Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum Director Dr. Melsa Ararat spoke at the "Roundtable Meeting on Supporting and Sustaining Women's Participation in Reputable Jobs in Turkey" held by the French Development Agency.

On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, Melsa Ararat delivered a presentation on "Violence against Women and Workplaces" in the panel discussion titled "Violence against Women: What Are the Reactions of Turkish Businesses?" at the Palais de France. The moderator of the session on gender equality in the workplace, workplace harassment, domestic violence and the role of businesses was Zeynep Jale KANDUR, External Relations Manager of the Human Development and Social Education Foundation (İGETEV). Feyza Altun Meriç, attorney-at-law, was also a panelist.

Melsa Ararat discussed the results of the Impact of Domestic Violence on White-Collar Workers and Businesses Survey and explained the content of the Business Against Domestic Violence Policy Development and Implementation Guide, saying "By providing organizational support to the sufferers of domestic violence, creating an organizational culture that is intolerant of violence, and making this culture a part of official company policies, businesses may help to change gender perceptions. The main benefit of these policies will be higher effectiveness, a more peaceful working environment, less downtime and fewer accidents. Policies include measures that prevent the workplace from becoming a target of violence as well. The guide was prepared to help businesses on this matter." The guide containing policy examples was prepared with the support of the UN Population Fund and the participation of TÜSİAD member companies. Sections of the guide include:

•    Steps for creating company policies
•    Expanding external communication and interaction networks
•    Organizations to consult regarding domestic violence
•    Project steps and checklist
•    Example policy
•    Platforms
•    Best business practices in domestic violence
•    Social responsibility projects directed at domestic violence
•    Legal framework

The roundtable focused on two priority areas of ensuring women's participation in and sustainability of reputable jobs and outlined possible roles, opportunities, and the strategic participation of the French Development Agency in Turkey.

Secondary objectives of the roundtable meetings were:

•    Identifying critical obstacles that prevent women's participation in reputable jobs and ensuring the sustainability of their participation, and determining priorities that will contribute further to women's presence in high-quality employment;
•    Emphasizing learnings and best practices regarding women's participation in reputable jobs and ensuring the sustainability of their participation;
•    Discover and define the measures and approaches required for women's participation in reputable jobs and ensuring the sustainability of their participation

From 2005 to 2014, Sabancı University proposed 674 projects to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) as reflected in the institution's General Academic Support Statistics. TÜBİTAK approved 308 of these projects and provided TL 65,885,000 in support.

TÜBİTAK disclosed the amounts of support provided to universities from 2005 to 2014. According to the institution's statistics, TÜBİTAK received 54,219 project submissions from 157 universities, accepted 13,426 submissions and provided an aggregate support of TL 2,312,603,228. Sabancı University received TL 65,885,000 in support, which accounts for 3% of the total support received by 157 universities. 

10 universities received approximately 50% of the total support with 5,217 accepted submissions. 

The top 10 universities that received the most support, including Sabancı University, were entitled to TL 1,165,592,00 of support from TÜBİTAK with 5,217 out of 16,852 submissions accepted. These 10 universities received approximately 50% of the total support provided by TÜBİTAK.

As of December 2015, Sabancı University has an active research fund of TL 80 million with 210 projects, of which 120 are supported by TÜBİTAK for a total of TL 51 million.

The fifth Akkök Executive Development Program held by Sabancı University Executive Development Unit - EDU begins. 

The opening of the fifth Akkök Executive Development Program held by Sabancı University Executive Development Unit - EDU in association with Akkök Holding took place at Sabancı University.

Attending the opening ceremony were Akkök Holding Human Resources Coordinator Özlem Özbatır and Sabancı University Executive Development Unit – EDU Director Dr. Cüneyt Evirgen. So far, 80 Akkök employees have been certified by the Akkök Executive Development Program, and the fifth edition will provide training to 21 mid-level managers.

Speaking at the ceremony, Akkök Holding Human Resources Coordinator Özlem Özbatır said that they were delighted to hold the fifth Akkök Executive Development Program aimed to improve the competencies of mid-level managers. “We are confident that the program with the Sabancı University Executive Development Unit will make a tremendous contribution to the development of our people" said Özbatır.

