KOÇ UNIVERSITY , Where are we? Key Facts

400+ • 104 Research Laboratories, 16 Research Centers, 3 Research Forums faculty members • Schools: Sciences and Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities; Business and Administrative Sciences; Health Sciences; Law 6.000+ students • Among the top three universities in Turkey for publications per faculty and citation record

• 182 externally funded ongoing research projects with a value of 40 25% million USD including 5 out of 8 European Research Council (ERC) grants in international Turkey

• Over 500 externally funded projects between 2004-2015 English Instruction • Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young researchers by the Turkish Academy of Sciences What drives us?

• To be a center of excellence that provides world-class education to students • Create new knowledge and apply knowledge for the benefit of society • Equip students with the highest sense of ethics, social awareness and responsibility • Hire the best faculty and incentivize them for excellence in cutting-edge research • Recruit the best undergraduate and graduate students • Promote interdisciplinary thinking Academic Structure

Undergraduate Graduate • College of Administrative • Graduate School of Sciences Sciences and Economics and Engineering • College of Social Sciences • Graduate School of Business and Humanities • Graduate School of Social • College of Sciences Sciences and Humanities • College of Engineering • Graduate School of Health Sciences • School of Law • School of Nursing • School of Medicine Departments

College of Administrative College of Social Sciences College of Engineering Sciences and Economics and Humanities (CSSH) (CE) (CASE) • Archeology and History of • Computer Engineering • Business Administration Art • Chemical and Biological • Economics • English Language and Engineering Comparative Literature • International Relations • Electrical and Electronics • History Engineering College of Sciences (CS) • Sociology • Industrial Engineering • Physics • Psychology • Mechanical Engineering • Chemistry • Philosophy School of Nursing (SON) • Mathematics • Media and Visual Arts School of Medicine (SOM) • Molecular Biology and Genetics School of Law (LS) Graduate Degrees

Graduate School of Gradute School of Sciences Business (GSB) and Engineering (GSSE) • MBA (FT/Modular) • MSc/PhD Bio-Medical • MSc/PhD Materials Sciences and Eng. • Executive MBA Science and Eng. • MSc/PhD Chemical and • MSc Finance • MSc/PhD Mechanical Biological Eng. Eng. • CEMS MIM • MSc/PhD Computational • MSc/PhD Optoelectronics • Koç MIM Sciences and Eng. and Photonics Eng. • PhD Business • MSc/PhD Computer • MSc/PhD Mathematics Sciences and Eng. • Executive Education • MSc/PhD Molecular • MSc/PhD Electrical and Biology and Genetics Electronics Eng. • MSc/PhD Physics • MSc/PhD Industrial Eng. Graduate Degrees

Graduate School of Social Sciences and Graduate School of Health Sciences Humanities (GSSSH) (GSHS)

• MA/PhD. Political Science and International • PhD Molecular Biology and Genetics Relations • PhD Cellular and Molecular Medicine • MA/PhD Psychology • PhD Neuroscience • MA/PhD Sociology • MSc/PhD Biomedical Sciences and Eng • MA/PhD Archaeology and History of Art • MSc Medical Physiology • MA/PhD Economics • MSc Medical Microbiology • MA/PhD Design, Technology and Society • MSc Reproductive Biology • MA Comparative Studies in History and Society • MSc Critical Care Nursing • MA Program in Museum Studies and Cultural • MSc/PhD Nursing (in Turkish) Heritage Management • LL.M Private Law / Public Law Double Degree Programs

Koç University Graduate School of Business offers double degree programs with the following institutions:

• University of South Carolina, USA • Bocconi University, • John Hopkins University, USA Accreditations and Memberships

• The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business • Law Schools Global League (LSGL) (AACSB) • European Accreditation of Engineering • European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) Programs (MUDEK EUR-ACE) • European Foundation Management Development (EFMD) • The American Nurses Credentialing Center • Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA) (ANCC) • The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) • Turkish Psychologist Association (TPA) • Partnership in International Management (PIM) • DS (Diploma Supplement) Label • Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS) • United Nations Alliance of Civilizations • Global Network of Advanced Management (GNAM) (UNAOC) • United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) • Global Business School Network (GBSN) • International Sustainable Campus Network • Kofi Annan Business School Network (KABS) (ISCN) Some Recent Highlights

Koç University is the CEMS Alliance School of the Year.

