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: Bilkent Üniversitesi), the first private university of Turkey
Turkey

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, was founded in Ankara
Ankara

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 on October 20, 1984 by Ihsan Dogramaci
Ihsan Dogramaci

Professor Ihsan Dogramaci is a Turkish people pediatric physician, an academic and an international leader of development. His father Ali Pasha Dogramaci was the Mayor of Erbil and later a Senator in Baghdad, and his grandfather Mehmet Ali Kirdar was a Member of the Ottoman Parliament for Kirkuk....
 through the resolution of the foundations which had earlier been established by him. The establishment of this private university
University

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 was later approved by an act of Parliament
Act of Parliament

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, which opened the way to the foundation of other private universities. The aim was to create a center of excellence in higher education and research.






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Bilkent University (In Turkish
Turkish language

Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
: Bilkent Üniversitesi), the first private university of Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
, was founded in Ankara
Ankara

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the country's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Turkey after Istanbul....
 on October 20, 1984 by Ihsan Dogramaci
Ihsan Dogramaci

Professor Ihsan Dogramaci is a Turkish people pediatric physician, an academic and an international leader of development. His father Ali Pasha Dogramaci was the Mayor of Erbil and later a Senator in Baghdad, and his grandfather Mehmet Ali Kirdar was a Member of the Ottoman Parliament for Kirkuk....
 through the resolution of the foundations which had earlier been established by him. The establishment of this private university
University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education....
 was later approved by an act of Parliament
Act of Parliament

An act of Parliament is a statute wikt:enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. It is broadly equivalent to an act of Congress in the United States....
, which opened the way to the foundation of other private universities. The aim was to create a center of excellence in higher education and research. The name Bilkent
Bilkent

Bilkent is a district in Ankara, Turkey with the postal code 06800 where Bilkent University is located.Turkey's first private institution for higher education, Bilkent University has a 400,000m2 construction area on its two campuses....
 exemplifies the founder's aim, since it is an acronym of bilim kenti, Turkish for city of science and knowledge. Today, Bilkent University is the highest ranked institution of Turkey, and also is an eminent university worldwide.

History

Ihsan Dogramaci, a distinguished professor in medicine, had previously contributed to the establishment of numerous public institutions of higher education and served as rector of Ankara University
Ankara University

Ankara University is a public university in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey. It was the first higher education institution founded in the Turkish Republic....
, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Middle East Technical University
Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University is a public university research university in Ankara, Turkey. The research and education conducted by the university has an emphasis on engineering and natural sciences....
 and founder and first rector of Hacettepe University
Hacettepe University

Hacettepe University is a university in Ankara, Turkey.The University has two main campuses. The first is located in the old town of Ankara and hosts the Medical Centre, and the second is the Beytepe Campus, which is 13 km from the city centre....
.

Preparations for Bilkent University had begun as early as 1967, with the purchase of a large tract of land to the west of Ankara
Ankara

Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and the country's List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Turkey after Istanbul....
. In the late 1970s and early 1980s the above mentioned foundations undertook construction, on the future site of Bilkent, of the buildings which now house administrative offices, the Faculty of Engineering, and the library. Construction of residences for academic staff, cafeterias, student dormitories, the Student Union building and various academic buildings followed in rapid succession.

In October 1986 Bilkent University admitted its first students. That year there were 386 undergraduate and graduate students. Currently there are over 10,000 students in nine faculties, two four-year professional schools, two two-year vocational schools and the School of English Language plus six graduate schools (called institutes). Among them are foreign students from 72 countries. With funds from the endowments provided by the founder, the university each year awards full scholarships to over 2,500 students of high academic achievement.

From the outset, the design of the university structure provided for student union representatives to be members of the administrative committees of various schools, as well as of the University Senate. Beginning in the second year of instruction, the practice of student evaluation of courses and instructors, at the time not a common practice in Turkey, was instituted.

