# Istanbul Arel University > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Istanbul_Arel_University > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Istanbul_Arel_University.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Arel_University > Source revision: 1347543466 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Private university in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Arel University İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi Type Private Established 2007 President Kemal Gözükara Rector Ersin Göse Students 18,000 Location Büyükçekmece, Istanbul , Turkey Website arel.edu.tr/en **Istanbul Arel University** ([Turkish](/source/Turkish_language): *İstanbul Arel Üniversitesi*) is a private nonprofit university located in [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul), [Turkey](/source/Turkey). It was established in 2007 by the Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation. Teaching is done mostly in English, and there are bachelor, masters and doctoral programmes.[1][2][3][4] ## History Arel College in Istanbul was founded in 1990 and in the course of the following years its educational spectrum was extended with the Arel Pre-School, Arel Primary School, Arel Anatolian High School, Arel Science High School and Arel Sports and Culture Complex. After 26 years the institute sought to further expand its activities to the university level.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] With the help of the Kemal Goezükara Education and Culture Foundation it was possible to establish the Istanbul Arel University that was officially recognised by statute No. 2809/5656-Appendix. 76 of 9 May 2007, published in the official gazette No. 26526, of 18 May 2007.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] Since 2018 Oezguer Goezuekara (the son of the benefactor) has been chairman of the Board of Trustees of Arel University. He is being helped by [Hilmi Ibar](/source/Hilmi_Ibar) to build an international network. In December 2018 an agreement with the [DHBW Loerrach](/source/DHBW_Loerrach) was successfully established with the goal of establishing student and professorial exchanges and common educational projects. The campus of the university is located in [Büyükçekmece](/source/B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C3%A7ekmece), Istanbul.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] ## Faculties The university comprises (2018) the following faculties: - Medicine, Dean [Enver Duran](/source/Enver_Duran) - Art and Science - Visual Arts - Economics and Administrative Science - Communication - Engineering Science and Architecture ## Schools - School of Health Sciences - School of Applied Science - School of Languages - Vocational School ## Institute (Masters programmes for graduates and correspondence courses) - Institute of Applied Science - Institute of Social Science - Institute of Health Sciences ## Literature - Istanbul Arel University in 100 Questions (Erasmus̟, Europass) Istanbul April 2018 - Enver Duran: Challenges of Higher Education Institutions in the Balkans, III Balkan Universities Network Meeting, Trakya Universität Edirne Mai 2010, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-975-374-134-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-975-374-134-7) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Turkey Universities"](http://cesran.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=214&Itemid=341&lang=en). *cesran.org*. Retrieved 27 February 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Istanbul Arel University"](https://www.unirank.org/tr/uni/istanbul-arel-universitesi/). *unirank.org*. Retrieved 27 February 2013. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Web Page IAU](https://www.arel.edu.tr/en) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Report on the Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi](https://www.unirank.org/tr/uni/istanbul-arel-universitesi/) ## External links - [Official website](http://www.arel.edu.tr/) v t e Universities in Istanbul Public Boğaziçi Galatasaray Istanbul Istanbul-Cerrahpaşa Istanbul Medeniyet Istanbul Technical Marmara Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Turkish-German Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology Health Sciences Yıldız Technical Private Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Altınbaş Bahçeşehir Beykoz Bezmialem Vakıf Biruni Demiroğlu Bilim Doğuş Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Fenerbahçe Haliç Ibn Haldun Istanbul 29 Mayıs Istanbul Arel Istanbul Atlas Istanbul Aydın Istanbul Beykent Istanbul Bilgi Istanbul Ticaret