Sabancı University School of Management will host a lecture by Hans Peter Bech, one of the bestselling authors on Amazon.com and a writer of an influential blog on the leadership of information technologies in the global market, as part of the M407 Sales Management course on Monday, April 4, 2016.

In his lecture at the Cinema Hall, Hans Peter Bech will discuss the benefits of the ever-shrinking barriers to market entry as well as the challenges posed by progressively narrower windows of opportunity that have an influence on the information technologies industry. Bech will talk about competitive products and services that emerge in the information technologies market almost daily, and the difficulty of maintaining leadership in the market.

Hans Peter Bech will also discuss the Moors Law, explaining why the same laws are not applied to ratings of software-based products and services, and the common cost of sales and marketing.

The challenges Bech will address in his lecture will include cash flow, finding and retaining talent, and talent management. Bech will explain why the requirement of competence and experience for marketing and sales operations on a global level pose challenges to information technology companies.

About Hans Peter Bech:
Hans Peter Bech is an Amazon bestselling author, and a blogger on issues related to growing software driven companies to global market leadership. Bech is the author of several books and numerous whitepapers on international business development in the software industry, and facilitates workshops for software executives in the TBK Academy®. Bech holds an M.Sc. in macroeconomics and political science from the University of Copenhagen, and provides consultancy services to public agencies and companies.

Program:
Date: Monday, April 4, 2016
Time: 13:30 – 14:30
Place: Cinema Hall

Science and art had been courses in two distinct Faculties so far. They were completely separate: you either studied natural sciences or fine arts. Come to think of it, isn't nature or even the universe itself a form of science, which in turn creates a flawless form of art? 

Helen Donis-Keller is a professor of biology and art in Olin College.She is a scientist and artist who has taken part in cancer and treatment research on the one hand, and managed to blend her research with art on the other.Last week, she began her lecture at the Minerva Palas titled “Molecular Biology and Visual Arts: My Journey" by saying that biology and art had a lot in common, assuming that we are already aware of this.

She spoke about Leonardo da Vinci, one of the first persons to focus on both science and art, and Ernst Haeckel, explaining their work. She also discussed Theo Jansen's Strandbeest. She said that there had always been and would always be people who, like her, had dedicated themselves equally to science and the arts. That is because, unbeknownst to us, art and science have a lot in common. 

They are like the two faces of a coin. Science can appear wherever there is art, and art is in everything called science. The problem was that a person only interested in art was an "artist" but not a "scientist" at the same time.

What are the similarities between a scientist and an artist whose material is "nature"?

According to Donis-Keller, both view the world through their own lens and help us make sense of events and beings; the only difference is one has to do this by performing experiments and using objective data –because a scientist always has to be true and accurate– while the other presents their subjective, personal interpretation. Both publish and display their work and want us to view them, because their work is the fruit of a long and arduous effort. 

What is Helen Donis-Keller's work in biology?

Donis-Keller was part of a research group working on the MEN2A tumor, which is known to appear and cause cancer in the endocrine system, and the mutations of the RET gene. It was observed that the tumor could undergo genetic mutations that made it permanent in individuals and carried it across generations. Although there is no known effective drug at the moment, a test was developed to predict the occurrence of the MEN2A tumor in individuals and to make early detection possible. This test analyzes genes in the endocrine system to determine whether there is a mutation that could occur in the future. If present, it is removed by thyroid surgery. 

How does this connect to art?

Donis-Keller had quite a different approach to this. Her work on genetic sequences and their effect on phenotype, or outer appearance, fascinated her from an artistic perspective and she decided to create "art" based on this.  Her series called "Genotype: Phenotype" compared the possible genotypes that may emerge from her own DNA sequence and the phenotypes that these genotypes may create, came up with 176 different phenotypes based on 6 genotype sequences, and attempted to recreate these phenotypes using Photoshop on her own Sam's Club Card picture.

The results are astonishing.

Genotype: Phenotype Wall Piece, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2002

Donis-Keller's work was first exhibited in 2001 at Tufts University, and a selection from the series was then exhibited in many different exhibition areas around the world.  

Donis-Keller says that many elements in nature have different phenotypes that we may observe, explaining how she was partly inspired by nature and the elements in it. Donis-Keller explains that these elements were formed by the massively powerful force of nature which she admired, and concluded the lecture with a slideshow of nature photographs she took in Iceland, titled "Encounter with Icelandic Elements." 