To promote the enrichment of teaching and research programs, Bilkent University entered into collaborative projects and exchange programs with many universities abroad. Bilkent has special student exchange agreements with the University of California
University of California

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 system, Purdue, Johns Hopkins
Johns Hopkins University

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, University of Maine
University of Maine

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, University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin

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, University of Missouri
University of Missouri

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, Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University

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, Iowa State University
Iowa State University

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, Georgia Institute of Technology
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, Carthage College
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, Franklin and Marshall College in the U.S.
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; University of Laval and McGill University
McGill University

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 in Canada
Canada

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; and Tel-Aviv University in Israel
Israel

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. Bilkent is a member of NIBES (Network of International Business and Economic Schools) and exchange programs are established with Pforzheim University in Germany
Germany

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 and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Clarmont and the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Lille of France
France

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. Also, Bilkent University is the most active Erasmus
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 partner of all Turkish universities, with hundreds of exchange students coming in and out every year and semester.

The university also has a communications office at 600 Madison Avenue in New York City
New York City

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, equipped with interactive video conferencing capabilities. A number of courses are delivered by well-known professors of highly acknowledged universities in New York, through this office via satellite connection, to the students of Bilkent.

To meet the expanding needs of the university, construction has continued throughout the years since the admission of the first students. New buildings and facilities include two gymnasiums; the Faculties of Humanities and Letters, Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Art, Design and Architecture, Science, the Computer Center, and Music and Performing Arts; a Concert Hall for the Bilkent Academic Symphony Orchestra; a secondary school, a preschool and nursery; new dining facilities; two health centers and a pharmacy; and the East Campus which has additional classroom space, catering facilities, and student and faculty housing.

The faculty comprises an academic staff from 43 different countries. Most of them were working in prominent universities in North America and Europe when they received offers from Bilkent University. According to ISI Citation Indexes, Bilkent continues to be first in Turkey in number of published papers per faculty member and ranks high internationally.

Faculties, Departments and Schools


Undergraduate Programs

The bachelor's degree is awarded to students who successfully complete an eight-semester course of study (approximately 120 credit units, although the weight varies in different departments).

Students must fulfill all the degree requirements determined by their department; at graduation their cumulative grade point average must be 2.00 or higher on a scale of 4.00 (stands for circa 65% in Bilkent's grading scale).

The undergraduate programs are organized in departments within nine faculties, two schools and two vocational schools offering two-year programs. These faculties and schools are as follows:

  • Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture: Communication and Design, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design
  • Bilkent Faculty of Business Administration
    Bilkent Faculty of Business Administration

    The Bilkent Faculty of Business Administration is said to be the best business school in Turkey. Also, it is the only one which has AACSB accreditation....
    : Management
  • Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences: Economics, International Relations, Global and International Affairs, Political Science, Psychology
  • Faculty of Education: Computer and Instructional Technology Teacher Education, English Teacher Education
  • Faculty of Engineering: Computer Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Industrial Engineering
  • Faculty of Humanities and Letters: American Culture and Literature, Archaeology and History of Art, English Language and Literature, Philosophy
  • Faculty of Law: Law
  • Faculty of Music and Performing Arts: Music, Performing Arts
  • Faculty of Science: Chemistry, Mathematics, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Physics


  • School of Applied Languages: Account Information Systems, Banking and Finance, Translation and Interpretation
  • School of Applied Technology and Management: Business Information Systems, Computer Technology Information Systems


  • Vocational School of Computer Technology and Office Management: Accounting ,Bureau Management and Secretarial Training, Commerce and Administration, Computer Technology and Programming
  • Vocational School of Tourism and Hotel Services: Tourism and Hotel Management


In addition, the School of English Language offers a vocational degree in English and Translation Studies for students registered in this two-year program. Study at the vocational schools leads to an Associate of Arts or Associate of Science vocational degree.

Graduate Programs

Students who have obtained either a B.A. or B.S.
Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science is an bachelor's degree academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years ....
, or an M.A.
Master's degree

A master's degree provides a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of profession. Within the area studied, graduates possess advanced knowledge of a specialized body of theory and applied topics; high order skills in analysis, Critical thinking and/or professional application; and the ability to problem solving a...
 or M.S. or M.B.A., or an equivalent degree from an accredited university are eligible to commence studies in the master or doctoral programs.

