new building improvements.
Located within Istanbul's main culture and arts district, the 5000 m2 building was opened in 2004. It serves as the headquarters of the Social Sciences Institute and most post-graduate programmes are taught in this building. The Law Faculty is located in this building and began teaching in the 2008–2009 academic year.
Also in 2008-2009 the Taksim Campus began to offer its Distance Learning Programme for two, 2-year programmes. The building is also the headquarters for the Beykent University Atatürk Research and Applied Sciences Center and the Beykent University Strategic Research Center [9]
The university is a member of the Caucasus University Association.[11]