Ventures and entrepreneurs supported by Sabancı University Entrepreneurship Council's pre-incubation center SUCool enjoy great success in Turkey and the world. Raklet, a SUCool-supported venture, was accepted to Microsoft's venture acceleration center and will work at Microsoft Ventures in Berlin for three months. Raklet will also make a presentation in the Demo Day on June 29, 2016 in Berlin.

Raklet also found the opportunity to participate in Hannover Messe, one of the most influential trade shows in the business, and meet with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Following appointments with US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Satya Nadella met with startups in the Microsoft Ventures Accelerator. One of the ventures that had a 45-minute appointment with Satya Nadella was Raklet. To date, 80% of Microsoft Ventures startups received an average funding of 2.1 million dollars.
Raklet’s appointment with Satya Nadella focused on 1 billion dollars of Azure Cloud support provided to foundations, associations and universities through Microsoft Philantrophies, and how Raklet helped these institutions develop. Raklet founder and Galatasaray University faculty member Assistant Professor Gönen Eren said, “Raklet enables institutions to build their own social network and increase their revenues, which leads to growth, development, and more benefits to the society."

About Raklet: 

Raklet is an integrated social platform that enables associations, foundations and nongovernmental organizations to keep their membership information current, send emails and text messages, collect membership fees and donations, and sell event tickets.

Professor Stupp will provide a lecture on Nanotechnology for energy and advanced medicine (see details below). This presentation will be followed by a networking and cocktails session. The events are open to the entire Northwestern community as well as alumni and friends of our peer U.S. and Turkish institutions.

There is no fee to attend these events, but space is limited and advance registration is required.

Event Details

Friday, May 27, 2016

Sabanci University

Karakoy Minerva Palas

Bankalar Caddesi No:2, 

Karakoy, 34420 Istanbul

Lecture - Nanotechnology for Energy and Advanced Medicine

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Post-Lecture All-Alumni Networking Cocktail

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Nanotechnology for Energy and Advanced Medicine 

Professor Sam Stupp will discuss recent scientific advances that will impact the development of new technologies for advanced medicine and energy.  These advances are rooted in research on nanotechnology, chemistry and materials science, all areas of great strength at Northwestern. One example he will present about advanced medicine research is the design of new therapies to regenerate tissues and organs such as bone, the brain, heart muscle, cartilage, and others. In the area of energy, Professor Stupp will discuss efforts to create new materials that can generate fuels or convert carbon dioxide into useful chemicals when exposed to the sun.

About Samuel Stupp

Samuel Stupp is Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University. He directs the Simpson Querrey Institute for BioNanotechnology and the Energy Frontiers Research Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science funded by the Department of Energy. Professor Stupp is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Spanish Royal Academy.  He is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the Materials Research Society, and his awards include the Department of Energy Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Materials Chemistry, the Materials Research Society Medal Award, the American Chemical Society Award in Polymer Chemistry, the American Chemical Society Ronald Breslow Award for Achievement in Biomimetic Chemistry, and the International Award from The Society of Polymer Science in Japan.  He has received honorary doctorates from Eindhoven Technical University in the Netherlands, the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, and the National University of Costa Rica. 

http://stupp.northwestern.edu/vitae/index.html

http://www.chemistry.northwestern.edu/people/core-faculty/profiles/samue...

The USA Alumni Meeting took place over a nice dinner on Saturday, May 7th, at the Columbia University, Lerner Hall (New York).

Representing the University, in attendance were Güler Sabancı, President Nihat Berker, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Ayşe Kadıoğlu, School of Management Dean Füsun Ülengin, Faculty Members Atilla Yaprak and Emre Haitpoğlu, SU Marketing and Institutional Communications Director Berna Özkul, Alumni Relations & Career Development Manager Şule Yalçın and SUMED President Zeynep Bahar. At the event the University representatives met with about 70 alumni (Total 104 participants) living in the USA, many of which who are either continuing their education and professional.

The alumni shared their projects and success stories with the other attendees at the event. Many in attendance also made a gift toward the "SU USA Alumni Scholarship", supporting current SU students that are academically successful, yet have a financial burden, in receiving their education.

