Boğaziçi University

1863 - 2011

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 Turkish public university.

From Robert College...

To Boğaziçi University

7 Campuses 4 Faculties 2 Schools 6 Institutes 19 Research Centers 28 Departments 11.027 Students 8587 Undergraduate Students 2453 Graduate Students 1320 Academic Staff (467 Full-time tenure track,

347 Part-time, 132 Instructors and Lecturers, and 374 Research Assistants)

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

Degrees offered

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+4yr Bachelor

(B.A./B.S.)+5yr

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Undergraduate Graduate

EnglishPrep. School

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Master (M.A./M.S.)

Doctoral (Ph.D.)

THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES Turkey’s oldest and best English

Education tradition... Boğaziçi University has

experienced education in English since 1863.

87% of newly registered undergraduates spend a year in the English prep school.

Divisions English Preparatory

Division Advanced English

Division

LANGUAGES TAUGHT AT BOĞAZİÇİ UNIVERSITY German French Spanish Italian Chinese Japanese Russian Arabic Latin Persian Ancient Greek Modern Greek

Armenian Korean

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.

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

Student & Academic Staff

Student statistics: undergraduate vs graduate

Faculty: 400 +

International milieu

Students

Female; 48%

Male ; 52%

Undergraduate

Fe-male; 45%

Male ; 55%

Graduate

Asia 175Europe 154USA 14Africa 1Total 344

International Students

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Percentage of Undergraduate Students by Faculty: 2500 out of 8.000 are engineering students

Percentage of Graduate Students by Faculty: 50% out of 3.000 are engineering and science students

Ratio of Students to Full-time Academic Staff: 20:1

Articles per Full-Time Faculty Member in Citation Indexes

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITIES

Traditional ties with world’s leading universities

Boğaziçi University provides education abroad via exchange programs.

In the period 2010-2011, 316 BU students participated in International Exchange Programs.

Incoming and Outgoing Students

Exchange Agreements 2009-2010

Erasmus Agreements

Germany; 43; 24%

France; 32; 18%

Italy; 16; 9%Other; 14; 8%

Netherlands; 13; 7%

Spain; 13; 7%

Belgium; 9; 5%

Greece; 9; 5%

Sweeden; 8; 4%

Austria; 6; 3%

UK; 6; 3%

Denmark; 5; 3%Hungary; 3; 2% Slovenia; 3; 2%

Some Exchange Partners: Brown UniversityColumbia UniversityDuke UniversityGeorgia Institute of TechnologyIndiana University-Purdue University Purdue UniversityRice UniversitySyracuse UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California SystemUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of IowaUniversity of MarylandUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Texas at AustinUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin-MadisonWashington University in St. Louis

Ecole Centrale ParisEcole Nationale des Ponts et ChausseesEcole Nationale Superieure de Chimie Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines Ecole Normale SuperieureEcole PolytechniqueEcole Polytechnique Federale de LausanneENSTA Paris TechTechnische Universitat BerlinTechnische Universitat DarmstadtTechnische Universitat MunchenUniversity of BolognaDelft University of TechnologyEindhoven University of TechnologyIndian Institute of Technology BombayTokyo Institute of TechnologyUniversity of QueenslandMonash University

CAMPUS RESOURCES AND SERVICES

University Library started with 200 law books donated by the Harvard Law School in 1863. The present building holds a total of 320,000 volumes in English, Turkish, French, German and other languages, which makes it one of the largest collections in the country.

Computer Center: Its main task is to run a smoothly functioning campus network for 24 hours every day, providing access to computational services and to world wide academic communications through internet.

Incoming and Outgoing Students

Incoming

Exchange agreements

USA27

13%

Europe (Erasmus)157 institutions

83%

China2

1%

Canada4

2%

Australia3

1%

Japan7

3%

South Korea1

1%

Hong Kong; 1; 0%

Erasmus Agreements

Germany, 43, 27%

France, 21, 13%

The Netherlands, 17, 11%

Italy, 14, 9%Spain, 10, 6%

Belgium, 8, 5%

Greece, 8, 5%

Sweden, 8, 5%

Denmark, 5, 3%

Austria, 4, 3%

United Kingdom, 4, 3%

Hungary, 3, 2%Slovenia, 3, 2% Other, 9, 6%

Selected Partners: THES-QS ranking first 100

ACTIVITIES AT BOĞAZİÇİ

Boğaziçi University supports and encourages student and club activities…

Student Clubs that develops social responsibility, thinking and individual creativity…

TRADITIONAL BU STUDENT ACTIVITIES

Sports Festival → Sports Committee

Art Festival → Art Clubs

International Cultural and Academic Meeting of Engineering Students (ICAMES)

→ Engineering Society

International Student Congess (GAIA) → Management and Economics Club

Dance Festival → Dancing Club

Aviations Festival → Aviation Club

Unlimited Music Days → Radio Boğaziçi

Taş Oda Concerts → Music Club

Presentation & Recruitment Days → Management and Economics Club Engineering Society