CEMS ranks currently 5th on Financial Times.

Koç University was also awarded the title of ‘’Course of the Year’’ with Erda Gerçek’s “Developing Intellectual Financial Capital” Coursera (MOOCs) Partnership

Koç University is a member of Coursera and is the first offering the following courses in Turkish: • Multivariable Calculus I: Concepts • Multivariable Calculus II: Applications • Effective Speaking

• More courses are under development and will be available soon Creative Teaching and Participatory Learning

Faculty • Internationally renowned faculty who have obtained their PhDs and taught at world-ranked universities • 16 faculty are members of the Turkish Academy of Sciences • Top recipients of national Research Awards

Students • Turkey’s most talented and accomplished students • 92% of students come from top 3% in country • Over 80 student clubs and associations • Over 400 volunteers in social responsibility projects and activities Faculty

Umran Inan, President, Professor Electrical Engineering PhD. Stanford University

Mine Çağlar, Associate Profesor in Mathematics PhD. Princeton University

Ali Serpengüzel, Professor of Physics PhD. Yale University

Alkan Kabakçıoğlu, Assistant Professof Physics PhD. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Metin Muradoğlu, Associate Professor Mech. Engineering PhD Cornell University

Metin Türkay, Professor Industrial Engineering PhD Carnegie Mellon University

Can Erkey, Professor Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD Texas A&M University Faculty

Irşadı M. Aksun, Professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Hakan Ürey, Professor of Electrical Engineering Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, Cambridge Visiting Professor

Özgür Barış Akan, Professor Electrical and Electronics Engineering Ph.D Georgia Institute of Technology

Çağatay Başdoğan, Professor of Mechanical Engineering PhD Southern Methodist University

Tuğba Bağcı Önder, Assistant Professor (Molecular Biology and Genetics) Ph.D., Tufts University

Mert ERKAN, MD, Associate Professor General Surgery PhD University of Heidelberg, PhD Technische Universität München

Nathan Lack, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine Dphil, University of Oxford Faculty

Bertil Emrah Oder, Professor School of Law PhD Universität zu Köln

Başak Çalı, Professor School of Law PhD University of Essex

Zeynep Aycan, Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology PhD Queen's University

Suhnaz Yılmaz, Associate Professor International Relations Ph.D. Princeton University

Ziya Oniş, Professor International Relations Ph.D University of Manchester

Zeynep Gürhan Canlı, Migros Professor of Marketing Ph.D New York University

Fuat Balcı, Associate Professor Psychology PhD Rutgers University Research Excellence

Infrastructure Support • 104 laboratories • Research Support Services • 16 research centers • Technology Transfer Office • 3 research forums

Research Forums

• TÜSİAD – Koç University Economic Research Forum (EAF) • Koç University Migros Retailing Education Forum - KUMPEM • Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF) Research Centers

• Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC) • Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Center For Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (CLABS) • Migration Research Program at Koç University (MIReKoç) • Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) • Koç University Research and Application Center For Gender and Women’s Studies (KOÇ-KAM) • The Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM) • Koc University center for Survey Research (KUCSR) • Social Policy Application and Research Center • Koc University Center For Global Public Law (CPGL) • Dr. Dr. Nüsret-Semahat Arsel International Trade Law Application and Research Center • Koc University Incubation and Entrepreneurship Research Center (KUGAM) • Surface Technologies Research Center • TÜPRAŞ Energy Center - KÜTEM • KU Drug Research Center • Koc University – Arcelik Creative Industries Research Center (KUAR) • Koc University – OPET Nanomaterial Research Laboratory (KUNAL) • Semahat Arsel Nursing Education and Research Center (SANERC) Laboratories