Photos: helendonis-keller.com

Article: Neslihan Kandolu / Sabancı University

Publications on Gender

Numerous publications and dissertations have been on gender have been written in Sabancı University so far. Among these are “Türkiye’de Kadına Yönelik Şiddet Araştırması - Study on Violence against Women in Turkey” by Sabancı University Faculty Member Associate Professor Ayşe Gül Altınay and Boğaziçi University Faculty Member Professor Yeşim Arat, which has been recognized as Turkey's most comprehensive study on the subject and won a Duygu Asena Award; the book “İşte Böyle Güzelim” by Sabancı University Associate Professors Hülya Adak and Ayşe Gül Altınay and Sabancı University alumni Esin Düzel and Nilgün Bayraktar; and “Vatan Millet Kadınlar” edited by Sabancı University Associate Professor Ayşe Gül Altınay.

Dicle Koğacıoğlu Essay Awards

The Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Gender and Women’s Studies Forum established the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Essay Awards in honor of academic and activist Dicle Koğacıoğlu, who passed away in 2010. The awards are given annually to encourage the work of young researchers on the society and culture of Turkey from a perspective of gender.

Gendered Steps: Gender and Memory Tours

Gender and Memory Tours invites young individuals to revisit the historical, social and political relationships that shape the city we live in through alternative perspectives focusing on gender. Which locations in the city bear traces of social memories tied to persons or events - or don't? How does tracing memories that are not publicly visible change our relationship with the city we live in and its places? How does gender shape our perception of the city, our relationship to it, and social memory? Gender-focused memory tours seek to better understand these relationships and open new windows overlooking the city.

The pilot tour was held by Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum in association with Karakutu Derneği in September 2014 and covered a section of Beyoğlu from the Tünel Plaza to Gezi Park. Discussion topics included the Kohen Brothers Bookstore and its founders, artist Aliye Berger, Armenian feminist writer Zabel Yesayan, Turkey's first Jewish woman playwright Beki L. Bahar, narrator of legends Ayşe Şan, first professional Armenian woman photographer Maryam Sahinyan, founders of the ‘Bureau of Legal Assistance against Sexual Harassment and Violation under Custody' Eren Keskin and Leman Yurtsever, and the world's first woman military pilot Sabiha Gökçen, and the tour concluded in Gezi Park - a public area heavily associated with feminist and LGBTI movements.

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum plans to expand Gender and Memory Tours to include other historical districts of Istanbul such as Üsküdar, Kadıköy and Balat.

Discussions, Conferences, Film Screenings and Plays

Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum conducts academic and research activities in a number of topics and fields. These include a variety of discussions, conferences and workshops on Sabancı University campus and the Karaköy Communication Center.

The forum also organizes film screenings and drama performances on Sabancı University campus that are open to all. These events are usually accompanied by question and answer sessions with the cast and crew.

The Forum also hosts international events. Among these are the “Young Researchers Conference” held in association with the Central European University; the “Semiha Es-International Woman Photographers Symposium” held in association with Women's Museum Istanbul and Koç University Gender and Women's Studies Research and Application Center, and the “Gender Equality in Academia - International Best Practices Symposium” and “International Gender and Esthetics: Art, Film and Literature Symposium” held in association with Women's Museum Istanbul.

Correctional officers and inmates receive training with the Purple Dove project

Trainings were held for the female inmates and correctional officers of the Adana Karataş Women's Penitentiary, Ankara Sincan Women's Penitentiary, Denizli Bozkurt Women's Penitentiary and Izmir Aliağa Women's Penitentiary and meetings were organized between local organizations, women and penitentiary personnel as part of the “Mor Güvercin - Purple Dove” project implemented by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum in association with the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey and the KAMER Foundation with the approval and cooperation of the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Penitentiaries, the financial support of the European Union Central Finance and Contracts Unit and the consultancy of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy.

The Mor Güvercin-Purple Dove Project was based on the idea that women’s shelter homes planned to be commissioned in 24 provinces around Turkey may be a viable alternative for women who have been imprisoned and seek to rejoin social life in a disadvantaged position.

