MATH 101 Calculus I: Students, who

• are registered to any undergraduate program at Sabancı University
• have not yet taken MATH 101
• get at least 85/100 from the “MATH 101 Exemption Exam”  (given at Sabanci University in the first week of every semester)

are entitled to exemption from MATH 101.

MATH 101 Exemption Exam will be hold on Wednesday September 17th in FENS G077 auditorium for 2014-2015 academic year fall semester.

If you want to take the exam, please send an e-mail to arzu@sabanciuniv.edu and note your name, surname and ID until September 16th at 17:00.

MATH 101 Exemption Exam is similar to a typical final exam of the course and it is in English.

Textbook 
”Calculus: Single and Multivariable”, 4th Edition, Hughes-Hallett, Gleason, McCallum et al.

Content of the Exemption Exam:

-Elementary functions (Chapter 1) 
-Derivatives: definition, interpretation, computation and applications (Chapters 2, 3, 4)
-Integral: definition, interpretation and computation (Chapters 5, 6, 7)

Please click  for sample exam.

If the student chooses to be exempted from MATH 101, he/she is required to submit a written statement to the Foundations Development Directorate (FENS G016 office) regarding his/her acceptance of the grade (indicated by red) shown in Table no later than the final workday of the first week of classes (September 19, at 17:00). Unless a written statement is given to FDD within the above indicated deadline, the student is required to take the course at the first semester that it is offered.

Have a good semester

FEEE 101 exam will be offered on September 22th, 2014 at Sabancı University. 

The students who get an A-SL from June ELAE 2014 or September ELAE 2014 Stage II, or the students who have at least 8 from IELTS, or at least a 110 from TOEFL-iBT, or at least a 637 from TOEFL-PBT can take the FEEE 101 exam.

The reading packs and details will be announced September 15th, 2014 in mysu.

Please contact Aslı Tuan Acer (aslituan@sabanciuniv.edu) for attending the ELAE (September 3th, 2014).

The “Prof. Dr. hc. Önder Öztunalı Science Award” was given in the field of Molecular Biology for the first time in 9 years.  The winner of the Award was Molecular Biology, Genetics and Bioengineering Program faculty Associate Professor Devrim Gözüaçık.

The Science Award was established by Istanbul Kültür University in 2005 in memory of founding president Prof. Dr. hc. Önder Öztunalı. The winner of the award is chosen by an appraisal of original work completed in Turkey in fundamental sciences and engineering. 

The Science Award will be presented to Dr. Gözüaçık at an award ceremony on November 5, 2014 at the Istanbul Kültür University Akıngüç Auditorium and Arts Center.

Further information about Dr. Devrim Gözüaçık’s resume, his work in molecular biology and medical sciences can be found here.

ISRA VISION 'Computer Vision Award' went to Sabancı University Electronic Engineering master’s student Rıza Alp Güler.

Sabancı University master’s student Rıza Alp Güler won the award with his dissertation ‘Coding Shape Inside the Shape’ with advisor Associate Professor Gözde Ünal.

Germany-based ISRA VISION AG, one of the world’s top five artificial vision companies that power production lines around the world, and a global leader in surface scanning systems, has been giving the ‘Computer Vision Award’ since 2011 to encourage prolific researchers looking to expand their careers.

The company acquired VISTEK A.Ş., started by SU faculty member Professor Aytül Erçil in partnership with Inovent, and established its Turkish subsidiary under the title ISRA VISION VISTEK.  The key objective of the company is to expand the use of artificial vision technologies in the manufacturing industry of Turkey, and enable companies to gain competitive edge with the efficiency and quality assurance benefits offered by these technologies.  Extensive research and development activities are also a priority for the company, and awards programs seek to provide support to young entrepreneurs and the industry in general.

Given in Turkey for the first time this year, the 'Computer Vision Award' received great interest from the undergraduate and graduate degree holders of the leading universities in Turkey.

Sabancı University master’s student Rıza Alp Güler won the award with his dissertation ‘Coding Shape Inside the Shape’ with advisor Associate Professor Gözde Ünal.

ISRA VISION VISTEK established this award to encourage young scholars of electronics, computer science, mechanical engineering, mathematics and physics to continue their research in digital image processing.  The company is expected to continue its support in Turkey in the future.

Designed by Sabancı University and implemented in strategic part-nership with IBM Türk, the “Data Analytics Professional Graduate Program” aims to provide the analytical skills and knowledge needed to create and sustain the competitive advantage needed by innovative companies.

The program will start in the 2014 – 2015 academic year, and pro-vide the knowledge and tools needed by businesses to make better decisions faster in research and technologies revolving around “Big Data.”  Application deadline is August 29th, 2014.

