Details of application for undergraduate and graduate students who wish to use dormitory facilities in the 2014-2015 Academic  Year are given below.

• Please first log on to the student information system (bannerweb.sabanciuniv.edu) to access the application form.
• Applications will begin on 11.08.2014 at 10:00 and end on 02.09.2013 at 14:00.
• 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 05.09.2014 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 be charged a fee equal to the annual deposit fee.

Dormitory fee payment information:

The dormitory fees for our undergraduate and graduate students in the first semester of the 2014-2015 Academic Year are listed below for as a reminder and the payment required to be paid to between the dates 05.09.2014 and 10.09.2014under this system.

Dormitory Fees (September  2014 - June 2015) / Per person (VAT included)

Undergraduates            1. Semester        2. Semester        Total Annual Fee

4 person rooms            2.500 TL                2.500 TL              5.000 TL

2 person rooms            3.675 TL                3.675 TL              7.350 TL

Graduates                    1. Semester        2. Semester        Total Annual Fee

2  person rooms            3.675 TL                3.675 TL            7.350 TL

1  person rooms            5.250 TL                5.250 TL           10.500 TL

Studio apartment          5.500 TL                5.500 TL          11.000 TL

Deposit 850 TL (Undergaduate&Graduate, paid once when entering.) 

Three Research Papers by Sabancı University Featured in Science

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) published the draft genome sequence of bread wheat in the international journal Science. Three of the four articles printed in the journal were authored by Sabancı University faculty members.

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Biosciences and Bioengineering Program professor Hikmet Budak, who published an article in the Science journal and is the only Turkish implementer of the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, said: “We prepared the first draft of the wheat genome and published this as a Special Issue of Science, one of the world’s most influential journals.  Sabancı University was cited in three research papers published by the Consortium in the journal.”  Hikmet Budak and his team had received €1 million in funding from Bayer CropScience for physical map completion.

Wheat genome is being revealed
Final step before full genome sequencing

Wheat is a staple of diet.  Wheat crops cover a greater area than any other crop, and with over 215 million hectares of crop area and 700 million tons of global yield annually, it is the third most-produced grain after maize and rice.  Wheat is the greatest source of vegetable protein in human consumption and has higher protein content than maize or rice.  Wheat can be cultivated in a wider range of climate conditions, making it more versatile.

The chromosome-based draft of wheat’s large and complex genome will shed light into the structure, organization and evolution of wheat as one of the most critical and widely cultivated crops in the world.  Genetic sequence of wheat is very important to wheat scientists and breeders, who will have the tools to place specific genes in all chromosomes of the genome for the first time.
The draft sequence is a critical point in the IWGSC’s efforts for obtaining ultimately a complete reference sequence of the hexaploid bread wheat genome.  Another paper in the same issue of Science provides the reference sequence for 3B, the largest chromosome in wheat.  This proves that sequencing other chromosomes is within reach, and provides a template.  IWGSC scientists estimate that the complete reference sequence will be ready in three years.

“With the draft gene sequence for each of the bread wheat chromosome and the first reference sequence of chromosome 3B, we have reached a great milestone in our roadmap,” said Catherine Feuillet, IWGSC co-chair. “We know now the way forward to obtain a reference sequence for the 20 remaining chromosomes and we hopefully will be able to find the resources to achieve this in the next three years.”

With a chromosome-based full sequence in hand, plant breeders will have high quality tools at their disposal to accelerate breeding programs and to identify how genes control complex traits such as yield, grain quality, disease, pest resistance, or abiotic stress tolerance. They will be able to produce a new generation of wheat varieties with higher yields and improved sustainability to meet the demands of a growing world population in a changing environment.
The draft sequence is already providing new insights into the history and evolution of the wheat genome and genes involved in grain development, as exemplified in two additional publications appearing in the same issue of Science.

About IWGSC:
The IWGSC, with more than 1,000 members in 57 countries, is an international, collaborative consortium, established in 2005 by a group of wheat growers, plant scientists, and public and private breeders. The goal of the IWGSC is to make a high quality genome sequence of bread wheat publicly available, in order to lay a foundation for basic research that will enable breeders to develop improved varieties.

For more information: www.wheatgenome.org

In honor of the late Sakıp Sabancı, Honorary Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards are given each year in the field of Social Sciences.

THIS YEAR’S THEME IS:

Living Together, Dialogue & Cooperation within Diversity in Turkey

Few would disagree that one of the most pressing issues facing Turkey today concerns living together, dialogue and cooperation within diversity. Following the trajectory of modern nation-states, the Turkish Republic imagined a community sharing a common language, ethnicity, religion, cultural tradition, and social philosophy. However, the Republic was founded upon the ruins of a multilingual, multiethnic, multireligious, multicultural Empire characterized by great diversity. Everyday practices of living together between different communities were disrupted by war and mass violence. During the last few decades, the Pandora’s box of the past has opened, and citizens of Turkey are faced with the task of coming to terms with the past in order to achieve coexistence and peace. What are the lessons of the past for devising contemporary ways of living together? What can be learned from the experiences of particular communities and economic/social groups, especially those that have suffered violence, discrimination, and exclusion in the past and/or in the present? Widespread public debate and successful mobilization on the basis of identity politics and human rights by/for diverse peoples of this land in recent years demonstrates the robustness of civil society in Turkey. Yet the experience of violence and the inflexibility and resistance of the nation-state, whether at the level of the military, governments, the mass media, or individuals and groups in society, has led to greater polarization, making the possibility of living together ever more difficult. What are the political, economic, social, historical, and cultural factors that contribute to polarization and stand in the way of engaging in constructive dialogue and cooperation? How can political, legal, economic, social, cultural, moral, and affective structures and practices be mobilized to mend the rupture among groups and individuals? How can dialogue and cooperation between institutions and individuals representing different political and social persuasions be enhanced? 