The project aimed to improve the visibility of female inmates and provide them with alternatives that will generate value in post-release life while seeking to develop relationships among local NGOs, women’s shelters and penitentiaries. Other objectives of the project were to reveal the vulnerability of prison inmates to violence against women, help inmates gain a sense of women’s rights, and inform them about women’s shelter homes.

Human Rights Trainings for Businesses

In 2013 and 2014, the Forum implemented the "Human Rights Capacity Development Program for Businesses" in association with Mikado Sustainable Development Consultancy.

Sabancı University and Mikado aimed to help businesses better understand and manage their impact on human rights for internal and external stakeholders in order to help them fulfill their responsibility of respect for human rights.

Training subjects included "Human Rights and Development Process: Fundamental Concepts, Historical and Legal Framework, Protection Mechanisms," "Sustainability and Human Rights," "Gender Equality in the Workplace," "Employee Rights," "Worker Health and Work Safety," "Mobbing," "External Stakeholders and Human Rights: Supply Chain, Customers, Society" and "Development of an Internal Human Rights Strategy."

Trainings for Adults

The Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum has been organizing training sessions for adults since 2011. Held on Saturdays at the Karaköy Minerva Palas, the sessions cover a wide range of topics from creative writing to women in politics and queer in literature. Trainings are given by Sabancı University faculty members and subject matter experts.

The sessions deal with cinema, drama, literature and politics from a gender perspective.

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Gender equality has been a priority for Sabancı University in all academic and administrative processes since established, and the university considers this issue to be of vital importance for Turkey.

Sabancı University was the first in Turkey to adopt a Sexual Harassment Policy Statement, and the activities of the Gender Club, the Civic Involvement Projects implemented in the subject of gender, the Non-Discrimination Statement, the Purple Certificate Program, and the efforts of the Education Reform Initiative show the sensitivity of Sabancı University when it comes to gender and women's rights.

Sabancı University offers 7 courses that focus directly on the issue of gender: Gender Myths: Cultural Theories on Women and Men; Gender in War and Peace; Gender and Sexuality in Turkey; Family, Children and Gender: Fundamental Approaches to European History; Gender Issues in the Ottoman and Modern Turkish States; Gender and Nationalism; and Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East. There are 36 additional courses that bring gender into the mainstream curriculum. The Corporate Governance Forum undertakes initiatives to ensure the representation of women on company boards and to encourage businesses to implement policies against domestic violence.

Gender and Women's Studies unite under the umbrella of the Forum

Sabancı University merged all initiatives in gender, women's rights and women's studies made since the establishment of the University under the umbrella of the “Gender and Women's Studies Forum.”

The purpose of the Gender and Women's Studies Forum is to gather all the Sabancı University members who are interested in gender and women’s studies in a common platform, encourage and support academic studies, develop curricula on the issue, implement policies and institutional mechanisms against discrimination based on gender and sexual preference, and cooperate with academic and non-academic institutions.

The Gender and Women's Studies Forum reaches out to wide audience from academia to businesses, educators and correctional officers with trainings and projects to create awareness.  The Forum's goals include:


•    Gathering all activities, projects and studies on gender and women conducted in Sabancı University to make them more visible, encourage interaction that leads to greater influence and outreach, start and support academic studies, all of which will serve to make Sabancı University prominent in national and international platforms with regard to gender studies.

•    Providing encouragement and academic support to undergraduate, graduate and PhD dissertations of Sabancı University students on gender and women's studies; cooperating with student clubs active on the subject; consulting with all faculty working on the subject for developing and recommending courses and preparing minor or PhD programs; contributing to the capacity of the University to fulfill its education purpose and the improvement of education quality; enhancing cooperation in gender and women's studies among Sabancı University faculty, employees and students; facilitating experience sharing; and helping to develop an awareness of themselves, their lives and their surroundings.

•    Spearheading the development of gender equality sensitivities in the University and the society; improving the socio-economical status of women in the society and cooperating with various institutions to promote gender equality in public institutions; undertaking scientific research; championing anti-gender discrimination policies inside and outside the campus and leading other institutions in this matter, thereby serving the Sabancı University purpose of "involvement with the society."