The graduate programs include:
  • Physics (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Molecular Biology and Genetics (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Mathematics (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Chemistry (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Computer Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Industrial Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Business Administration (M.B.A., M.S., Ph.D.)
  • Economics (M.A., Ph.D.)
    • (Dual Masters in Applied Economics, Finance and Operations Research - joint with Tilburg University)
  • International Relations (M.A., Ph.D.)
    • (Master of International Affairs and Public Policy)
  • Political Science (Ph.D.)
  • Archaeology and History of Art (M.A.)
  • History (M.A., Ph.D.)
  • Turkish Literature (M.A., Ph.D.)
  • Education
    • Management in Education (M.A.)
    • Teacher Education (M.A.)
    • Teaching English as a Foreign Language (M.A.)
  • Art, Design and Architecture (Ph.D.)
    • Painting and Printmaking (M.F.A)
    • Graphic Design (M.F.A.)
    • Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (M.F.A.)
    • Media and Visual Studies (M.F.A.)
  • Music (M.M, D.M.A./Proficiency in Art)


Further information on graduate programs of the University can be acquired from annually published Graduate Catalog. The catalog is also available online.

Admission

The Career Development and Placement Center, another service established at the incentive of Bilkent's founder early in the University's development, helps final-year students to acquire the skills necessary to apply successfully for a job. The Center arranges interviews between representatives of major corporations and students seeking employment.

Each year, more than 1,600,000 high-school graduates take the national examination to enter the 94 state and 36 private universities in Turkey
Turkey

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 and 5 univeristies in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus http://www.yok.gov.tr/universiteler/uni_web.htm.

The University has more than 10,000 students and a teaching staff of 1000. Bilkent attracts students of the highest caliber nationally and from abroad. Every year, the largest proportion of top scorers in the Turkish National University Entrance Examination choose to study at Bilkent. International students come from more than 70 different countries.

Proficiency in English language for non-native speakers is also a must in admission, since all departments (except for the Turkish Language and Literature department) use English as the main language of education by 100% weight. Minimum score of 213 from TOEFL
TOEFL

The Test of English as a Foreign Language evaluates the potential success of an individual to use and understand academic English at a college level....
, or success in the university's own English proficiency exam is obligatory to register the Associate, Bachelor, Master, or Doctorate level courses.

The faculty is composed of a motivated and dynamic academic staff from over 40 different countries. In terms of publications per faculty, Bilkent ranks first in Turkey, and ranks high internationally. Bilkent University hires academic and administrative staff and admits students regardless of gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to staff and students at the university.

A high proportion of Bilkent graduate students receive some form of financial support from the University. Graduate students who have completed their studies at Bilkent go on to find jobs in Turkey and around the world, at prominent universities, research institutes and international organizations.

Campus


Library

The University library has a rich collection of books with annual acquisitions valued at over 3 million U.S. dollars. Today, Bilkent University Library is the largest university library of Turkey, and it is the only university library to take place at the Top 10 libraries ranking of Turkey . In addition to books, the collection includes periodical subscriptions, microforms, CD-ROMS, access to numerous online databases and electronic journals, DVD videos and audio/video cassettes. Music scores and sound recordings are available in the music rooms. Various open private collections and an exhibition hall also take place in the library. Bilkent University Library is generously opening its doors to the students and faculty of the other universities. The computer automation system (BLISS) made exclusively for the use of Bilkent University Library is now being used by many other Turkish university libraries, again by the generous permission of Bilkent University.

Computer Center

The Bilkent Computer Center (BCC) provides a variety of computing resources and services to meet the administrative, educational and research computing requirements in the university community. These services include providing computational equipment, their hardware and software maintenance, maintenance of software resources such as language compilers, utilities and application programs. Additionally, BCC develops in-house application software for the university itself including academic information systems, student information systems, library information system and others.

Housing

Accommodation is available on campus for many graduate students either in single occupancy dormitories or in shared apartments. All housing facilities are furnished and equipped with basic necessities such as major appliances, kitchenware and bedding.

Health Services

Free emergency health services are provided for all students. There are two health centers on the campuses with physicians and nurses available 24 hours a day, including weekends. In addition to the full-time staff, specialists such as a dentist, optician, gynecologist and psychologist are available for consultation. Subscription to group health insurance plans are available for graduate students at reasonable rates.

Sports and Recreation

The sports programs, activities and facilities of the university are expanding constantly to keep pace with the growing needs of the large student body. The facilities include three gymnasiums, three outdoor tennis courts, one indoor tennis court, several outdoor volleyball and basketball courts, two mini-football fields, several aerobic/step studios, fitness/conditioning room, several multi-purpose rooms, a regulation size grass football field on Main Campus and a 60m x 40m multi-purpose grass football field on East Campus. In addition, a new seven thousand square meter multi-purpose sports complex (with a large state of the art fitness center, basketball, volleyball and team handball courts, three squash courts, aerobic/step and program studios and an indoor running-walking track) on Main Campus was added to the current facilities in the Fall of 2001.