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Alumni Relations Office

02164839352

alumni@sabanciuniv.edu

Students who have Bachelor's, Master's or Doctorate diplomas or students enrolled at universities other than Sabancı University can apply to the courses offered by Sabancı University to participate as special students. The candidates apply for special student status should firstly meet the requirements determined by the relevant Faculty/Graduate School for the level of English.

• To be registered as a student in a higher education institution to be able to take a course from undergraduate level,
• To be registered as a student in, or to be graduated from a higher education institution to be able to take a course from graduate level

Approval for special student application can not be considered as the approval of any diploma programs. Special students are not considered as Sabancı University student and can not benefit from the student rights.

 Transcript on which courses registered and course grades are printed can be given on demand to special students.

Deadline for application: May 30,2016.

2015-2016 Academic Year Summer School Special Student Application

2015-2016 Academic Year Summer School Modern Turkish Language Application

Mailing Address:
Sabancı University
Student Resources Unit
Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Cd. No:27
34956 Orhanlı-Tuzla
İSTANBUL, TR

Phone: 0216 483 90 93
Fax: 0216 483 90 73

E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu, ssadmission@sabanciuniv.edu

Sabancı School of Management entered into a partnership with the Executive Education program at Columbia Business School, one of the leading business schools of the world with a century of experience. The partnership will enable Sabancı University Executive MBA students to attend a two-week Executive Education leadership program at Columbia Business School in New York. 

The cooperation agreement between Sabancı University School of Management and Columbia Business School will enable Sabancı University Executive MBA students to attend a two-week leadership program in New York. Participants will attend lectures by Columbia Business School faculty and visit companies in the business capital of the world to gain a better understanding of the global business environment.

The first step in the partnership was taken with the signature ceremony at Columbia University on Friday, May 6, 2016.  Attending the meeting were Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, President Professor Nihat Berker, School of Management Dean Professor Füsun Ülengin, Glenn Hubbard, Dean of Columbia Business School, and Associate Dean of Executive Education Mike Malefakis.

“We are lifting up the careers of Executive MBA participants to the premier league”

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı said, "This agreement between Columbia Business School and our School of Management is an innovative step towards greater achievements and international partnership. This agreement will empower our School of Management to continue being a center of attraction and excellence in its field. Through this partnership with Columbia Business School Executive Education, we are taking the careers of Executive MBA participants to the premier league. I am confident that business leaders in Turkey will make the most of this opportunity and achieve great gains."

Sabancı University School of Management Dean Professor Füsun Ülengin said, “The Sabancı School of Management has been among the leading business schools in Turkey since our university was established. The School proved its quality of education by earning the AACSB Accreditation and was listed among the top Executive MBA programs by Financial Times. Our next objective is to run for regional leadership with such international partnerships. Business leaders today are expected not only to have an excellent grasp of their own country and the business environment there, but also to to have global competencies and international experience. Sharing of academic knowledge as well as local and regional experience within this partnership will expand the vision of both schools. The international experience will create unprecedented learning opportunities for both the participants and our institutions. As the School of Management, we will continue to make the best investments for our students in the future."

Associate Dean of Columbia Business School Executive Education, Mike Malefakis, said, “Columbia Business School Executive Education welcomes the opportunity to partner with Sabanci School of Management.  We are excited to offer Sabanci students the opportunity to learn from our world-renown thought leaders and to provide access to leading business practitioners here at the very center of business.  Our hope is that this experience will allow Turkish executives to take the lessons learned here and put them into practice in Turkey or wherever they chose to operate next in the world.” 

Nanographene wins third prize in the 5th Automotive Project Marketplace

SUNUM researcher Assistant Professor Burcu Saner Okan and Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Professor Yusuf Menceloğlu won the third prize with Nanographene in the 5th Automotive Project Marketplace and 5th Component Design Contest held by the Uludağ Automotive Exporters Association (OİB) under the auspices of the Turkish Ministry of Economy and guidance of the Exporters' Assembly of Turkey on May 5 and 6, 2016 at the Tübitak MAM / Tüsside Gebze Campus.

