Computer Science and Engineering and Electronics Engineering Programs of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences have been accredited by MÜDEK as of 1 May 2016. MÜDEK (Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs) is the only authorized association in Turkey for accreditation of engineering undergraduate programs.

MÜDEK accreditation acknowledges the suitability of our Programs’ to high standards and expresses quality assurance. Accredited programs are eligible for “EUR-ACE Label” of the European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education. MÜDEK is also a full member of Washington Accord, multy-party accreditation recognition agreement under the umbrella of International Engineering Alliance.  

Our Economics Master’s Graduate Murat Şeker is inducted to Deputy Director-General of Finance Department of Turkish Airlines (THY).

Who is Murat Şeker?

Murat Şeker graduated from Marmara University Department of Industrial Engineering in 2000 . Şeker got his master’s degree in Economics from Sabancı University in 2002 and his doctorates degree in Economics from  Minnesota University in the United States of America in 2008.

A lecturer of “Economic growth and development”, “money and banking”, “public finance” areas, Şeker worked as an analyst at the Entrepreneurship Research Department under Financial and Private Sector Development of the World Bank in the USA between 2008-2011. He also worked as an economist at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department under the Vice Presidency of the World Bank again between 2011-2013. 

After returning to Turkey in  December 2013, he  worked  as Head of Investor Relations Department of Ziraat Bankası and  continued his duty as Head of Financial Institutions and Investor Relations Department since August 2014. 

Carrying on his duty as a member of board in Ziraat Investment, Life and Retirement, Ziraat Insurance Companies within Ziraat Bankası, Şeker also continues his academic studies alongside his business life.

Şeker is working as a part-time lecturer in Boğaziçi University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences since 2015.

Initiatives and entrepreneurs supported by SUCool, the pre-incubation center of Sabancı University Entrepreneurship Committee, continue to deliver success. Indoora, an idea supported by SUCool, became one of top 11 companies chosen to the Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy, which is listed among top 10 global accelerators. Founded in October 2013, Indoora provides indoor navigation systems through mobile devices.

Among hundreds of projects from 54 countries, 11 companies including Indoora were chosen to the Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy. Indoora will be assigned space in the 1000 m2 start-up center located at the heart of the start-up metropolis of Europe –Berlin. These 11 companies will be given office space for six months free of charge in addition to a €15,000 core funding and mentorship by over 150 entrepreneurs, investors and corporate partners. After a three-month program, start-up companies will introduce their initiatives at the Demo Day before participants including over 300 investors and press members.

Companies partnering with Startupbootcamp Smart Transportation & Energy include Airbus, Cisco, HERE, Kuehne + Nagel, Mercedes-Benz and Vinci.

A panel themed “Neoliberal globalization and populist trends: Turkey in global context” by the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), Sabancı University and Stiftung Mercator Initiative was held last week, with lecturers including Mercator-IPC Senior Researcher Çağlar Keyder and IPC Director Fuat Keyman.

A common reaction has already been formed against neoliberal globalization. Transnational economic streams have paced down since the 2008 crisis, while the number of social movements and political formations opposing the neoliberal ideology are on the rise.  Among developed countries, the populist tendency that emerged during the US election campaign draws special attention.  Candidates of both sides give their words to revert the dynamics caused by the post-1980 economy policies that impoverish especially the mid-class and workers by creating unemployment and uneven income distribution.  They also promise not to support the post-1980 Atlantic-Pacific trade treaties and arrangements – the most recent endeavors related to liberalization efforts.  Under electoral pressure, they have been creating platforms to bring Wall Street and the corporate lobbies in Washington to their knees.  Whatever the results may be, the government will certainly be playing a more autonomous role in terms of state-market equilibrium in the upcoming period.

In most European states, these trends seem to be social movements at the first stage, then translate to the political arena.  Scotland’s desire leave the over-liberal Britain and Britain’s withdrawal from the over-liberal EU Commission –Brexit– are a few examples from the West.  In almost every country from Continental Europe, nationalist and statist movements are on the boil: Workers in France opposing to the new labor law, Le Pen movement; anti-immigrant and statist PEGIDA and AfD in Germany; fascistic nationalism in Austria, Poland and Hungary, and above all, antipathy for the EU management in Brussels and speculations about disintegration.  States with no liberalism experience could relatively preserve their autonomy.  We still witness the rise of authoritarian populist leaders and state control in various countries.

Lecturers of this event discussed how the neoliberal global transformation, including Turkey, will proceed, what impact will it have on the economic equilibrium and how it will shape the future of political tendencies.

Sabancı University ranked first in the “Turkey's Favorite Universities” survey conducted every year by Bloomberg Businessweek in cooperation with Realta Consulting. The strength of Sabancı University is “Lectures and Educational System” say the voters.

This 3rd “Favorite Universities” survey was conducted between November-March 2016, with participation of 14,330 students from 80 universities.