Students can participate in many sports courses and be trained by university staff, mostly for free. The university presents many individuals and teams in different sports in varsity competitions.

To provide the environment and programs through which the Bilkent University community can participate in and attain a healthy lifestyle. By participating in quality health, physical education, sports and fitness programs the students enrich their campus lives and develop to their fullest individual capacity.

Societies and Leisure Activities

Bilkent University is a leader in music and performing arts in Turkey
Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
. Bilkent Symphony Orchestra
Bilkent Symphony Orchestra

The Bilkent Symphony Orchestra is an orchestra located in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded in 1993 by Bilkent University. The music director is the composer Emil Tabakov....
 (BSO) is Turkey’s first and only academic symphony orchestra. It performs regularly at the University Concert Hall and gives concerts in various other cities and countries. Young actors studying at the Performing Arts Department have regularly scheduled performances. The University also sponsors frequent lectures, art exhibitions, and literary evenings throughout the academic year.

The board, and the departmental members of the Bilkent Student Union are annually chosen among the students by the entire registered students of that academic year. Student Union is the main sponsor and the organizer of the Mayfest, the traditional Bilkent University summer festival. Mayfest is held at the first week of May each year and is famous with the huge number of activities goes on all day long, as well as the open-air concerts where the most popular Turkish pop and rock bands and singers take stage every night throughout the festival.

The student clubs organize regular activities every day in the campus, mostly open to everyone. All students are allowed to join, or participate in the events and activities of any club they wish to.

Student clubs include:
  • Aeronautics
    Aeronautics

    File:An-225 Mriya.jpgFile:Atlantis on Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.jpgFile:Typhoon f2 zj910 arp.jpgAeronautics is the science involved with the study, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft....
     Club
  • Aikido
    Aikido

    is a Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba as a synthesis of his martial studies, philosophy, and religious beliefs. Aikido is often translated as "the Way of unifying Qi" or as "the Way of harmonious spirit." Ueshiba's goal was to create an art that practitioners could use to defend themselves while also protecting their attacker fro...
     Club
  • American Football
    American football

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     Supporters Club
  • Animation
    Animation

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     and Comics
    Comics

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     Club
  • Archaeology
    Archaeology

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     Society
  • Arts
    ARts

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     and Science
    Science

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     Club
  • Asia
    Asia

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    -Pacific Club
  • Besiktas Supporters
    Besiktas

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     Club
  • Brand Creating and Management Club
  • Bridge Club
  • Animation and Comics
    Comics

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     Club
  • Astronomy
    Astronomy

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     Club
  • Atatürk Thoughts Club
  • Capoeira
    Capoeira

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     Club
  • Chemistry
    Chemistry

    Chemistry is the science concerned with the composition, structure, and properties of matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during chemical reactions....
     Club
  • Classical Guitar
    Classical guitar

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     Club
  • Classical Turkish Music Club
  • Computer Club
  • Computer and Educational Technologies Club
  • Culture
    Culture

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     and Communication
    Communication

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     Club
  • Dance Theater Club
  • Debate
    Debate

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     Club
  • Dining Club
  • Diplomacy
    Diplomacy

    Diplomacy is the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. It usually refers to international diplomacy, the conduct of international relations through the intercession of professional diplomats with regard to issues of peace-making, trade, war, economics and culture....
     Club
  • Education Club
  • Engineering Club
  • Equality
    Egalitarianism

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    , Freedom
    Freedom

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     and Peace
    Peace

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     Platform
  • European Technology Students Club
  • Executive Consultance Club
  • Fantasy Role Playing Club
  • Far Eastern Culture and Research
    Far East

    The Far East is a term current in English language to refer to the countries of East Asia. The term is often expanded to also include Southeast Asia and South Asia, for economic and cultural reasons, for example because Buddhism is common to East Asia, Southeast Asia and South Asia....
     Club
  • Fenerbahçe Supporters Club
  • Folklore
    Turkish folklore