Those who manage data will shape competition

According to many consulting companies, data analytics is one of the most popular jobs of the 21st century, and most agree that there is a shortage of people who possess the skills to create business value out of data.  Big Data, with its surrounding technol-ogies and ongoing research, offers businesses the tools and skills they need to make better decisions, faster.  Implemented by Sabancı University with the strategic part-nership of IBM, this program is designed to provide the analytical skills and knowledge needed to create and sustain the competitive advantage needed by innova-tive companies.

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Dean Yusuf Menceloğlu said the following about the strategic partnership between Sabancı Uni-versity and IBM: “As Turkey’s most entrepreneurial and innovative private university, Sabancı offers programs tailored for professionals by joining business experience with extensive academic knowledge.  It is part of this vision that we are now starting the first Data Analytics professional master’s program in Turkey.  We have partnered with information technology leader IBM to train Data Analytics experts who are needed in almost all industries to shape competition in the future.

Speaking on the strategic partnership between Sabancı University and their organiza-tion, IBM Türk Business Analytics Country Leader Nicholas Anderson said, “One of the fields set to dominate IT and shape how the world does business in the future is data and data analytics.  At IBM, we call data our new natural resource, and reinforce our leadership position with our solution portfolio and cooperation in the community.”  IBM Türk University Relations Leader Jale Akyel adds: “One of the key functions of University Relations is to establish innovative collaborations with universities to close the skill gap for the IT market, our clients, and business partners in relatively new areas.  Sabancı University is a visionary institution in this respect, and we are excited to support one of their professional programs.  We believe that by adding our work experience on research efforts and student projects, we will create mutual value.”

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Professor and Data Analytics Graduate Program Director Hasan Sait Ölmez summarizes the objectives of the program: “The amount of digital data is rising exponentially in many different industries today.  This in turn motivates research to make better decisions using this mass of data, and create value from it.  Companies need to establish competitive ad-vantage in efficiency, profitability and sustainable production processes in order to offer better services and product portfolios.  This is why the curriculum of the Data Analytics program is designed with flexibility in mind to allow you to improve differ-ent skills in Data Analytics.  Professionals who have been trained in Data Analytics will be high in demand for institutions that seek to gain competitive edge.

Data Analytics Master’s Program without Dissertation

The curriculum designed with flexibility to provide skills in many different aspects of Data Analytics.  Courses will include processing and administering new data struc-tures, specialist systems, and modeling.  The program will admit students for the 2014 fall semester.  

Application deadline is August 29th, 2014.  

Please visit: http://da.sabanciuniv.edu/ to apply.

Dear Students,

2014 - 2015 Academic year for FALL Term tuition, dormitory fees and payment dates please CLICK.

Best Wishes

Students Resources Unit

Designed to provide high school students with an authentic university experience, the fourth Sabancı University Summer High School had a rich and varied content from natural sciences to management, arts, social sciences, languages, and informative seminars on university and career choices.

Sabancı University Summer High School had students from all over Turkey as well as international students from Germany, United States, Azerbaijan, Austria, UK, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.  The academically and culturally international environment enabled high school students to develop themselves further.

The fourth Sabancı University Summer High School, held to provide high school students with a glimpse of university life, ended with a ceremony held at the Performing Arts Center.

Sabancı University Summer High School was attended by 817 students from 39 provinces in Turkey (Adana, Afyonkarahisar, Ankara, Antalya,  Aydın, Bolu, Bursa, Çanakkale, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Düzce, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Isparta, İstanbul, İzmir, Karaman, Kayseri, Kırklareli, Kocaeli, Konya, Kütahya, Manisa, Mardin, Mersin, Muğla, Niğde, Ordu, Osmaniye, Rize, Sakarya, Samsun, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Tokat and Zonguldak), and abroad from Germany, United States, Azerbaijan, Austria, UK, Cyprus, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

The curriculum of the first semester of the Sabancı University Summer High School included courses on Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Nanomedicine; Brain, Science and Magic; Mechatronics, Flying and Floating Robots; Astrophysics and Metaplanets; Research, Development and Market; Augmented Mechanics I; Education and Industries in Engineering Branches; Economy, Finance, Money and Your Future; Law and Economics; Psychology and Philosophy; Turkey, Europe and America; Miracle Growth in the Sino-World: China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan; Great Works of Western Art, Classical Music and Drama; Visual Communication, Design and Art; Artistic Photography and Videography: You Too Can Do It; Creative Intellect and Creative Activity; Society and Culture; Economy and Government; Wirtschaft und Verwaltung; and Gesellschaft und Kultur.