58 questions including 4 open-ended were addressed to the students under 12 topics such as “Faculty”, “Academic Support”, “Evaluation and Feedback”, “Self-Improvement”, “Social Environment”, “Location, Transportation and Facilities”, “Student Services”, “Alumni Association”, “Career and Internship” and “General Satisfaction”. The aim of the survey was to determine the favorite universities of Turkey.

Speaking of their success, President of Sabancı University Nihat Berker said, “Sabancı Community decided to establish a global university led by Sabancı Foundation in 1994. We wanted to create a new and unique model that was not a reiteration of existing university models. Having opened its doors to the students in 1999, various universities are currently modeled on Sabancı University One of the top features that make Sabancı University different is its unique education system. Academic programs at Sabancı University are innovative and interdisciplinary.

Sabancı University gives its students the ability to choose their diploma programs at the end of first year. This unique education system allows students to get a real university experience with diversity and depth different from their previous education and the compulsory test approach exposed during the preparation to matriculation exam. The interdisciplinary approach at Sabancı university helps educate individuals in line with demands of business and academic world.

Thanks to the fundamentals of education system at Sabancı University based on the Foundations Development Program, students enroll in either Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the School of Management, or the Industry Engineering Program Group.

Students who enroll in Sabancı University get the chance to know different fields by choosing courses from different undergraduate programs in counselling of faculties. This enables students to discover their desires and skills, and consciously choose whatever they want from 13 programs.  This system not only aims to create “alumni comfortable with their diploma”, but also raises versatile individuals who are familiar with fundamentals of other disciplines.”

Sabancı University Executive MBA students went to Boston for “leadership” and “entrepreneurship” training and visited Boston One Campus, one of the five R&D centers of Schneider Electric located at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Having a chance to talk with Schneider Electric executives, EMBA students learned more about Schneider Electric.

During their visit to the Boston One Campus which is one of the 5 global R&D centers of Schneider Electric, the students found the opportunity to learn more from Schneider Electric executives about their corporate strategy and management.

The students also toured Schneider Electric's Global Design Center, a masterpiece with over 700 employees and over 8 million dollars' worth of Schneider Electric equipment, accompanied by Public and Strategic Affairs Director of Schneider Electric Turkey Cihan Karamık and EcoXpert Channel Director Ümit Deveci.

As part of their collaboration with MIT, Schneider Electric has been providing integrated building automation solutions to Hall E62 –the newest and most energy-effective building on the MIT campus– since 1995. Schneider Electric supplies 100 out of 120 buildings in the MIT campus with their products while StruxureWare Building Operation solutions are used in 8.

About Schneider Electric
Schneider Electric is a global expert in energy management and automation providing employment to over 160,000 in more than 100 countries for reliable, secure, efficient and environment-friendly energy management. As a company providing solutions and software services, from switch plugs to the most complex automation systems, Schneider Electric has been developing solutions for its customers to use energy in the most efficient ways possible. With €27 billion income in 2015, Schneider Electric shapes futures of other industries with technology, helps transform cities into smart ones and adds value to the organizations and lives of individuals. Schneider Electric believes ‘Life is on’.

www.schneiderelectric.com

A member of Steering Committee for Council of Higher Education (YÖK) since April 2015, Hasan Mandal was elected as a member of the “Academia Europaea”.  Number of academy members from Turkey became 20, including Hasan Mandal.  Most Turkish representation at the academy is from Sabancı and Bilkent Universities, four members each.

At their meeting on 26 June, The Council of the Academia Europaea confirmed the election of new members to the four Classes of humanities; social and related sciences; exact sciences and life sciences.

Following an extensive peer evaluation process, a number of eminent international scholars from across the continent of Europe were invited to accept membership in 2016.

The full list of the members is available at www.ae-info.org.

About Hasan Mandal

orn in Eskişehir Province of Turkey in 1965, Hasan Mandal graduated from METU Department of Metallurgical Engineering in 1987, and received his PhD from Newcastle University in 1992.

Mandal became an Assistant Professor in the Anadolu University Department of Ceramic Engineering in 1994. He assumed the title of Associate Professor in 1996, and Professor in 2001. He has authored over 125 studies, including 70 published in SCI-listed journals, and is holder of 6 international patents.

Professor Mandal has been the winner of several national and international awards including TÜBİTAK’s Science Award. He is the member of Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA), World Academy of Ceramics (WAC) and Academia Europaea.

Professor Mandal was the Dean of Faculty of Engineering and Architecture of Anadolu University between 2006-2010, and the Research and Graduate Policy Director and Vice President of Sabancı University between 2011-2015.