    The tradition of folklore?folktales, jokes, legends, and the like?in the Turkish language is very rich, and is incorporated into every day life and events....
     Club
  • Food Club
  • Foreign Trade and Commerce Club
  • Friends of Animals Club
  • Galatasaray Supporters
    Galatasaray

    Galatasaray Spor Kul?b? , is a Turkey sports club based in Istanbul, famous for its football section. Galatasaray is one of the most successful clubs in the history of Football in Turkey.Galatasaray is also the first Turkish football club....
     Club
  • Genetics
    Genetics

    Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of heredity and Genetic variation in living organisms. The fact that living things inherit traits from their parents has been used since prehistoric times to improve crop plants and animals through selective breeding....
     Club
  • Go
    Go (board game)

    Go is a strategic board game for two players. It is known as w?iq? in Chinese , or in Japanese, and baduk in Korean language ....
     Club
  • History
    HIStory

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     Society
  • Horse Riding Club
  • Humour
    Humour

    Humour or humor is the tendency of particular cognitive experiences to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Many theories exist about what humour is and what social function it serves....
     Club
  • Interior Architecture Club
  • International Relations Academic Research Club
  • International Students Club
  • Jongleurs Club
  • Journalism
    Journalism

    Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and editorial via a widening spectrum of Media . These include newspapers, magazines, radio and television, the internet and, more recently, the cellphone....
     Club
  • Landscape
    Landscape

    Landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment....
     Society
  • Law
    LAW

    LAW may refer to:* Anti-tank warfare, e.g. the US Army M72 LAW or the British Army LAW 80*Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights ...
     Club
  • Literature
    Literature

    Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
     and Ideas Club
  • MBA
    Master of Business Administration

    The Master of Business Administration is a master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines....
     Club
  • Management
    Management

    Management in business and human organization activity is simply the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals. Management comprises planning, organizing, staffing, leadership or directing, and Control an organization or effort for the purpose of accomplishing a goal....
     and Economics
    Economics

    File:Ballard Farmers' Market - vegetables.jpgEconomics is the Social sciences that studies the Production theory basics, Distribution , and Consumption of Good and Service ....
     Club
  • Marketing and Advertisement
    Marketing

    Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large....
     Club
  • Model United Nations
    Model United Nations

    Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about civics, effective communication, globalization and multilateral diplomacy....
     Club
  • Modern Dance
    Modern dance

    File:Two dancers.jpgModern dance is a dance form developed in the early 20th century. Although the term Modern dance has also been applied to a category of 20th Century ballroom dances, Modern dance as a term usually refers to 20th century concert dance....
     Club
  • Movie Club
  • Music
    Music

    Music is an art form whose media is sound organized in time. Common elements of music are pitch , rhythm , dynamics , and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture ....
     Club
  • Nanotechnology
    Nanotechnology

    Nanotechnology, shortened to "Nanotech", is the study of the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures of the size 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size....
     Club
  • Nart Club
  • Nationalist Thought
    Nationalism

    Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
     Club
  • Nationalist Platform
    Nationalism

    Nationalism refers to an ideology, a feeling, a form of culture, or a social movement that focuses on the nation. While there is significant debate over the historical origins of nations, nearly all Expert accept that nationalism, at least as an ideology and social movement, is a Modernity phenomenon originating in Europe....
     Club
  • Nature Sports Club
  • New Horizons Club
  • Operational Research Club
  • Personal Development
    Personal development

    Personal development comprises activities seen as enhancing self-knowledge and identity, developing talents and potential, improving human capital and employability, enhancing quality of life and realizing dreams and ambition s....
     Club
  • Photography
    Photography

    Photography is the process, activity and art of creating still or moving by recording radiation on a sensitive medium, such as a photographic film, or an ....
     Club
  • Physics
    Physics

    Physics is the natural science which examines basic concepts such as energy, force, and spacetime and all that derives from these, such as mass, charge, matter and its Motion ....
     Society
  • Political Platform Club
  • Political Psychology Club
  • Political Science
    Political science

    Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior....
     Club
  • Psychology
    Psychology

    Psychology is an academic and applied science discipline involving the science study of human mental functions and behavior. Occasionally it also relies on symbolic hermeneutics and critical theory, although these traditions are less pronounced than in other social sciences such as sociology....
     Club
  • Research and Development
    Research and development