•    Organizing national and international joint efforts and initiatives within Sabancı University and among other universities in partnership with women's centers of universiries as well as public institutions and nongovernmental organizations working on women's studies to hold conferences, seminars, symposia, certification trainings and empowerment sessions to promote gender sensitivity in the society and inform wider audiences of women's issues; issuing education materials; publishing bulletins, journals and books on gender and women's studies; keeping track of worldwide efforts on women's issues to promote these within Turkey; and collaborating with national and international organizations to build communication and collaboration networks on gender and women's studies.

The bricks of the Forum were laid with the Purple Certificate Program

The roots of the Forum were established long before the Forum became an entity. The most noteworthy part of the Forum's history is the Purple Certificate Program that dates back a decade. The Purple Certificate Program is being implemented by the Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence with the support of the Sabancı Foundation as part of the UN Joint Program to Promote and Protect Human Rights of Women and Girls ("UNJP") since 2007 to educate teachers in gender equality.  The activities reached out to nearly 3000 teachers nationwide, and 345 teachers completed a one-week gender equality training.

This year, the Purple Certificate Program will expand its scope to include students of teaching faculties in Istanbul universities. The Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum and Istanbul Bilgi University Sociology and Teaching Studies Center (SEÇBİR) start a Certificate Program to promote gender equality. Supported by the Sabancı Foundation, the program will be delivered by academics and experts on a variety of subjects including sociology, psychology, law, social policy, literature and media.

Researchers from Sabanci University, Jozef Stefan Institute, and CNRS-LPS have finally identified a necessary condition in the ceramic phosphor structure, for super long afterglow. Since the late 1960’s, strontium aluminate ceramic powders containing rare earth dopants have been attractive for safety illumination and decorative purposes, due to their strong emission of light in the dark, known as “afterglow”.

By using a unique collection of expertise, tools, and methods, this international team led by Dr. Ow-Yang was able to relate the chemistry to the optical properties at nanoscale spatial resolution, showing that boron enables a uniform distribution of rare earth dopant in the crystal, which is a necessary condition for the long afterglow. Their findings were published on March 9th, 2016 in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society. The researchers gratefully acknowledge financial support from TUBITAK and from the H2020 program ESTEEM2.

Serendipitously in the late 1990’s, researchers noted that a key additive used to lower the ceramic powder processing temperature, boron oxide, dramatically extended this afterglow duration from minutes to longer than 8 hours. With such a remarkable afterglow intensity and duration, paints containing these long afterglow pigments are essential for building materials in earthquake-prone regions of the world. However, the exact role of boron in the dramatic elongation of afterglow remains unclear.

G. Inan Akmehmet et al: Structure and Luminescence in Long Persistence Eu, Dy, and B Codoped Strontium Aluminate Phosphors: The Boron Effect. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 2016; : DOI 10.1111/jace.14188

Journal of the American Ceramic Society can be accessed at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1551-2916/earlyview

The direct URL link to the article will be http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/jace.14188

Sabancı Business School is accepting applications for the 2016-2017 academic year MBA, Executive MBA (EMBA), Masters in Finance (MIF), Business Analytics (MSBA) and Management PhD programs. Information regarding these programs can be obtained from the web site. Additionally, various scholarships are available for MBA, MiF, MSBA and PhD programs.

Applications for the MBA Program:
The MBA Program is open to all candidates with an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

MBA Programs Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form ,
2. Transcript,
3. The following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
4. ALES or equivalent test scores are not required
5. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

6. 2 Reference letters,
7. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program.
9. A photograph    
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MBA:
Early Applications                             : April 15, 2016
Regular&Scholarship Applications :June 10, 2016. We strongly urge all candidates to submit their applications by this date.
Applications                                       : July 1, 2016

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak   (0216) 483 96 72 or  balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu

Application Deadline for MBA :

(for Young Professionals)
Early Applications                            : April 15, 2016
Applications                                       : July 1, 2016

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate. Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on March 23, April 20, May 21, June 17, July 16 2016. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates. The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.

For more information: Neyir Özdemir (0216) 483 9743 or nozdemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Executive MBA Required Documents
1. Completed online application form,
2. Graduation certificate/ diploma from an undergraduate institution
3. Transcripts for undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate studies
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result ,

Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on March 23, April 20, May 21, June 17, July 16 2016. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates.
The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.
 5. Two letters of recommendation (Please use SU Recommendation letter form)
6. Detailed resume including specific information on work experience (CV)
7. Statement of Purpose (in English). 

