Koç University

Koç University
Established	1993
Type:	Private
President:	Attila Aşkar
Staff:	312
Undergraduates:	2935
Postgraduates:	375
Location	Sarıyer, Istanbul, Turkey
Website:	www.ku.edu.tr

Koç University is a private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in 1993 and moved to its current campus which is 30 km north of the city centre, near Sarıyer in 2000. The current campus used to be a forest preserve and it is still officially rented from the government.

Founded in 1993, Koç University.

History

It was founded in 1993 by the Vehbi Koç Foundation, with the aim of creating a world-class university and stimulating modern research. It is the first university in Turkey which bears a person's last name. Koç University has a four year long education system and students have to take core lessons. The University accepts international students from various countries. The language of education is English. It has about 3,500 students and charges the highest tuition amongst all universities in Turkey (23,000 YTL, ~17,700$, annual tuition for 2007-08). ^[1]

Faculties, Departments and Schools

Koc University has the following academic units:

• Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economic
• Faculty of Arts and Science
• Faculty of Engineering
• Law School
• Vocational School of Health Sciences
• Graduate School of Business
• Graduate School of Sciences & Engineering
• Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
• English Language Center

People

Presidents

• Seha Tiniç (1994-2001) He resigned from the presidency due to a conflict with

the founding Koç family about the faculty salaries.

• Attila Aşkar (2001- present)

Notable faculty

• M. Irşadi Aksun
• Turan Bali
• Nihat Berker
• Tekin Dereli
• Ibrahim al-Marashi
• Fuat Keyman
• Ziya Onis
• Ahmet İçduygu
• Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı
• M. Oguz Sunay
• A. Murat Tekalp
• İskender Yılgör

References

External links

• Koc University Homepage
• Koc University Library
• Wikimapia Link