Bilkent University Ankara
Bilkent University established by Mr. Ihsan Dogramachi, through the cooperation between the Ihsan Dogramachi Foundation for Education, the Ihsan Dogramachi Foundation for Sciences and Research, and the Ihsan Dogramachi Health Foundation, with the aim of establishing a distinguished center of higher education and scientific research.
The name “Bilkent” expresses the founder’s aim, because it represents abbreviation of “bilim kenti” which means in Turkish “city of science and knowledge.” Bilkent University is one of the best Turkish universities. The university has currently about 13,000 students; most of them are international students who enroll in various majors in 9 faculties and vocational schools.
Bilkent University was founded to provide an environment for learning and intellectual growth encompassing the sciences, technology, humanities and the arts, to serve human welfare and foster peace on earth. Education at Bilkent is not simply a means to obtain a vocation, a career. Instead, it endeavors to nurture students in the way of thinking and of learning to learn.
With its diverse educational programs, scientific and scholarly research endeavors, and artistic and cultural activities, Bilkent University aims to help students/individuals develop themselves as critical, analytical and independent thinkers and life-long learners, so that they may become the competent, creative, broad-minded, ethical and socially responsible leaders of tomorrow, who will contribute to the advancement of humanity.
The educational philosophy rests on the premise that those who produce new knowledge also have the best potential to impart it. Scholarly research at Bilkent extends across a wide spectrum. From nanoscience and nanotechnology to political science, from electronics to economics, from fine arts to management and industrial engineering, from philosophy to computer engineering, and in many other areas of science, letters and the performing arts, our academic staff and resources provide a uniquely integrated environment.
• It includes faculty members from about 40 different countries. Most of them worked at reputable universities in North America and Europe
• Because of the good communication between the faculty members and students, that enables students to discuss with professors and ask questions as a result of a reasonable number of students at the classrooms
• In order to enrich academic programs and research materials, Bilkent university has participated in collaborative projects and exchange programs with many of international Universities in different countries such as Australia, Japan, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America
• The university has a career center that helps students gain the necessary skills to compete in the labor market after graduation
• The university has a computer center, which provides comprehensive computing services to meet all the university’s administrative, educational and research requirements
• The university includes labs and scientific research laboratories equipped with the latest technologies and contains over 4000 computers
• The university has a graduate center, which aims to communicate with graduates in Turkey and abroad, to enhance their relations with the university
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Bilkent Programs
FACULTY OF ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
- Department of Architecture
- Department of Communication and Design
- Department of Fine Arts
- Department of Graphic Design
- Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design
- Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture
FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
- Department of Management
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
- Department of Economics
- Department of International Relations
- Department of Political Science and Public Administration
- Department of Psychology
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING
- Department of Computer Engineering
- Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND LETTERS
- Department of American Culture and Literature
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of English Language and Literature
- Department of Philosophy
FACULTY OF SCIENCE
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics
- Department of Physics
FACULTY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS
- Department of Music
SCHOOL OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
- Computer Technology and Information Systems
- Tourism and Hotel Management
Graduate School of Economics and Social Sciences
- Archaeology (MA)
- Business Administration (MBA, Executive MBA, MS, Ph.D.)
- Conference Interpreting (MA)
- Economics (MA, Ph.D.)
- Energy Economics, Policy and Security Program (EEPS) (MA)
- History (MA, Ph.D.)
- Interior Architecture and Environmental Design (MFA, PhD)
- International Affairs and Public Policy (MIAPP)
- International Relations (MA, Ph.D.)
- Law
– LL.M. in Law and Economics (without thesis)
– LL.M. in Private Law and Public Law (with thesis)
– Ph.D. in Private Law and Public Law - Media and Design (MFA)
- Media and Visual Studies (MA)
- Music (MA, PhD)
- Philosophy (MA, Ph.D.)
- Political Science (MA, Ph.D.)
- Psychology (MA, Ph.D.)
- Turkish Literature (MA, PhD)
Graduate School of Education
- Curriculum and Instruction (MA, Ph.D.)
- Curriculum and Instruction with Teaching Certificate (MA)
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (MA)
Graduate School of Engineering and Science
- Architecture (MS)
- Chemistry (MS, Ph.D.)
- Computer Engineering (MS, Ph.D.)
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering (MS, Ph.D.)
- Industrial Engineering (MS, Ph.D.)
- Materials Science and Nanotechnology (MS, Ph.D.)
- Mathematics (MS, Ph.D.)
- Mechanical Engineering (MS, Ph.D.)
- Molecular Biology and Genetics (MS, Ph.D.)
- Neuroscience (MS, Ph.D.)
- Physics (MS, Ph.D.)
- GE 590 / GE 690: Academic Practices
- GE 500: Research Methods and Academic Publication Ethics