ALES or equivalent test scores are not required for the applications to Executive MBA program.

Application Deadline for Executive MBA:
Early Applications: April 15, 2016
Latest Applications: July 1, 2016

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: Neyir Özdemir (0216) 483 9743 or nozdemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the Masters in Finance (MiF) Program:
All candidates who have a 4-year undergraduate degree may apply to the Program.
MiF Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Any of the following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. ALES A minimum score of 55 (Equal Weight),
b. GMAT or,
c. GRE
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program.
9. A photograph    
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MiF:

Early Applications     : March 4, 2016
Regular Applications : June 10, 2016
Applications                : July 1, 2016

Admission Process: After an initial screening of the documents, eligible candidates will be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be sent by mail.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak, (0216) 483 9672 or balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the Masters in Business Analytics (MSc. in BA) Program:
All candidates who have a 4-year undergraduate degree may apply to the Program.
MSc.in Business Analytics Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Any of the following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. ALES A minimum score of 55 (Equal Weight),
b. GMAT: 600,
c. GRE : 150
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program.
9. A photograph    
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MSc.in BA:
Regular Applications : June 10, 2016
Applications                : July 1, 2016

Admission Process: After an initial screening of the documents, eligible candidates will be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be sent by mail.

For more information: Eda Ermiş, (0216) 483 9671 or edaermis@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the PhD Program:
The PhD program in Management is open to candidates with a background in business, economics, engineering, social or natural sciences.
PhD Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Result for Graduate Program Entrance Exam: 

Turkish citizens are required to submit GMAT and GRE scores as well as ALES scores. Non-Turkish applicants are only required to submit GMAT, GRE or GAT scores.

        GMAT : Min. score 600

        GRE : Quantitative: min. score 730 (Scores on the Prior Scale), 157(Scores on the Current Scale),

        ALES: Equal Weight : Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a MA degree min. score 75, Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree min.score 80

       GAT : Accumulative Percentile : %60 (for international student)

4. 2 Reference letters

5.a) “English Proficiency Certificate” for PhD Programs: Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

International PhD applicants must submit a proficiency exam result in one of the following languages, excluding the native language of the applicant: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Persian. The applicant is required to achieve a minimum of 83 points in the national foreign language examination (YDS) offered by the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) or the equivalent in an international language proficiency exam recognized by ÖSYM Board. The minimum scores required are given in the table below for Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates for proficiency in English.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who provide a “Foreign Language Proficiency Certificate” in one of the languages listed above other than English are also required to fulfill the English proficiency criteria stated below at 5.b)

5-b)  As the language of instruction at Sabancı University is English, the applicant is required to submit the score of one of the English proficiency assessment exams. Recognized exams, the minimum score required and period of validity are given in the table below. Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years, YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who do not submit a valid English Proficiency Exam score, if they are accepted to a program (fulfilling all other requirements) can only be admitted to graduate study on the condition of obtaining a satisfactory grade in Sabancı University’s own 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 graduate courses. Failure to complete this course successfully will result in termination of enrollment in a graduate program at Sabancı University.

Graduates of Sabancı University are exempt from submitting an English Proficiency Exam score provided that they apply within two years of their graduation.

6. Detailed and updated resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree must hold a 3.00/4.00 GPA. The candidates graduated from institutions which apply a scale other than “X out of 4.00” system must provide a conversion table or an official letter of evidence from their institutions.

Application Deadline for PhD: May 30, 2016

For more information: Eda Ermiş (0216) 483 9671 or phdman@sabanciuniv.edu

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Professor Sadık Esener, a globally-recognized expert on cancer research, spoke on "Innovation at the Nanoscale: Opportunities and Challenges"

Sabancı University hosted a conference on "Innovation at the Nanoscale: Opportunities and Challenges".  

The lecture by Professor Sadık Esener, one of the leading global experts on cancer research, took place on Monday, March 21 at the Sakıp Sabancı Museum - the Seed.  

Recently chosen to direct the Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute Center for Early Detection Research, Professor Sadık Esener is known as a pioneering and innovative scientist who sets new trends and changes the game in cancer research on an international level. 