The graphene material manufactured by Nanografen, a company established in December 2013, is used as a lightweight alternative for car bodies, making the structure safer and more resilient. Burcu Saner Okan received the prize from Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Fikri Işık.

SAS and Sabancı University Join Forces for Big Data Analytics

SAS Turkey became the analytical partner of the Sabancı University Big Data Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Laboratory as part of a project within the SAS Global Academic Program. Turkey's first big data lab will use advanced analytical methods with the support of SAS to make the big data held by businesses usable and meaningful, and train students to embrace an analytical vision.

SAS, a global leader in analytics, carries out the SAS Global Academic Program with universities and corporations around the world to support work on data science and advanced analytics. As part of the SAS Global Academic Program that includes more than 3000 universities worldwide, SAS Turkey became the analytical partner to the Sabancı University "Big Data Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Laboratory”, Turkey's first big data lab.

Speaking in the signature ceremony, Sabancı University President Professor A. Nihat Berker said, "Thanks to developing technologies and online networks, it is easier than ever to access information. This led to an abundance of data sources and data. What matters today is not simply accessing data, but using and interpreting data in an easy and accurate way. Since our establishment, joint projects and collaboration with the industry have been among our top priorities. At the Sabancı University Big Data Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Lab, we will compile data that sits suspended in the digital universe, and give them social meaningfulness. This will turn the data held by businesses into usable and meaningful information. We believe that our partnership with SAS will significantly boost our efforts in this area."

Also speaking at the signature ceremony, SAS Turkey General Manager Hakan Erdemli said, "The SAS Global Academic Program includes over 3000 universities worldwide, and we joined this program with Sabancı University as our partner. We are tremendously excited to be the analytical partner of Turkey's first big data lab. We support academic institutions with data science and advanced analytics in this project, helping students acquire an analytical vision before they start their careers while also showing how businesses can turn their data into usable and meaningful information."

The Big Data Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Laboratory is founded by Sabancı University in association with MIT and the strategic partnerships of Akbank and SAS, and carries out research in close collaboration with MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group researchers and faculty. Sabancı University Big Data Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Laboratory Director Associate Professor Burçin Bozkaya said, “This multifaceted agreement signed between SAS Turkey and Sabancı University contains elements of cooperation in both research and training. The analytical software support provided by SAS Turkey will help us continue our research efforts in the Behavioral Analysis and Visualization Lab, while the training they offer will help the graduates of our new Business Analytics master's and PhD programs acquire the qualifications required of them by businesses as well as academic institutions. As a result, this partnership is important to us and we believe that we will generate outcomes that are highly effective for Turkey."

The 3rd Sabancı University Search Conference took place at the Sabancı University campus on March 19 and 20, 2016.

Topics discussed in the Search Conference included prevalent trends in higher education, the design of the ideal university of the future, and the current situation of Sabancı University. Brainstorming and workshop sessions were held on the future of the university. The Search Conference was joined by 62 Sabancı University members and non-members from 10 countries. Participants included Sabancı University Board of Trustees members, faculty and alumni, academics, nongovernmental organization representatives and business executives.

In the introductory remarks, Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı said that the founders of Sabancı University decided to have the first Search Conference 20 years ago, when the university was at the concept stage, and start the journey to build the "ideal global university." Güler Sabancı continued: "The participants of that conference put in great efforts to create the collective reason that defined what a global university looked like. Our university's motto of 'creating and developing together', the philosophy of our university, and many attributes that make us unique also emerged from that conference." Güler Sabancı added that they discussed where Sabancı University was and where the university intended to be in the next ten years at the 2nd Search Conference held in April 2006.

Güler Sabancı said: “We decided to hold a Search Conference every 10 years. Today, we continue to work with the same enthusiasm to discuss trends in education over the next decade and assess the opportunities and challenges that may face Sabancı University."

How will education look like in the future?  Trends in Higher Education

Two trends became manifest at the end of the two-day intensive conference moderated by Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Oğuz Babüroğlu.  

These trends were defined as "personalized education" and "increasing civil involvement." The overarching theme of the outputs was to preserve Sabancı University's existing structure while personalizing university practices, while striving for further industry and society integration at the same time.

