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Type
  
Private (non-profit)

Chairman
  
Rahmi Koç

Administrative staff
  
312

Phone
  
+90 212 338 10 00

Undergraduates
  
2,935

Established
  
1993

Founder
  
Vehbi Koç

Founded
  
1993, Istanbul, Turkey

President
  
Umran Inan

Postgraduates
  
600

Koç University

Vice-president
  
Prof. M. İrşadi Aksun (Research and Development) Prof. Barış Tan (Academic Affairs)

Address
  
Rumelifeneri Mahallesi, Rumelifeneri Yolu, 34450 Sarıyer/İstanbul, Turkey

Notable alumni
  
Burcu Çetinkaya, Refika Birgül, Kerem Kabadayı, Cenk Aydin

Similar
  
Sabancı University, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Yeditepe University, Bilkent University

Profiles

Koç University (Koç Üniversitesi) is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey. It started education in temporary buildings in İstinye in 1993, and moved to its current Rumeli Feneri campus near Sarıyer in 2000. Koç University is ranked highest in Turkey according to the 2016 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. University currently consists of Colleges of Social Sciences and Humanities, Administrative Sciences and Economics, Science, Engineering, Law, Nursing and Medicine. Koç University offers 22 undergraduate, 31 graduate and 16 PhD programs. The university has about 5,500 students. It accepts international students from various countries and has an extensive network of partner-universities including University of California and other universities such as Northwestern University, Cornell University and Georgetown University. .

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Founded in 1993, Koç University has become one of the most prestigious universities in Turkey. The University attracts many of the highest scoring students from Turkey’s top high schools such as Robert College, Koç School, and Uskudar American Academy. The majority of classes (over 96%) at Koç University are taught in English (a few exceptions are found only in the School of Law and School of Nursing)

Ko university 2014 a tour to remember


Faculties, departments and schools

Koc University has the following academic units:

  • College of Administrative Sciences and Economics (CASE)
  • College of Sciences (CS)
  • College of Social Sciences and Humanities (CSSH)
  • College of Engineering (CE)
  • Law School
  • School of Medicine (SOM)
  • School of Nursing (SON)
  • Graduate School of Business (GSB)
  • Graduate School of Sciences & Engineering (GSSE)
  • Graduate School of Social Sciences & Humanities (GSSSH)
  • Health Sciences Institute (GSHS)
  • Rankings

    The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked Koç University as follows:

    The same organization listed Koç among the category 100 under 50 Years as follows:

    THE powered by Thomson Reuters ranked Koç in the category BRICS & Emerging Economies as follows:

    Koç University was ranked as the 73rd best business school in Europe overall and 29th for the EMBA program in 2011 by the Financial Times.

    Presidents

  • Seha Tiniç (1993-2001) He resigned from the presidency due to a conflict with the founding Koç family about the faculty salaries.
  • Attila Aşkar (2001-2009)
  • Umran Inan (2009–present)
  • Notable professors

  • Sumru Altuğ
  • Elif Batuman
  • Alphan Sennaroğlu
  • A. Murat Tekalp
  • M. Irsadi Aksun
  • Tekin Dereli
  • Yaman Arkun
  • Burak Erman
  • Can Erkey
  • Metin Türkay
  • İsmail Lazoğlu
  • Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı
  • Halil İbrahim Kavaklı
  • K. Aslihan Yener
  • İskender Yılgör
  • Özlem Keskin
  • Fikri Karaesmen
  • Mehmet Somer
  • References

    Koç University Wikipedia