We wish all your dreams come true in 2014, happy new year!

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.

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. 


2013-2014 Academic Year Spring Term Special Student Application

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Student Resources Unit 
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İSTANBUL, TR 
Phone: 0216 483 90 92 
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E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

2013-2014 Spring Term Brand Practice Master's Program Application
By Student Resources  |  25 December 2013

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum collections and archive have gone global with DigitalSSM

The DigitalSSM project, designed to enable academics and researchers around the world to access the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum collections and archive, is complete.

The Book Arts and Calligraphy Collection, Painting Collection, Abidin Dino Archive and Emirgan Archive of the SSM have been digitally rendered as part of the project, and opened to access at digisu.sabanciuniv.edu .  A joint effort by Sakıp Sabancı Museum and the Sabancı University Information Center, the project aims to make a significant contribution to the cultural heritage of Turkey.  Information about collections and archives is enriched with more than 77,000 high-resolution images.

DigitalSSM is a great resource for academics, researchers, museum specialists, connoisseurs of Turkish and Islamic art, collectors, and art or history students in Turkey and around the world.  The collections have been scanned and archived in accordance with international standards, and the bilingual site uses CONTENTdm software for advanced search capabilities.  

This user-friendly software supports several languages and multiple file formats, enabling users to browse the collection with keywords.

Sabancı University Vice President Hasan Mandal, International Relations Office Associate Ebru Koç and Sabancı University representatives in Azerbaijan visited Azerbaijan’s Minister of Education Mikayıl Cabbarov on Friday, December 20, 2013.  Also joining the meeting were Azerbaijan Ministry of Education International Cooperation Division Director Mukhtar Mammadov and Ministry official Nezrin Bağırova.

The parties discussed cooperation opportunities between the Azerbaijan Ministry of Education and Sabancı University.  Vice President Hasan Mandal said that Sabancı University would like to be included in the Republic of Azerbaijan State Scholarships List, and explained the unique education and learning processes of the university, diploma programs, faculty, research facilities including the nanotechnology laboratory, and institutional internalization policies, emphasizing that the university was in every way fit to go on the list.

Vice President Hasan Mandal also said that Sabancı University was Turkey’s leading third-generation (innovative and entrepreneurial) university, an institutional model that has been gaining acceptance since 2011.

Azerbaijan Minister of Education Mikayıl Cabbarov said that they would explore opportunities for cooperation in areas where Sabancı University excels.

TÜSIAD and Sabancı University Center For Energy And Climate (IICEC) Present “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı: “Market liberalization must continue in the energy sector”

“IICEC Is a north star rising from Istanbul”

“We must aim to achieve a more competitive energy market”

A meeting was held for the presentation of the “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report prepared by Sabancı University Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) and TÜSİAD. The report was presented by International Energy Agency Chief Economist Dr. Fatih Birol.

Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı, TÜSİAD Vice President Memduh Boydak  and Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hasan Murat Mercan made introductory remarks.

Speaking first, Sabancı University Board of Trustees Chair Güler Sabancı said, “As the demand for energy increases, great investments in all segments of the energy sector are needed on an annual basis.  We need 8 to 10 billion dollars in investments every year in order to meet the demand for electricity in a secure and sustainable way.  There are two prerequisites to attracting investments on this scale: a stable economy, and a liberal, transparent and competitive energy market.  Important steps have been taken lately to encourage competition in the electricity sector and expedite investments.  We have had tangible results in the development of a liberal electricity market, where our group company EnerjiSA is one of the leading private actors in electricity production, trade and sale.

“The New Electricity Market Law adopted this year was another leap forward in liberalization.  The privatization of distribution was completed this year.  With the reduction in free consumer thresholds, theoretical market openness at the end-consumption level exceeded 80%.  In a few years, when the free consumer threshold is eliminated, the fully-competitive retail market will have been achieved.  However we must not settle for these; we must aim to achieve a more competitive energy market that will give more support to the growth and competitiveness of the Turkish economy, and offer more benefits to the consumer.”

Next, TÜSİAD Vice President Memduh Boydak said that the energy sector had been growing and transforming in the last few years.  Boydak noted that the energy demand in some countries boomed alongside economic development, adding “As a result, the demand for energy is shifting from the West to the East.  Meanwhile, developments such as the economically-viable extraction of shale gas are worth noting, as are the changes in priorities brought by environmental concerns, not the least of which is climate change.  These all result in a significant disruption in the energy market equilibrium.”

Explaining that the industry was central to growth and competitive strength, Boydak referred to the observation in the competition report issued by the European Union in 2013 that growth and employment would not be possible without industry.

Boydak mentioned the energy sources in the Eastern Mediterranean, the nuclear power agreement with Iran, and the developments in the supply of Iraqi oil and gas as critical agenda items.  Mernduh Boydak said that the Natural Gas Market Law would complete the recent regulatory acts in the electricity market and the energy exchange, concluding: “Considering that an amendment to the law is currently being worked on, I must note that cost-based pricing, the restructuring of BOTAŞ, and the issue of contract assignment are critical to the liberalization of the sector.”

The “World Energy Outlook 2013” Turkey Report was then presented by International Energy Agency Chief Economist Dr. Fatih Birol. 

