Yeditepe University

{{Short description|University in İstanbul, Turkey}} {{Infobox university | name = Yeditepe University | native_name = Yeditepe Üniversitesi | image = YeditepeUniversityLogo.gif | image_size = 150px | motto = Atatürk Rönesansını Devam Ettiren Üniversite | mottoeng = The university which continues the renaissance of Atatürk | established = {{start date and age|1996}} | type = [[Private university|Private]] (Non-profit) | rector = Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman | president = [[Bedrettin Dalan]] | city = [[Istanbul]] | country = [[Turkey]] | coor = {{coord|40|58|22|N|29|09|07|E|source:kolossus-dewiki|display=inline,title}} | language = [[English language|English]] | campus = 26 Ağustos Campus | website = {{URL|http://www.yeditepe.edu.tr/ }} | free_label = Founder | free = Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ([[Turkish language|Turkish]]: İSTEK Vakfı) | nickname = Yeditepe Eagles | mascot = Eagle }} {{Infobox university rankings | ARWU_W = | ARWU_W_year = | ARWU_W_ref = | CWTS_W = | CWTS_W_year = | CWTS_W_ref = | QS_EECA =251-300 | QS_EECA_year =2022 | QS_EECA_ref =<ref name="QS World University Rankings 2022">{{Cite web |url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/eeca-rankings/2022 |title=QS World University Rankings-Emerging Europe & Central Asia |access-date=15 January 2023}}</ref>| QS_W = | QS_W_year = | QS_W_ref = | THE_W = | THE_W_year = | THE_W_ref = | USNWR_W = | USNWR_W_year = | USNWR_W_ref = }}

'''Yeditepe University''' ({{Langx|tr|Yeditepe Üniversitesi}}) is a [[Private university|private non-profit university]] situated in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. Established by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ({{langx|tr|İstanbul Eğitim ve Kültür Vakfı}}'', İSTEK Vakfı'') in 1996, Yeditepe University now claims to be the largest of the 74 private non-profit universities in Turkey. Students pay fees that vary according to discipline and faculty.

==History== The university was established in 1996 by the Istanbul Education and Culture Foundation ({{langx|tr|İSTEK Vakfı}}) which seeks to promote educational opportunities on a non-profit basis. It is financially independent of the Turkish Government Treasury Department, not subject to any significant external financial controls or constraints, and receives no income from the state.

==Campus== [[File:Yeditepe University 26 August Campus (2) 20220315.jpg|thumb|250px|The entrance gate of Yeditepe University's ''August 26th Campus'']] Yeditepe University is principally located in a purpose-built campus at Kayışdağı on the Asian side of Istanbul. However, the Faculty of Dentistry and the University Hospital are located in other locations on the Asian side of the city. The campus consists of 236,000 m2 of built space, and 125,000 m2 or open space. It has 319 classrooms, 22 lecture halls, 32 computer labs, and 74 professional labs for the Fine Arts, Architecture, Communication, Engineering and Sciences Faculties and 2 professional photographic studios.

There are 34 academic administration units, 287 Faculty Offices, 28 student club rooms, a 3000 m2 Central Library equipped with computers with internet access and private reading areas, Residence Halls with a capacity for 1400 people, a multipurpose Conference Hall with a 1200-person [[seating capacity]], a Cinema Complex with a 100-person [[seating capacity]] each, a Theatre Hall with a 100 [[seating capacity]], a 524 square meter and 384 square meter professionally equipped two television studios and 200 m2 educational TV studio lab, 150 m2 educational radio facilities, 550 m2 indoor basketball court with seating facilities, and outdoor basketball courts, outdoor volleyball and tennis courts, indoor and outdoor half Olympic sized swimming pools, 300 m2 fully equipped fitness and aerobics center, 783 m2 modern shopping complex, and large grassy areas with benches and picnic facilities. Parking is in 400 vehicle capacity indoor lots.

The August 26th Campus has a unique architecture feel, inspired by styles of the [[Sultanate of Rum|Seljuk Empire]]. The main entrance is 22 meters high, opening to a lit courtyard reminiscent of [[Anatolian Seljuk architecture|Seljuk architecture]]. Buildings are covered in Anatolian stone. The symbol of the university is a [[double-headed eagle]], representing men and women. This symbol is present in the main entrance of the campus and repeated elsewhere.

==Organization== All academic programs are offered in [[English language|English]] except for a program in political science and international relations in [[French language|French]], a program in business administration and vocational school programs in [[German language|German]], a program in Turkish language and literature in [[Turkish language|Turkish]] and a program in Russian language and literature in [[Russian language|Russian]].

Currently, Yeditepe University is a signatory to student exchange protocols and memoranda of understanding with over 30 universities in the [[United States]] and is actively involved with developing the [[Erasmus Programme|Erasmus]] and [[Socrates programme|Socrates Program]] with European institutions of higher education. Yeditepe has signed an educational affiliation agreement with the [[International University in Geneva]].

Yeditepe University comprises eleven faculties, three graduate institutes and one vocational school of higher education.

=== Faculties === *Faculty of [[Architecture]] *Faculty of Arts and Sciences *Department of Mathematics *Faculty of [[Commerce]] *Faculty of [[Communication studies|Communications]] *Faculty of [[Dentistry]] *Faculty of [[Economics]] and Administration Sciences *Faculty of [[Education]] *Faculty of [[Engineering]] *Faculty of [[Fine Arts]] *Faculty of [[Health Sciences]] *Faculty of [[Law]] *Faculty of [[Medicine]] *Faculty of [[Pharmacy]]

=== Graduate Institutes === *Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering *Institute of Health Graduate Studies *Institute of Social Sciences Graduate Studies

=== Vocational Schools of Higher Education === *School for Advanced Vocational Studies *School of Applied Sciences

==Students and faculty== The total student population has reached over 20,000 by 2010. Of these, 20% are students enrolled in graduate programs. The teaching staff comprises about 1,350 lecturers of which over two-thirds are full-time [[faculty (teaching staff)|faculty]] members. The current [[Rector (academia)|Rector]] of Yeditepe University is Prof. Dr. Mehmet Durman.

==See also== * [[List of universities in Turkey]]

==References== {{reflist|30em}}

==External links== * {{Official website|name=Yeditepe University (Official Website)}}

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