Essays providing path-breaking theoretical analyses and innovative suggestions on this theme are welcome.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, January 15, 2015.

The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award entails a Jury Prize of 25,000 USD. The Jury Prize will be awarded to an individual who has made distinguished contributions on the above-mentioned theme. An independent and international jury will select the Awardee.

In addition to the Jury Prize, Essay Awards will be given to researchers under 45 years of age. This category includes 10,000 USD for each of the three award-winning essays selected by the same jury from among submitted essays.

For further information:

http://award.sabanciuniv.edu

Conditions for the Essay Award competition are:

• All entries, which may be coauthored, must be new and original works, not published previously in any form.

• Essays must be of the format and size of a regular academic journal article (25 to 35 pages, in double-space format, including references).

• An abstract of 500 words embedded into the original essay and a short CV of the author(s) are required.

• Entries must be submitted in English, in the form of a Word document to the following address: http://award.sabanciuniv.edu/submityourentry/

Dr. Meltem Sezen got involved in the Management Committee of the COST CM1301- Chemistry for Electron-Induced Nanofabrication (CELINA) Action as the Turkish Delegate, leading her TUBITAK 2515 COST project on the “Development of Functional Surfaces on Polymeric Materials using Electron and Ion Beam (FEB-FIB) Modification”

Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Çağrı Haksöz spoke to the Southeastern Europe Times regarding the fourth assembly of the Turkic Council.

The highlight of the meeting was the agreement of the heads of Turkic states to rebuild the Silk Road in order to encourage tourism and regionwide social interaction.  Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Çağrı Haksöz was interviewed by Southeastern Europe Times about the meeting. 

Cagri Haksoz, told SES Türkiye that the modern Silk Road concept needs to include the dynamics of information, capital, and people flowing through highways, railroads, airways, water routes, internet and financial backbones in order to succeed. 

"These interacting flows need to be coordinated in a self-organised fashion without centralised decision making due to their uncertainty, especially in this fragile region of the world," Haksoz said. 

Haksoz also pointed out that the border crossings between the countries should be easy and quick to encourage the flow of people for profitable tourism activities. 

"Member states should aim for a no-visa agreement so that the diverse population can be encouraged for cross-region movement," he said. 

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 25th, 2014. The related Faculty Administrative Committee evaluates transfer applications. 
Evaluation results will be sent to the applicants in the written form. Delaysdue tothe post will not be accepted. An interview will be organized for the candidates who are satisfying the application requirements during August 6, 2014. 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.

PPLICATIONS 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 275 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 at the end of the second years of their education.

           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 from overseas universities,either of

• 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 1600/2400 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)

          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. Certificate of Equivalence of YOK : A document issued by YÖK's Equivalency Unit - Recognition Office, certifying that the student’s higher education institution is recognized by YÖK (the Higher Education Council of Turkey)

           11. 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.

            12. 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.

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

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

 Quotas:

Ministry of Science, Industry and Technology announces the new University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index

Sabancı University is once again the Most Entrepreneurial and Innovative Foundation University of Turkey.

The third annual University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index was revealed by the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology, Fikri Işık.  In the 2014 index, Sabancı was once again named the Most Entrepreneurial and Innovative Foundation University of Turkey.

In overalls, Sabancı came second after Middle East Technical University in the 2014 index.

TÜBİTAK compiled the first University Entrepreneurship and Innovation Index in 2012 to list the 50 most entrepreneurial and innovative universities in Turkey.  The list ranks universities according to their entrepreneurship and innovation performances, helping to encourage entrepreneurship and innovation-based competition among universities and reinforcing the entrepreneurship ecosystem nationwide.

The index ranks universities under scientific and technological research competence, intellectual property pool, cooperation and interaction, culture of entrepreneurship and innovation, and economic contribution and commercialization according to 23 indicators.  The Index will be compiled annually with the support of the Council for Higher Education, Turkish Statistical Institution, the Ministry of Science and Technology, TPE, Ministry of Development, Turkish Academy of Sciences, TTGV and KOSGEB.

Sabancı University Biological Sciences and Bioengineering Program 2011 graduate Can Altunbulaklı pursues doctorate studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich’s (ETH) 'Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research' (SIAF) on asthma and allergies.

Our graduate investigates the effect of the rhinovirus, cause of the common cold, on asthma attacks.  He also takes part in conferences such as World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM) held regularly by the Center.

Can has a master’s degree in Immunology from Kings College Medical School.

Dear Students,

2014 - 2015 Fall semester payments are between 25.08.2014 - 29.08.2014.

2014-2015 Fall semester tution and dormitory payments can be found at http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en/fees as of August 2014.

Wish you sucess in the new term,
Student Resources Unit

Ali Koşar becomes council member of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences member Ali Koşar was named a member of the Scientific Council (SC) of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (ICHMT), an institution that contributes to the scientific development of the leading scientists and engineers in the world.  Ali Koşar’s appointment will start on January 1, 2015.

ICHMT provides a unique apolitical forum for the world's leading heat and mass transfer scientists and engineers.

Its mission is to pursue excellence and foster the international exchange of science and engineering in all branches of heat and mass transfer through symposia, publications, and promotion of research, education and exchange of personnel for the benefit of people everywhere.