He was also Secretary General to the Engineering Deans Council of Turkey (MDK, 2006-2010), President to the Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC, 2009-2010), 1st Deputy Director of the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES, 2009-2011), Chair of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS, 2009-2011), Member of Board of Directors of GOSB Technopark and İnovent AŞ (2011-2015), Vice Chair of the Turkish National Platform for University-Industry Cooperation (2013-2015), and Chair of the Executive Committee of Technology Transfer Support Group of Turkey (TEMEG, 2012-2015).

Professor Mandal has been a Member of Executive Committee of the Higher Education Council since April 2015. He has also been representing the Higher Education Council of Turkey at the EU Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) and European University Association (EUA). He is a Permanent Member of the Executive Committee of ECerS and the Honorary President of ECerS for 2017.

About Academia Europaea

The Academia Europaea (formed in 1988) is the pan-European academy of science, humanities and letters, with a membership of over 3500 eminent scholars, drawn from all countries of Europe, and all disciplines, nationalities and geographical locations.

More information on Academia Europaea, regional information centers and Young Academy of Europe, and AE members and events is available at www.ae-info.org.

The students certifying that they have passed one of the national and/or  international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university are entitled to begin undergraduate programs.

The following international exams and minimum scores will exempt students from the SU Foundation Development Year.

According to the latest instruction letter for Foreign Language Exam Equivalencies issued by the Centre for Selection and Placement of Students in order for an exam to be accepted as equivalent, it must have taken place in a building owned by a state university.

Furthermore, according to an announcement on February 26th 2016, by the Centre for Selection and Placement of Students, certificates from exams which took place before the date of the announcement (February 26^th, 2016) will be considered as meeting requirements. If the application was made before the date of the announcement (February 26^th, 2016) and the exam took place within 30 days of the announcement, the certificate will also be considered as meeting requirements.

School of Languages Directorate

2015-2016 Fall Term Undergraduate Horizontal Transfer Applications

 Applications from universities other than Sabanci University (SU) and undergraduate programs within SU will be evaluated by the relevant Faculty Boards, in compliance with "Regulations on the Basis Concerning Horizontal Transfer among the Institutions of Higher Education at the Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degree Levels ," published by the Turkish Higher Education Board (YOK) and the rules adopted by Sabanci University. Applicants may be able to invited for the interviews,as required.
All application documents should be submitted to Sabanci University Student Resources Unit by July 22th, 2016. The related Faculty Administrative Committee evaluates transfer applications.
Evaluation results will be sent to the applicants in the written form. Delays due to the post will not be accepted. An interview will be organized for the candidates who are satisfying the application requirements during August 2, 2016. Applicants to be accepted to the programs will be determined as the result of the examination of the application documents by the related Faculty Administrative Council.

 APLICATIONS FROM UNIVERSITIES OTHER THAN SABANCI UNIVERSITY

General Rules for the Application Requirements:

1. Equality : The equality of the institutions and programs which candidates are to leave must have been recognized by YOK for the overseas applications.

2. Equivalence : Institutions and programs which candidates are to leave should be the equivalent of the Undergraduate Programs of SU.

3. Term Completion : Students who had completed first two semester of the undergraduate diploma programs can apply. Last two semester of the diploma programs can not be applied.

4. Grade Point Average : Applicants must possess a minimum cumulative grade point average GPA of 60/100 (2.29/4.00) or cumulative grade point average in the grade conversion table on the transcript. Candidates, applying from the universities implementing the grading system other than equivalency table of 4.00 and 100, should submit an official document and/or conversion table for the grades.

5. To Be Registered : Applicants must be registered in the current higher education institution as a student.

6. English Proficiency : The students certifying that they have passed one of the national and/or  international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university and the ones who have graduated from a higher education where the medium of instruction is English are exempted from English Language exam. In all other applicants, the students are required to pass the English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE). Those candidates who fail to attend or get a satisfactory score in the exam are obliged to attend and successfully complete a full course of English Language Preparation in order to continue with undergraduate courses. Failure to complete this course successfully will result in termination of enrollment at Sabancı University.

7. Education Period : The total periods required to complete the program and those formerly passed must not exceed the maximum education period of 14 terms.

Application Documents:

All documents must have been ofically prepared in english or turkish languages. It is necessary to attach the Turkish or English notarized translations besides the original documents prepared in other languages.

1. Application Form and Application Fee : Applicants who apply for more than one program must fill just one Application Form. The form must have been fotocopied as many as the number of programs applied for and the bank receipt for the payment of the non-refundable fee of 320 TL to the SABANCI University account numbered 30727 (IBAN NO: TR87 0004 6007 1388 8000 0307 27) with Akbank SABANCI University Branch must be attached to each form. Applicants for sophomore year should indicate the program set related to the graduation program they wished to study on their application form. The departments of these applicants will be determined in accordance with Sabancı University Undergraduate Education Regulations.
2. The Certificates of Examination Results : There must be a copy of OSYS certificate used for the admittance to the institutions the applicants are to leave for the applicants from domestic universities,including higher education associations in KKTC and those mentioned in the OSYM guide. 