Components of search conference outputs

A summary of outputs regarding the functions expected of a university follows.

1. Undergraduate education: Designing an education process that starts at high school level and continues beyond university education to introduce progressively higher value,
2. Research and civic involvement: Adopting a research philosophy that generates more solutions for social issues, and operating diverse and cross-disciplinary centers to implement these solutions.

It was noted that Sabancı University was a trendsetter in Turkish higher education and that it was critical that this is maintained.

The importance of “cross-disciplinary” centers in the future growth of Sabancı University was emphasized. Participants agreed to evolve these centers in a way that they will generate knowledge useful to the public while maintaining enough resilience to be integrated into personalized education. Also emphasized in this regard was the importance of the transformation that the teaching and project execution methods of faculty members must go through in order to keep up with the new trends.

Based on the outputs of the conference, three working groups on Undergraduate Education, Centers and Graduate Studies, and Governance will be established to design the action plans that will later be implemented at Sabancı University. The members and scopes of work for these groups have been established, and the groups will begin work under the direction of Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Oğuz Babüroğlu. The working groups are expected to complete preparatory work until the commencement of the new 5-Year Strategic Plan in the 2017-2018 academic year.

Graduate students will be accepted for the 2016-2017 Fall Semester leading to the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in the following programs.
Detailed information on research areas including basic sciences can be obtained at http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu.

Academic inquiries should only be posted to contact names for each program given below; for administrative or procedure related questions please contact to Student Resources Office.
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093, E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Biological Sciences and Bioengineering
The program emphasizes the latest developments and technological innovations in this globally emerging field. Areas of specialization include molecular and cellular biology, bioinformatics, and plant biotechnology.

Academic Contact: Batu Erman,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9530, 
E-mail: batu@sabanciuniv.edu 

Computer Science and Engineering
Research areas; natural language processing, pattern recognition, formal methods, software engineering, cryptography and information security, network security, computer architectures, distributed systems, database systems, data mining, computer graphics and virtual reality, embedded systems, knowledge representation and reasoning.

Academic Contact: Selim Saffet Balcısoy,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9569,
E-mail: balcisoy@sabanciuniv.edu

Electronics Engineering 
Research areas; wireless communication, wireless networks, sensor networks, signal, speech and image processing, computer vision, pattern recognition, data networks, RF, microwaves, antennas and propagation, RF MEMS and RF Circuit design, photonics and fiber optic telecommunication, high-speed electronic devices, microsensors and microelectromechanical systems, medical and industrial ultrasonic imaging, medical instrumentation, analog and digital VLSI design, ASIC and FPGA design, computer-aided design and testing.

Academic Contact İlker Hamzaoğlu,
Phone: (216) 483 9577,
E-mail: hamzaoğlu@sabanciuniv.edu

 
Industrial Engineering 
The program focuses on production and service systems, integrated manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics, joint inventory-pricing decisions, product development process, modeling and analysis of manufacturing processes and equipment, manufacturing and technology strategies, fuzzy systems, combinatorial optimization and operations research approaches to telecommunication and energy systems. Emphasis is given to close collaboration with the industry.

Academic Contact: Murat Kaya
Phone: (216) 483 9622,
E-mail:mkaya@sabanciuniv.edu

Manufacturing Engineering  

The Manufacturing Engineering program focuses on advanced manufacturing technologies. The research areas include manufacturing processes and equipment, computer-aided design and manufacturing, integrated manufacturing systems, additive manufacturing (3D printing), biomanufacturing, nano-micro manufacturing, composite and polymer manufacturing, and manufacturing and technology strategies with special emphasis on industrial applications.

Academic Contact: Erhan Budak
Phone: (216) 483 9519,
E-mail:ebudak@sabanciuniv.edu

Materials Science and Engineering  
The program focuses on the interrelationships between structure, properties, and processing of materials for advanced technological applications.  Areas of ongoing research include semiconductors, synthetic and biological polymers, ceramics and composites at the nanometer scale, with particular emphasis on applications in nano-technology.