College of Engineering • Networks and Distributed Systems Laboratory (NDSL) • Micro-nano Fabrication Laboratory (Clean room) • Next-generation Wireless Comunication Laboratory (GKHL) • Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (RML) • Advanced Materials Laboratory • Cryptography, Security &Privacy Research Group (CRYPTO) • Vibration and Design Laboratory • Systems Laboratory • Energy Technologies and Supercritical Fluids Research Laboratory • Molecular Engineering and Biotechnology Research Center • Molecular Biochemistry Research Laboratory • Cell and Tissue Enginerring Laboratory • Center of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (CCBB) • Wireless Vehicular Networks Laboratory • Computational Systems Biology Group (COSBI) • Wireless Communication and Network Laboratory • Manufacturing Automation and Research Center • Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (MARC) (CFD) • Koç-IBM Supply Chain Research Center • Center for Advanced Design Technologies • Multimedia Vision and Graphics Laboratory (MVGL) • Intelligent User Interfaces Laboratory • Optical Microsystems Laboratory (OML) • Composite Materials Manifacturing Laboratory • Mechanical Characterization Laboratory (KMÜL) Laboratories (continued)

College of Sciences • Computational Chemistry Laboratory College of Administrative Sciences • Computational Physics Laboratory • Behavioural Sciences Laboratory • Inorganic Synthesis/X-ray Diffraction Laboratory • Laser Research Laboratory College of Social Sciences and Humanities • Micro-Photonics Research Laboratory • Psychology Laboratory • Mitochondrial Biogenesis Laboratory • Archeology Laboratory • Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory • Design Laboratory • Nano-Photonics Research Laboratory • Quantum Dot and Nanoparticle Synthesis Laboratory School of Nursing • Metamaterials and Plasmonics Laboratory • Practical Laboratory • Polymer Research Laboratory • Micro Chemistry Laboratory • Ceramics Laboratory • Physiology Anatomy Laboratory • Surface Physical Chemistry Laboratory • Surface Plasmon Resonance and Sonochemistry Laboratory Research Impact

• KU is positioned as an excellent research partner with national and international public and private institutions

• Among the top three universities in Turkey in terms of publications per faculty and citation record

• PhD students graduate in 5 years publish 1.5 papers each

• Over 500 externally funded research projects (2004-2015)

• Over $40 Million in funding received for ongoing active research partnerships

• Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young researchers by the Turkish Academy of Sciences

Anatolian Scholarships Donor Companies 2011-2013 New Donors 2014 New Donors 2015 Office of International Programs

• Develop and advance strategic internationalization goals of the university in learning, teaching and research

– Partnership development – Mobility – Special and short programs – Service learning and global civic skills – International student recruitment Office of International Programs (OIP)

International partnerships with 200+ reputable institutions in over 40 countries for exchange, special programs, joint degrees and research. EUROPE ASIA AMERICA Netherlands (12) (2) Azerbaijan (1) Brazil (5) Norway (2) (3) China (8) Canada (11) (2) Bulgaria (1) Hong Kong (5) Chile (1) Portugal (3) Croatia (1) India (4) Costa Rica (1) Romania (1) Czech Republic (2) Israel (1) Mexico (4) Slovenia (1) Denmark (3) Japan (4) Peru (1) Spain (8) Estonia (1) Lebanon (1) United States (36) (6) Finland (3) Pakistan (1) Uruguay (1) Switzerland (5) (20) Russia (1) United Kingdom (21) AFRICA (18) Singapore (5) South Africa (2) (5) South Korea (4) Hungary (2) Taiwan (3) AUSTRALIA Ireland (2) Thailand (1) Australia (5) Italy (10) Some of our partners Partnership Development Short Term Programs

SUMMER PROGRAMS • Global Summer Academy: Philanthropy and Civil Society • Graduate Summer Seminars: Urban Ecology