The second semester’s courses included Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering and Nanomedicine; Science, Entrepreneurship and Public Service; Research, Development and Market; Augmented Mechanics II; Mechatronics and Humanoid Robots; Education and Industries in Engineering Branches; Society, Economy and Politics; Turkey, Middle East and North Africa; Energy Production and Management; Psychology and Philosophy; Great Works of Modern Art, 20th Century Music and Opera; The History of a City: Constantinople/Istanbul; Visual Communication, Design and Art; Society and Culture; Economy and Government; Wirtschaft und Verwaltung; and Gesellschaft und Kultur.

Basic English II courses were offered in both semesters.  The Universities and Professions: Information, Choice and Success seminar was also offered in both semesters, where subject matter experts spoke to students on their jobs and industries.

Extracurricular activities in the Sabancı University Summer High School included fitness, tennis, volleyball, basketball, football, group exercises, dance, creative drama, percussion workshops, certified first aid training, diving training (theory), bridge, fine arts (painting, ebru, ceramics), Civic Involvement Projects’ Çayırova Love Homes, and Civic Involvement Projects’ Metin Sabancı Spastic Children’s Rehabilitation Center projects.

Our student Nilay Düzen writes on the Tour of SUNUM with Tolga Sütlü ’04 at the 2014 Homecoming

Products containing nanoparticles, smart materials, artificial organs, artificial intelligence, touchscreens, pocket-sized computers, self-cleaning buildings, cures for terminal diseases, new ideas for using energy…  All these mind-boggling technologies are undeniably parts of our lives in the new century.  Merely following and using this rapidly-developing world of innovation is no longer an advantage though.  The key to the future glints in the hands of the people, institutions and countries that contribute the most to this world, and invest the most time, work and money.  How, then, is our situation in this world of fierce technological and scientific competition?  For instance, how well do we know SUNUM (Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center) which is practically next door?  Do we have any idea about what happens in this building which hosts projects that will shape the future?  The Homecoming Organization Committee must have asked the same questions, because they arranged for a tour of SUNUM –a magnificent building that towers on what used to be a parking lot until 2010– for all alumni.  Better yet, this tour was guided by Tolga Sütlü, one of the first graduates of the Biology and Bioengineering Program, a key scientist in artificial organ transplantation who is recognized nationally and globally, and a scholar who is part of the reverse intellectual migration movement.  Here are my notes on the tour of SUNUM:

We gathered in front of Fasshane for the tour, and entered SUNUM led by Tolga Hoca.  Our first impression was that of a sci-fi movie set with the architecture and the general environment.  SUNUM Director Volkan Özgüz greeted us and started giving an overview.  The nanotechnology building’s architecture is inspired by the human cell.  Helical stairs, a large column at the core of the building, diamond-shaped panes that are reminiscent of the cell membrane, and the cylindrical structure that harkens to carbon tubes, the building block of nanotechnology, all tell us a story.  Volkan Bey cannot emphasize enough that SUNUM is a very “green” building.  In fact, it is the only building in Turkey that has received both UK and US certification, and has 155 solar panels to contribute to its heat-energy exchange.  Although some trees were cut during construction, the building has been surrounded by plants endemic to the Marmara region.  Inside, SUNUM occupies an area of 7368 square meters, has 12 laboratories on 1500 square meters, clean rooms measuring 850 square meters, and 2400 square meters of office space and common areas.  SUNUM competes with the leading research centers abroad, and its first and overarching objective is to provide ample research space and facilities for nanotechnology applications in material sciences, food safety and agriculture, medicine, and biology.  The plan is to reduce Turkey’s import-dependency in these areas and make groundbreaking inventions.  Every piece of technological equipment imaginable has been procured, from atomic and sub-atomic capable electron microscopes to fast DNA compilers, and systems that create metal or semiconductor sheets that are 1 to 2 atoms thick.  We walked through the long corridors of the building to have a better idea of the labs.

The first ones we saw were bioengineering and tissue engineering labs.  Tolga Hoca told us all about them: These labs are equipped with double doors and pressurization systems, and the work here concentrates on human cells, human cell waste, immune cells that may be used in cancer studies, and artificial organs.  The critical projects are the production of tissues as an alternative to animal testing of drugs, the growth of cells into artificial limbs, and the production of live tissue by 3D printing.  Another laboratory works on the wheat genome project, which is regarded one of the most ambitious projects to help alleviate the issue of nutrition globally.  Another noteworthy project in this section is the EU Flagship Human Brain Project, which is one of the most ambitious neuroscience projects so far, is composed of over 130 prestigious research institutions, and is funded by the EU.  Sabancı University is the only Turkish partner of the project, and hosts efforts on the understanding of the human brain, and the guidance of health and informatics research accordingly.
In addition to biosciences, SUNUM also hosts groundbreaking projects in material sciences, physics and chemistry.  One such effort is the Graphene Project.  Graphene is a new material that won Nobels to its discoverers – it is the only two-dimensional atomic crystal known in the world, and is both the thinnest material and the hardest substance on earth (even lighter and harder than diamond!).  It is an excellent conductor of heat and electricity, and is extremely flexible, which make Graphene one of the most crucial factors in revolutionary research on everything from fuel cells to DNA sequencing, biotechnological and medical applications, and tissue engineering.  The efforts at SUNUM focus on the use of this material as a fuel cell. 

