KOÇ UNIVERSITY Istanbul, Turkey Where Are We? Key Facts
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KOÇ UNIVERSITY Istanbul, Turkey 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, Italy • 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