SPECIAL PROGRAMS • Doing Business in the Middle East & Turkey • GEM Discoverer Prelude Turkey - Nanyang Technological University • Stanford Summer Program

RCAC PROGRAMS • Istanbul Through the Ages • Cappadocia in Context • Ottoman Summer Program Summer Research Program for Undergraduates

• Open to high school and undergraduate students from all countries • Research internship with faculty in all disciplines • No tuition, free on-campus accommodation • June – September (flexible duration) • http://vprd.ku.edu.tr/kusrp/home ELCforKids Mentor Program

• Paid summer internship mentoring Turkish children in English language skills • Free on-campus accommodation for undergraduate students of English speaking countries and majors in Education, English, Psychology and other related disciplines • Intakes in June, July, August • http://elc.ku.edu.tr/tr/ Special Summer Programs Student, Faculty & Staff Exchange

2014-15 INCOMING OUTGOING STUDENTS 367 283 INTERNS 2 24 FACULTY 3 2 STAFF 2 5 Exchange student services

• Comprehensive orientation program including:  Istanbul tour  Complete guidance in matriculation, immigration affairs (ICO)

• Housing on campus (2786 room dormitory capacity) • Integration activities led by trained student mentors (1:5 ratio) • 80 student clubs, including International Student’s Society, KU Global Aid • Conversation circles with domestic and exchange students“language swap” • Survival Turkish and course for all exchange students • Full range of support in terms of tutoring, psychological, etc. • Research Assistant program for exchange students

Looking for talent worldwide

• High caliber faculty conduct lots of research, require expansion of graduate programs • Recruitment of PhD students is a major challenge • Competition from global brands is ferocious • Large numbers of outstanding foreign students at KU Number of admitted MS/MA and PHD Students Looking for talent worldwide What do we offer?

SCHOLARSHIPS

Masters • Different scholarships are available for qualified students. These scholarships may include full/partial tuition fee waiver, free housing in nearby campus or housing allowance, monthly stipend, laptop, health insurance.

PhD All students who are accepted into a PhD program receive: • Tuition waiver • Monthly living expenses stipend • Accommodation in shared graduate student apartments near campus OR housing allowance • Meal card • Health insurance • Office space and laptop computer • Coverage of thesis related expenses (including attendance to approved conferences) GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia

USA • University of North Carolina EUROPE • Temple University • University of Cambridge • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Tufts University • University of Oxford • Duke University • University of South Florida • University of Birmingham • University of Texas at Austin • UPenn • London School of • University of Virginia • Columbia University Economics • University of Michigan • University of Massachusetts • Tilburg University • Washington University in St. Louis • University of Strathclyde • University of California • University of Iowa • Central European • New York University • University of Arizona University • Texas A&M University • Penn State University • University of Essex • Harvard University OTHER • University of Bielefeld • Johns Hopkins University • Middlesex University • Queen's University • University of Amsterdam • Cornell University • University of Alberta • University of Bonn • University of Minnesota • University of Melbourne • University of Zurich • Yale University • Waseda University • University of Florida • York University, Canada • University of Western Ontario • Rutgers University • Simon Fraser University • Arizona State University • Carleton University • University of Pittsburgh GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• PriceWaterHouseCoopers • SETAV • KAGİDER • DHL Türkiye • Terakki Vakfı • Indesit • Philip Morris SA A.Ş • Vehbi Koç Foundation • Fritolay • Bosch Turkiye • TURKTUV • TUBITAK • UNHCR • TUSEV • ECON • Ministry of Foreign Trade of Turkey • COMMIT Network FZC • Yapı Kredi • Teknotel Enerji Telekomünikasyon • VIP Tourism, Arttravel • Albaraka Türk Part. Bank • Türk Telekom • Küçükyalı ArkeoPark • Finansbank A.Ş. • Ericsson • United Travel Services • Citibank A.Ş. • Eczacıbaşı Holding • Yenikapı Excavations • İş Bankası • Doğuş Holding • İstanbul Archaeology Museums • Garanti Bank • Nadis Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Merkezi • İstanbul Modern Museum • Odin Financial • Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropololgy • Borusan Art Center Advisors • Egon Zehnder International • Boston Art Commission • Davranış Bilimleri Enstitüsü Kurumsal Gelişim Merkezi • Bezm-i Alem Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi • Anne-Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı • Türkiye Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia

USA EUROPE OTHER • MIT • Eindhoven University of • McGill University, • Pittsburgh University Technology Canada • University of California, Berkeley • EPFL, Neuchatel • Weill Cornel Medical College • Warwick University • University of Texas at Austin • CRG - Barcelona • Gorgia Institute of Tecnology • DESY (Hamburg,Germany) • University of North Carolina at Chapel • Brno University of Tech., Hill Czech Republic • University of California San Diego • ETH Zurich • Anvato (USA) • European Bioinformatics • Santa Clara, Research Division of Instıtue, United Kingdom Nvidia • University of Konstanz • University of Maryland School of • Imperial College., London Medicine • University of Wyoming • California Polytechnic State University GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• Google • Facebook • Punch Powertrain • ArgelaTechnologies • Vestel Electronics Inc • Centre for Next Generation Localisation • M. Can Arslan & Company • Pavezyum Kimya San. Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti. • TÜBİTAK GSB Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• • Daikin Turkey • Frito Lay • ING BANK • Anadolu Holding • Daymon Worldwide • Ford • İpek Kağıt • Andromed • Deloitte & Touche • Garanti Teknoloji • iProspect • Arçelik • Denkim Denizli Kimya AŞ • General Electric • İşbank • Aquila Capital • Dereli Maden AŞ • Gergonne Industrie • İTÜ ARI Teknokent • AT Kearney • Deutsche Bank • Gillette • Karacasu Tekstil • Baugette Jewellery • DHL • Google Ticaret ve San AŞ • Bloomberg LP • Doğan Eğitim Kurumları • Hasel İsitf Makinaları AŞ • Bosch • Eczacıbaşı • Helix Management • Boston Consulting • Ericcson Consultants • Bozlu Holding • Ernst & Young • Heidelberg Cement Trading • CEMS Head Office • Estee Lauder • Henkel • Coca Cola • Euler Hermes • Hewlett Packard • Colgate Palmolive • EUROCONTROL • HSBC • Citibank • EY • IBM • CustomRebels • Facebook • Impact Digiworks GSB Alumni where are they now? Professional Settings

• Kerry Group • M+F BARRANCO • Rocket Internet • University of • LC Waikiki • Nestle GmbH Birmingham • Logo Yalıtım ve • Novartis • Sanko Textile ISKO • ÜNLÜ & CO Danışmanlık • Novo Nordisk AS Division • UMI GOLD • L’Oreal • N+1 Daruma Corporate • Schindler Group Company • JP Morgan Finance • Siemens • Votorantim • Johnson & Johnson • OC&C Strategy Consultants • Snappcard Cimentos • Jon Midmer Associates • OMV • Sony • Websense • KPMG • Pera EEMA • Statkraft Trading Ltd. • Yapı Kredi • Kraft • Peugeot Automotive • Turkcell • Zooplus AG • MAN Finance • Peppers&Rogers • TEB • Zorlu Holding International GmbH • Pepsi • Trustedcompany.com • Mercedes-Benz • PwC • TOFAŞ Türk Otomobil • Merck Sharp&Dohme • Procter & Gamble Fabrikası AŞ • Merrill Lynch • Pfizer • Ulusal Faktoring AŞ • Microsoft • Power Systems Mfg., LLC • Unilever • Roche PhD Alumni where are they now? Academia TURKEY

• Koc University • Bilgi University • METU • Kültür Universitesi • Boğaziçi University • Gebze Institute of Technology • Hacettepe Univeristy • Çukurova University • • Bahçeşehir University • Bilkent Üniversitesi • Yaşar University • Özyeğin Üniversity • • Keep in touch

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