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Vice-Chair Professor Sadık Esener is considered among an extremely small number of individuals with the combination of skills, experience and passion to lead the new initiative.

Professor Sadık Esener's lecture on “Innovation at the Nanoscale: Opportunities and Challenges" expanded the horizon with regard to the fundamental principles of nanoscience and recent developments in nanomedicine as we witness innovative approaches in the use of nanotechnology to treat cancer and cardiovascular or neurological diseases.  Esener also discussed sociopolitical challenges to nano-biotechnologies, and the commercial or technological opportunities these will create.

Professor Sadık Esener outlined the subject of his presentation: "My new task is to make a journey from the macro world to the nano world. How is life in the nano world? What does work look like? What more can we learn with regard to science? We start with a concept and we develop it to become marketable. One of the challenges that lie ahead is sustainability. This causes us concern in many different ways. We believe that water sources are dwindling. Healthcare is a great concern. One example is antibiotic-resistant diseases. Can nanoengineering help us overcome these challenges? Energy and personalized medicine are other concerns. Nano-medicine is a great example of what nanotechnology is capable of.  Brain engineering will enable further forays into artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, 3D organ printing will bring about artificial life."   Professor Esener discussed the great socio-economical issues caused by cancer and emphasized the huge impact this has on national economies. 

Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı also spoke at the conference, saying “Professor Esener has a brilliant background that makes us proud. He has pioneered studies in nanomedicine and holds a large number of patents.  In addition, he has published more than 450 scientific articles and is among the founders of many technology startups."  Sabancı explained that Professor Esener never neglected higher education in his home country while undertaking scientific research all over the world, and made valuable contributions to research processes, enabling acceleration. 

Güler Sabancı noted that Professor Sadık Esener has been an active member of the Sabancı University Board of Trustees since 2010, continuing, "Since 2014, Professor Esener is the Vice-Chair of our Board of Trustees - a position where he makes great contributions to our university." Güler Sabancı concluded, "I wish Sadık Esener success in his new position as the leader of Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute Center for Early Detection Research and thank him for his exceptional contributions on behalf of Sabancı University and Turkey as a whole." 

Sabancı University President Professor Nihat Berker also attended the "Innovation at the Nanoscale: Opportunities and Challenges" conference and the audience included students, alumni, academics and members of the scientific community.  

About Professor Sadık Esener 

Professor Sadık Esener has been a member of the Sabancı University Board of Trustees since 2010, and was appointed Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees in 2014.

Professor Esener is the Founding Director of the Cancer Early Detection Research Institute and the Wendt Chair at the Knight Cancer Center, and a Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Oregon Health and Sciences University. Professor Esener is on leave from his faculty position at the Departments of NanoEngineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego where he has served previously as the Founding Director and Principal Investigator of the NIH/NCI funded NanoTumor Center of Excellence for Cancer Nanotechnology, the director of DARPA-funded multi-university Center for Chips with Heterogenously Integrated Photonics, the 3D-Opto-Electronic Stacked Processors industry/university consortium, and the Fast Read-out Optical Storage (FROST) Industry consortium. His laboratory at UCSD has made many pioneering contributions to the fields of photonics, biophotonics, and nanomedicine. He is the inventor and co-inventor of many patents has authored more than 450 publications. Esener serves as the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, and is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. Esener is a co-founder of UCSD’s department of NanoEngineering and the Institute of Engineering in Medicine at UCSD and of several San Diego-based start-ups including Nanogen (NGEN), Genoptix (GXDX),  Ziva, Cellix, Sonrgy, Devacell and Trogenex Corporations.

About the Knight Cancer Institute

The OHSU Knight Cancer Institute is an international leader in cancer research and personalized cancer treatment.  With the mission of ending cancer as we know it, the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute continues to build its scientific and clinical leadership and cancer treatment resources. Public support and private philanthropy – including a transformative $100 million gift from Nike Chairman Phil Knight and his wife Penny in 2008 – have provided crucial resources to advance our progress.

Institute Director Dr. Druker’s plans to advance the early detection of cancer beyond methods used today, so that it’s possible to catch and treat the biological triggers of the disease, inspires philanthropists to make donations to the Institute. 

Knight Cancer is also attracting powerful research collaborations with technology leaders such as Intel Corporation and FEI Co., who want to be part of our mission.