Istanbul Esenyurt Istanbul Galata Istanbul Gedik Istanbul Gelişim Istanbul Health and Technology Istanbul Kent Istanbul Kültür Istanbul Medipol Istanbul Nişantaşı Istanbul Okan Istanbul Rumeli Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Istanbul Topkapı Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Işık İstinye Kadir Has Koç Maltepe MEF Nişantaşı Özyeğin Piri Reis Sabancı Üsküdar Yeditepe Military Air Force Academy Naval Academy v t e Universities in Turkey Public Abdullah Gül Adana Alparslan Türkeş Science and Technology Adıyaman Afyon Kocatepe Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Akdeniz Aksaray Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Amasya Anadolu Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli Ankara Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Ardahan Artvin Çoruh Atatürk Aydın Adnan Menderes Balıkesir Bandırma Onyedi Eylül Bartın Batman Bayburt Bilecik Şeyh Edebali Bingöl Bitlis Eren Boğaziçi Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy Bursa Uludağ Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Çankırı Karatekin Çukurova Dicle Dokuz Eylül Düzce Ege Erciyes Erzincan Binali Yıldırım Eskişehir Osmangazi Fırat Galatasaray Gazi Gaziantep Islam Science and Technology Gaziantep Giresun Gümüşhane Hacettepe Hakkari Harran Hatay Mustafa Kemal Hitit Iğdır İnönü Isparta Applied Sciences Istanbul Istanbul (Cerrahpaşa) İstanbul Medeniyet İzmir Bakırçay İzmir Democracy İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Kafkas Kahramanmaraş İstiklal Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Karabük Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Kastamonu Kayseri Kırıkkale Kırklareli Kırşehir Ahi Evran Kilis 7 Aralık Kocaeli Kütahya Dumlupınar Kütahya Health Sciences Malatya Turgut Özal Manisa Celal Bayar Mardin Artuklu Marmara Mersin Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Munzur Muş Alparslan Necmettin Erbakan Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli Niğde Ömer Halisdemir Ondokuz Mayıs Ordu Osmaniye Korkut Ata Pamukkale Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Sakarya Sakarya Applied Sciences Samsun Selçuk Siirt Sinop Sivas Cumhuriyet Sivas Science and Technology Social Sciences Ankara Süleyman Demirel Şırnak Tarsus Tekirdağ Namık Kemal Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Trabzon Trakya Turkish-German Turkish-Japanese Science and Technology Health Sciences Uşak Yalova Van Yüzüncü Yıl Yozgat Bozok Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit Technical Bursa Technical (BTÜ) Erzurum Technical (ETÜ) Eskişehir Technical (ESTÜ) Gebze Technical (GTÜ) Istanbul Technical (İTÜ) Iskenderun Technical (İSTE) İzmir Institute of Technology (İYTE) Karadeniz Technical (KTÜ) Konya Technical (KTÜN) Middle East Technical (ODTÜ) Yıldız Technical (YTÜ) Military National Defense University Law Enforcement Turkish National Police Academy Gendarmerie and Coast Guard Academy Fine Arts Ankara Music and Fine Arts Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Private Acıbadem Alanya Altınbaş Ankara Medipol Ankara Science Antalya Belek Antalya Science Atılım Avrasya Bahçeşehir Başkent Beykoz Bezmiâlem Bilkent Biruni Cappadocia Çağ Çankaya Demiroğlu Bilim Doğuş Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vakıf Fenerbahçe Haliç Hasan Kalyoncu Ibn Haldun Işık Istanbul 29 Mayıs Istanbul Arel Istanbul Atlas Istanbul Aydın Istanbul Beykent Istanbul Bilgi Istanbul Ticaret Istanbul Esenyurt Istanbul Galata Istanbul Gedik Istanbul Gelişim Istanbul Health and Technology Istanbul Kent Istanbul Kültür Istanbul Medipol Istanbul Nişantaşı Istanbul Okan Istanbul Rumeli Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim Istanbul Topkapı Istanbul Yeni Yüzyıl İstinye İzmir Tınaztepe İzmir of Economics Kadir Has Kocaeli Health and Technology Koç Konya Food and Agriculture KTO Karatay Lokman Hekim Maltepe MEF Mudanya Nuh Naci Yazgan Özyeğin Piri Reis Sabancı Sanko TED TOBB Economics and Technology Toros Ufuk Turkish Aeronautical Association Üsküdar Yaşar Yeditepe Yüksek İhtisas Technical OSTIM Technical Former/Closed Private Anka Teknoloji Bursa Orhangazi Canik Başarı Fatih Gediz Istanbul Şehir İpek İzmir Kanuni Melikşah Mevlana Murat Hüdavendigar Selahaddin Eyyubi Süleyman Şah Şifa Turgut Özal Zirve Military Academy Turkish War Academies Military Medical Academy Authority control databases ISNI --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Istanbul Arel University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Arel_University) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul_Arel_University?action=history)). 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