This research portfolio is supported by energy and surface chemistry, advanced microscopy and cell culture, and echoless room facilities at SUNUM.  The Clean Room is one of the most interesting places.  This is a room designed for nanoelectronic and microelectronic experiments, and understandably we were only able to view it from the outside.  The entire air in the room is circulated through special filters 20 times an hour to remove all dust and particles.  The foundation of the room is separate from that of the facility, and is placed in a dedicated pit to protect against external factors.  The room houses 20 different pieces of equipment, and to go in you must change your clothes and pass through a gate that cleans all the dust off of you.

Our tour ends there and we go out into the courtyard.  We are speechless – except everyone hopes for the best outcomes and thanks everybody who works here on million-dollar projects to help us become a leader of technology and science rather than a mere follower.

Nilay Düzen
Student, Material Sciences and Engineering

APPLICATION FORM

To the attention of students who will take the September 2014 ELAE Stage-1,

Information about which rooms students will take the exam in will be posted on the doors of faculty buildings on Thursday August 28th 2014 at 5:00pm.

STAGE ONE EXAM DATE AND TIME.

Monday, September 1, 2014 / 10:00 pm – 11:30 pm

Important Reminder:

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall half an hour before the exam starts and that they bring some official identification which includes their photograph (such as a passport, identification card, driver’s license) with them.

Students should also make sure that they bring a pencil, eraser and any other necessary pieces of equipment with them.

The results of the Stage 1 will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University through the SU web-page. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Monday, September 1st at 9:00 pm.

Students who receive  unsatisfactory grade (UL) will be placed in the Foundation Development Year at either Route 1, Route 2 or Route 3.

Students who do not take the exam (NA) will be placed in the Foundation Development Year at Route 1.

Therefore, even if an ELAE candidate feels that their English level is not high enough, they are still advised to take Stage 1 and to answer as many questions as they can so that their English level can be measured accurately.

Students who will take stage 2:

• Those who receive satisfactory grade (SL grade) from ELAE Stage 1,
• Those students who hold proficiency exam rights, because their status is inactive,
• Undergraduate students who are transferring from Turkish-medium universities,
• Graduate students who have received approval from their faculties.

Exam location information: Information about which rooms students will take Stage 2 of the exam in will be posted on the doors of faculty buildings and will be announced on our website on Tuesday, September 2nd 2014, at 15:30pm. 

 STAGE 2 DATE AND TIMES:

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014, 09:30-15:00 (details below)

9:30 – 11:00 Writing

11:00 – 12:00 Listening

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 – 15:00 Reading

Important Reminder:

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall half an hour before the exam starts and that they bring some official identification which includes their photograph (such as a passport, identification card, driver’s license) with them. Students should also make sure that they bring a pencil, eraser and any other necessary pieces of equipment with them.

The results of the second stage will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University through the SU web-page. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Friday, September 5th at 9:00 pm.

Graduate students will be informed of their ELAE results by their faculties.

No results will not be given out over the telephone to avoid any misunderstandings.

There is no make-up for the ELAE.

ELAE results are announced as letters of the alphabet.*

SL – Satisfactory from the ELAE,

UL-Unsatisfactory from the ELAE; 

NA- Non-attendance, 

UL – Unsatisfactory. 

As stated in our regulations, no results are released as numeric values.

*SL and UL scales are only available for the second stage of the ELAE

SL (Satisfactory):  ‘A-SL, B-SL, C-SL’,

EL  (Exempt from the ELAE),

UL (Unsatisfactory): D-UL, E-UL, F-UL,

NA (Non attendance/ evaluated as UL)’

 Scales are as below:

Students who receive less than 65% (UL) will be placed in the Foundation Development Year at either Route 3 or Route 4.

Students who are successful in Stage 2 of the exam, those who receive SL, will be eligible to start Faculty classes in the 2014-2015 Academic Year.

We recommend that all students who will take the exam check this link.

We wish you every success in the exam.

School of Languages