    The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications [sic]" ...
     Club
  • Robotics
    Robotics

    Robotics is the science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, and application. Robotics has connections to electronics, mechanics, and software....
     Club
  • Sahaja Yoga
    Sahaja Yoga

    Sahaja Yoga is a new religious movement founded by Nirmala Srivastava, more widely known as 'Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi' and affectionately as 'Mother' by her followers ....
     Club
  • Search and Rescue First Aid Club
  • Snowboard
    Snowboard

    A snowboard is a thin, hourglass shaped board ridden down a sloped section of earth covered in snow. Snowboards generally have a length between 140-165 cm and a width between 24 and 27 cm....
     and Ski
    Ski

    A ski is a long, flat device worn on the feet designed to help the wearer slide smoothly over snow. Originally intended as an aid to travel in snowy regions, they are now primarily used for recreational and sporting purposes....
     Club
  • Social Sciences
    Social sciences

    The social sciences comprise academic disciplines concerned with the study of the social life of human groups and individuals including anthropology, communication studies, economics, human geography, history, political science, psychology and sociology....
     Club
  • Socialist Thought
    Socialism

    Socialism refers to a broad set of economic theories of social organization advocating public or state ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods, and a society characterized by equality for all individuals, with a fair or Egalitarianism method of compensation....
     Club
  • Stock Exchange and Finance Club
  • TED Graduates Club
  • Theater Club
  • Tourism
    Tourism

    Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
     Club
  • Trabzonspor Supporters
    Trabzonspor

    Trabzonspor is a Turkey association football club, from the Black Sea port city of Trabzon playing in the S?per Lig.Trabzonspor was formed in 1967 in a merger of two local clubs....
     Club
  • Travelers Club
  • Turkish
    Turkish language

    Turkish is a language spoken by over 63 million people worldwide, making it the most commonly spoken of the Turkic languages. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Cyprus, with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe....
     Club
  • Turkic World Research Club
  • Underwater Club
  • Women in Computing Club
  • Yachting
    Yachting

    Yachting or recreational sailing is the specific act of sailing as a sport....
     and Sailing
    Sailing

    Sailing is the art of controlling a boat with large pieces of canvas cloth called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and dagger or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to change the direction and speed of a boat....
     Club
  • Young Leaders Club
  • Young Theme Club
  • Youth Enlightenment Club


Notable Faculty


  • Gürer Aykal
    Gürer Aykal

    G?rer Aykal is a Turkish people Conducting and Adjunct Professor at Bilkent University. He has been the musical director and principal conductor of the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra since 1999....
     - Faculty of Music, conductor
  • Talat Sait Halman - Dean of the School of Humanities and Letters, first Minister of Culture of Turkey
  • Halil Inalcik
    Halil Inalcik

    Halil Inalcik is a leading Turkish people historian of the Ottoman Empire....
     - Faculty of History
  • Suna Kan
    Suna Kan

    Suna Kan, born on October 21, 1936 in Adana, Turkey is a Turkish violinist of European classical music.She started playing the violin at the age of five and gave her first public concerts when she was only nine years old, performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's A major and Giovanni Battista Viotti's A minor violin concertos....
     - Faculty of Music, violinist
  • Gülsin Onay - Faculty of Music, pianist
  • Ergun Özbudun - Faculty of Law, leader of the academic council which is building a new Turkish constitution.
  • Fazil Say
    Fazil Say

    Fazil Say is a Turkish pianist and composer....
     - Faculty of Music, pianist
  • Sami Selçuk - Faculty of Law, former Head Judge of the Supreme Court of Turkey
  • Stanford J. Shaw
    Stanford J. Shaw

    Stanford Jay Shaw was an American historian, best known for his works on the late Ottoman Empire, Turkish Jews, and the early Turkish Republic. He has been described as "one of the most prolific Ottoman historians in the United States." Shaw was also well-known for his denial of the Armenian Genocide....
     (deceased in 2006)- Faculty of History
  • Alexander Shumovsky (deceased in 2007)- Faculty of Science, Department of Physics
  • Norman Stone
    Norman Stone

    Norman Stone is a British academic, head of the department of International Relations at Bilkent University, Ankara....
     - Faculty of International Relations, and History
  • Hikmet Sami Türk - Faculty of Law, former Minister of Justice of Turkey