Issued by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the “World Energy Outlook” Report contains the latest forecasts for the next 20 years, policy developments and recent analyses supported by the learnings of the past year.  “World Energy Outlook” includes the latest supply and demand projections according to a variety of scenarios, countries, industries and fuel types.  The report includes important assessments on how the energy system might be transformed in the short and medium term, and is a reference book for anyone wishing to stay abreast of the energy industry.

The event included a panel discussion on “Shifts in the Global Energy Balance and Competition” moderated by Selahattin HAKMAN, President of the TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy and Group President of Energy of the Sabancı Group.

Speakers of the panel were Deputy President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy, Nusret CÖMERT; Vice-President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Energy, Batu AKSOY; President of TÜSİAD Working Group on Environment, Ahmet DÖRDÜNCÜ; Genel Enerji CEO Tony HAYWARD and Paris Institute for Political Science Studies (Science Po) International Energy Division Director Giacomo LUCIANI on their thoughts about energy markets.

All academics, whether from or outside Sabanci University, who are considering 2014 summer teaching options are invited to contact the Summer School Office through summer@sabanciuniv.edu. 

All course proposals should have been submitted by January 13, 2014. Please limit your course proposals to a maximum of 3 courses.
 
A final application folder should comprise: cv, course description, and syllabus (including specifications for reading materials, such as textbooks, course packs, electronic archives); information on previous venues and code numbers (if any); student evaluations (if any); as well as names of two referees (only for junior faculty or all-but-dissertation PhD students). 

The 2014 Sabancı Summer School will start on June 30, and end on August 22, 2014 covering a 7-week period. Optional final exam dates are August 23-26, 2014.

Sabancı University
Summer School Office

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Sabancı University names its third term of Emeritus Professors

A ceremony was held to celebrate the emeritus professorships of Sabancı University faculty members Professor Ahmet Evin, Professor Henning Stichtenoth and Professor Bahri Yılmaz for their contributions to the institution and the society.  The ceremony at Sabancı University was attended by President Professor Nihat Berker, deans of faculties, faculty members, students and employees.

Speaking at the ceremony, President Professor Nihat Berker said, “Institutions bear the imprint of their members.  Our members that we bestow with emeritus professorships have always been at the forefront of our university with their extremely valuable studies, personalities and wealth of experience.”

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences professors Ahmet Evin and Bahri Yılmaz, and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences professor Henning Stichtenoth became the third-term emeritus professors of Sabancı University.  Emeritus professors are distinguished in academia and the society in their respective fields.

Emeritus Professorship at Sabancı University

Emeritus professorship at Sabancı University is an honorary appointment bestowed upon distinguished faculty members who have been of extraordinary service to the university and the society throughout their academic careers, and retire at 68 years of age.

Emeritus professorship at Sabancı University aims to bolster the concentration of young and extraordinary talent with the wealth of knowledge and experience brought by distinguished professors.  The title also enables retired faculty members to continue prolific scientific efforts and take part in the activities of the university.

Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC) was represented by Mehmet Doğan Üçok* in the “Global Turkey in Europe” Conference held at the European Council on Foreign Relations with experts from many countries.

Held with the partnership of Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), Stiftung Mercator, Istituto Affari Internazionali and European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) at ECFR’s London office, the conference on Global Turkey in Europe: Turkish-European Energy Relations sought answers to how the cooperation between EU and Turkey on energy may be enhanced.

Mehmet Doğan Üçok attended the conference on behalf of Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate (IICEC), presenting his paper titled The Potential Role of Turkey in a Globalizing Gas Market. 

In his paper, Mehmet Doğan Üçok discussed global gas and LNG markets, presented an overview of energy in Turkey, and made remarks on the structure of the natural gas market in Turkey.  Doğan Üçok also discussed the potential benefits of a liberal natural gas market to Turkey.

Speakers in the conference, who were subject matter experts from international energy institutions and universities, mostly discussed the natural gas potential in Turkey and the region, the sources in the Eastern Mediterranean, Iraq, Iran, Caucasia and Central Asia, and Turkey’s potential for becoming an energy corridor or an international energy hub.  Doğan Üçok said that the expanding the liberalization that began with the electricity market to the entire energy sector and particularly the natural gas segment would encourage future investment in Turkey, which would be extremely important for Turkey’s aspiration to become a hub for energy.

* Mehmet Doğan Üçok has a doctorate degree in National and International Security Strategies in the department of Strategy and Strategic Studies, and his main field of interest is Energy Security and Government Policies.

Please click to read Mehmet Doğan Üçok’s paper

In honour of our retired faculty members Ahmet Evin, Henning Stichtenoth and Bahri Yılmaz becoming Emeritus Faculty Members we would like to invite you to the Emeritus Faculty Membership Ceremony to be held on Tuesday 17 December 2013. Members of our Board of Trustees including the Chairperson Ms. Güler Sabancı will be present.

Dear Sabancı University Members and Students,

In honour of our retired faculty members Ahmet Evin, Henning Stichtenoth and Bahri Yılmaz becoming Emeritus Faculty Members, we would like to invite you to the Emeritus Faculty Membership Ceremony, to be held on Tuesday, 17 December 2013. Members of our Board of Trustees, including the Chairperson Ms. Güler Sabancı will be present.

We thank our Emeritus Faculty Members, once again, for their distinguished service to our University.

14:00 Tuesday, 17 December 2013

Sabancı University Performing Arts Center

With warm regards,

Nihat Berker