       For  applicants, holding TR citizenship,  from overseas universities, should have one of the documents stated below:

In case of applications submitted from abroad, prospective students that are Turkish nationals must prove that they obtained the minimum score required to be placed in the relevant undergraduate program (185 points) in the OSYS exams administered in the year they are admitted to the university abroad or satisfied the requirements regarding any of the following examinations and minimum results.

• SAT 1 (min 1500/2400 score totally for Faculty of Engineering and Natural Science, min 1500/2400 score totally for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and School of Management),
• ACT, Math, Science reasoning and total 21/36,
• GCE A Level Certificate (min. 2 courses),
• ABITUR (1-4 diploma score),
• International Baccalaureate  (IB min 24/45 diploma score),
• Matura (2/1 diploma score),
• French Bakalorya (min 10/20 diploma score).  
• Maturita (min 70/100 diploma score)

Foreign national students should submit one of the tests/diplomas stated in the below link.

http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/sites/default/files/copy_of_2016-2017_uluslararasi_sinav_listesi_final-tr-revised_last.pdf

3. Transcript : An official document demonstrating all GPA's, grades, and all accepted courses from Student Affairs Office of the higher education institution the applicant is enrolled in.

4. Detailed Description and Contents of The Courses : There must be documents with the contents and detailed descriptions of the courses indicated on the candidate's transcript. It will be useful for the overseas applicants to attach catalogs giving information about the foreign institutions or documents like these.

 5. English Proficiency Exam Result: The document certifying that the student has passed one of the national and/or international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university (accepted by the University) or an official document indicating the program's education language prepared by the Student Affairs Office of the university the applicant is enrolled in(preferably enclosed) (for the fully English teaching institution) If the information is also indicated on the transcript, no more document is required.

6. Student Certificate :The document demonstrating that the applicant is a student of the institution prepared by the Student Affairs Office of the university the applicant is registered in.

7. Certificate of Disciplinary Standing: The document indicating the disciplinary standing for the domestic applicants (preferably enclosed prepared by the Student Affairs Office at the university applicant is enrolled in)

8. Letter of Recommendation : Min 2, preferably 3 letters of recommendation (enclosed). Sample letter is attached to the Application Form.

9. High School Diploma : It is useful for the applicants graduated from domestic high schools to attach approved copy of their high school diploma and for the applicants graduated from overseas high schools to attach notarized turkish translations of their high school diploma and certificate of diploma equivalence from Turkish Ministry of Education - Teaching and Training Board. This certificate will be required later if the applicant is accepted.

10. The Passport Pages: Those pages with photo and identification information and approved photocopies of the pages relating to the years of education in the foreign higher education institutions for the overseas applicants.

11. The Document of Return from Abroad : The official writing indicating the state of the applicants whose parents have returned to Turkey upon completion of their offical duty or their working lives abroad.

12. Financial assurance to have education in Sabancı University (required for foreign students admitted.)

13. Copies of certificates, courses, internships, sports competitions with rewards taken before.  

 Quotas:

2016-2017 Fall Semester Dormitory Applications

Details of application for undergraduate and graduate students who wish to use dormitory facilities in the 2016-2017 AcademicYear are given below.

• Please first log on to the student information system (bannerweb.sabanciuniv.edu) to access the application form.
• Applications will begin on 18.07.2016 at 10:00 and end on 21.08.2016 at 22:00.
• Dormitory applications just can be make on the online system and placement results of all students applying online will be announced on the web on 05.09.2016 at 14:00.
• When selecting roommates, please ensure that the roommate you have selected also selects you. Otherwise the system will disregard one-sided selections and may assign you to different rooms.
• You can update and even cancel your online application until the deadline.
• In the event that enrolled students who are assigned a room wish to terminate their dormitory occupancy without a valid reason, they will not be able to access their online dormitory application form for coming semester.

Dormitory fee payment information:

The dormitory fees for our undergraduate and graduate students in the first semester of the       2016-2017 Academic Year are listed below for as a reminder and the payment required to be paid to between the dates 05.09.2016 and 09.09.2016 under this system.

Dormitory Fees (September  2016 - June 2017) / Per person (VAT included)

Undergraduates        1. Semester    2. Semester    Total Annual Fee

4 person rooms           3.200 TL         3.200 TL         6.400 TL

2 person rooms           4.550 TL         4.550 TL         9.100 TL

Graduates                  1. Semester    2. Semester    Total Annual Fee

2  person rooms          4.550 TL         4.550 TL         9.100 TL

1  person rooms          6.000 TL         6.000 TL         12.000 TL

Studio apartment         6.250 TL         6.250 TL         12.500 TL

Deposit 950 TL (Undergaduate&Graduate, paid once when entering.)