Academic Contact: Özge Akbulut,
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9968 ,
E-mail: ozgeakbulut@sabanciuniv.edu

Mechatronics Engineering  
Research areas;  smart product design, multi-disciplinary design optimization, topology design optimization, metamaterials, microsystems, intelligent control systems, robotics, machine vision, haptics, computer aided engineering, renewable energy systems, embedded systems, process control, hydro-turbines, advanced seals, turbine blade reverse engineering. Two-phase flow, Boiling heat transfer, MEMS, Boiling instabilities in microsystems, Convective heat transfer, Critical Heat Flux, Microchannels, Cavitation, Micro- and Nanofluidics, Micro pin-fins, Cross flow, Electronics cooling, Miniaturization of heat sinks

Academic Contact: Serhat Yeşilyurt,
Telefon: +90 (216) 483 9579,
E-posta: syesilyurt@sabanciuniv.edu

Mathematics  
The program emphasizes the interaction between pure mathematics and its applications, including those leading to interdisciplinary work. The main areas of concentration are number theory and algebra with applications in coding theory and cryptography, analysis and applications.

Academic Contact: Semih Onur Sezer,
Phone: (216) 483 9586,
E-mail: sezer@sabanciuniv.edu

Physics
In condensed matter physics the main research areas are experimental and theoretical semiconductor physics, mesoscopic and nanoscopic physics, and superconductivity. In high energy astrophysics, X-, gamma ray and optical obervations of compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) and their environments are the main areas of interest. Other research fields are quantum information and high energy physics.

Academic Contact: İnanç Adagideli,
Phone: (216) 483 9605,
E-posta: adagideli@sabanciuniv.edu

For Admisson :
Admission Requirements and the Necessary Documents for Graduate School of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by  August 31th, 2016  

Financial Support:
Financial support is available in the form of a monthly stipend and/or tuition waiver. Decisions on scholarship will be made by the Admissions Committee.

Deadline:
Applications must be submitted by May 13^rd, 2016 After initial screening, interviews will be scheduled for potential candidates during May 23^rd – June 3^rd,  2016 Applicants will be informed by e-mail. It is highly recommended to check e-mails for candidates.

For Online Application: https://admission.sabanciuniv.edu
 

The Graduate Admissions Calendar

Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: To be announced

Computer Science and Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Written Exam*: 30 May 2016 /09:00 AM / room G035
 Interview**    : 30 May & 31 May / room 2072
GRE Subject Test: 

Starting from 2013-2014 Spring applications, the CS program will request a GRE Subject test score from all international applicants. For 2016-2017 Fall semester applicants, please be aware that a GRE Subject Test score would strengthen your application; so submit your score document, if you have already taken the test. 

Electronics Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: 1 June 2016 /starting at 09:00 AM /room 1040

 
Industrial Engineering  (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: 26 May 2016 / starting at 09:00 AM  /room 2072

Manufacturing Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)

Interview** : 7 June 2016 /starting at 09:00 AM /room 2072

Materials Science and Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: 1 June 2016 /09:00 / room 2072

Mechatronics Engineering (MSc. / PhD.)
Interview**: To be announced

Mathematics (MSc. / PhD.)
Written Exam*: 25 May 2016 / 09:00/ room 2008

Interview**     : 25 May 2016 / 10:00/ room 2008

Physics (MSc./PhD)
Written Exam*: To be announced
 Interview**     : To be announced

( The written exam covers the topics of the first & second year introductory physics, the third & fourth year classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. Applicants who provide GRE Physics subject test scores may be exempt from the written exam.)


*All candidates are required to attend the admission exam at the given date.

**Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.
 

Applications:

Online applications are accepted via http://admission.sabanciuniv.edu/ . Application documents (official exam results, transcript, etc..) should be uploaded on the online system and application packages be submitted either in person or post by mail to the address below. Please note that print-out of the completed application form should also be added to the application package. The packages sent via mail must arrive at the department by the application deadline. Applications sent via e-mail are not accepted.

Warning! All the application documents become property of Sabancı University. It is suggested to keep the original reports of TOEFL, GRE and ALES scores, and apply with the copies of those test scores. But please note that the originals must be produced at the time of registration to Sabancı University.