Notable Alumni


  • Haluk Akakçe
    Haluk Akakçe

    Haluk Akak?e is a contemporary artist living and working in New York City whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations....
     - Painter and audiovisual artist
  • Fadik Sevin Atasoy - Actress
  • Orkut Büyükkökten
    Orkut Büyükkökten

    Orkut B?y?kk?kten is a Turkey software engineer who developed the social networking service Orkut.Originally from Turkey Konya, B?y?kk?kten obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering and Information Science from Bilkent University in Ankara, and earned a Ph.D....
     - a Turkish employee of Google who developed the social networking service called Orkut
    Orkut

    Orkut is a social networking service which is run by Google and named after its creator, an employee of Google - Orkut B?y?kk?kten. The service states that it was designed to help users meet new friends and maintain existing relationships....
  • Demir Demirkan
    Demir Demirkan

    Demir Demirkan is a Turkey rock musician and songwriter....
     - Rock star
  • Evren Genis
    Evren Genis

    Evren Yigit Genis is a European classical music composer.He started to compose in 1995, and he subsequently wrote his first symphony at the age of 17....
     - Composer
  • Sahan Gökbakar - Comedian
  • Tamer Karadagli - Actor
  • Emre Karayel - Actor
  • Binnur Kaya - Actress
  • Basak Köklükaya - Actress
  • Nasuh Mahruki
    Nasuh Mahruki

    Ali Nasuh Mahruki is a professional mountain climber, writer, photographer and documentary producer. An all-round outdoor sportsman, he climbed to the summit of Mount Everest and was the first ever Turkish people person to climb the Seven Summits....
     - Mountaineer, first Turk to climb Mt. Everest and the founder of Turkish SAR team, AKUT
  • Basak Senova
    Basak Senova

    Basak Senova is an art curator, writer and designer based in Istanbul, Turkey.She holds an MFA in Graphic Design and a PhD in Art, Design and Architecture from Bilkent University, and is active internationally with art and technology related projects....
     - Art Curator, founding member of NOMAD, an association working on digital art.
  • Kaan Tangöze - Rock star, the frontman of Duman
    Duman

    Duman can refer to:*Duman , a Turkish Rock band.*The Tumen River, which flows between Russia and North Korea....


Organizations and Institutions Associated with the University

Centers
  • Bilkent University Center for European Union Affairs
  • Ahmed Adnan Saygun Center for Music Research and Education
  • Bilkent Center for Advanced Studies (BICAS)
  • Center for Environmental Sciences
  • Center for International Economics
  • Center for Russian Studies
  • Center for Studies in Society and Politics
  • Center for Turkish Language and Speech Processing
  • Center for Turkish Politics and History
  • Center for Research in Transitional Societies (CRTS)
  • Center for Turkish Literature
  • Communications and Spectrum Management
    Spectrum management

    The radio frequency spectrum is a conceptual tool used to organize and map the physical phenomena of electromagnetic waves. These waves propagate through space at different frequencies, and the set of all possible frequencies is called the electromagnetic spectrum....
     Research Center (ISYAM)
  • Genetics and Biotechnology Research and Development Center (BILGEN)
  • Halil Inalcik Center of Ottoman Studies
  • Nanotechnology Research Center (NANOTAM)
  • National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM)


Institutes
  • Institute of Economic and Social Sciences
  • Institute of Engineering and Science
  • Institute of Fine Arts
  • Institute of Music and Performing Arts
  • Institute of World Systems, Economies and Strategic Research


See also

  • Education in Turkey
    Education in Turkey

    The Turkish Education System was built in accordance with the Atat?rk's Reforms after the Turkish War of Independence. It is a state supervised system which was designed to create a skillful manpower for the social and economic process of the country....
  • List of concert halls
    List of concert halls

    A concert hall is a cultural building, which serves as performance venue, chiefly for European classical music instrumental music. Many concert halls exist as one of several halls or performance spaces within a larger performing arts center and, where appropriate, the name of the arts centre is included....
  • List of universities in Turkey
    List of universities in Turkey

    This is a list of universities in Turkey. There are 146 university and academies in Turkey: 102 of them are Public University , and 24 private foundation universities, four Military Academy and one police academy....


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