Ayşe Kıvılcım Coşkun, 2003 alumna of the Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) Microelectronics Engineering Program, has been appointed as the next director of the Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE) of Boston University, one of the leading universities in the US.
After graduating from Sabancı University Microelectronics Engineering Program and completing her doctorate at the University of California, San Diego, Ayşe Kıvılcım Coşkun became a faculty member at Boston University Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. Being a Network Faculty Member of Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences at the same time, Coşkun will replace Professor of Engineering Yannis Paschalidis who has become the new director of the Hariri Institute.
“I’m excited to take on this opportunity,” says Coşkun. “If you think about a research center, it’s really a catalyst, bringing together people with different expertise to build something bigger. My goal in my new role at CISE is to continue this center’s strong tradition of collaborative research around the topic of intelligent systems, while fostering growth in the broader area of computer systems, and to make sure we have a coherent, unified center where all these different researchers are supported well and can interact and collaborate.”
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend Kıvanç, the most colorful, charismatic, sweetest resident of the SBS building.
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our little lion, Kıvanç, one of the oldest residents of our school, whose friendship and love have warmed us for years. We would like to thank our friend for everything, who is well known to almost everyone who has joined Sabancı University as a student, academician, visitor, or administrative staff, and who has been beautifying our campus for more than ten years and bringing us peace and joy with his presence.
Kıvanç gives a great life lesson to all of us with his love that he is very generous in sharing with those who love him and his careless attitude towards those who do not like him, surprises everyone who sees him for the first time with his superior skill in using the elevator, acts as an academic advisor with his selectivity in the courses he prefers to attend, and impress everyone with his active participation in faculty meetings. Our beautiful friend will always remain in our memories.
Kıvanç's memory will be kept alive by planting a commemorative tree in November with the support of the General Secretariat of Sabancı University in the garden at the entrance of the SBS Building, where he is very happy to spend his time. It is believed that the fruits of the ginkgo biloba plant, which is chosen as a commemorative tree due to its similarity to Kıvanç with its yellow and fluffy flowers, prevent forgetting in Chinese medicine and strengthen memory. We will never forget you either, our Kivanc.
Sabancı University Sabanci Business School has announced that it will be taking part in a new project called SMART4FUTURE.
The project aims to support the capacity-building process of higher education institutes (HEIs) in innovation and entrepreneurship and to create all necessary preconditions for establishing higher education institutes as focal points of local and regional innovation ecosystems in 6 countries: Ireland, Italy, Poland, Croatia, Serbia and Turkey. The project supported capacity-building will make inroads into SMART4FUTURE HEI’s structures by creating start-up support mechanisms, mentoring schemes, improving technology transfer and technology transfer offices (TTOs), and by establishing new types of collaborations with external partners.
The project will receive funding from the EIT HEI Initiative: Innovation Capacity Building for Higher Education. This initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) aims to boost the entrepreneurial and innovation capacity of higher education institutions (HEIs) across Europe.
As part of this project, we will be working together with the following partners:
Algebra University College – project lead
Griffith College
University of Naples “Federico II
Medical University of Lublin
Infobip d.o.o.
Mentortec Servicos de Apoio a Projectos Technologicos SA
Link Group
Under the EIT HEI Initiative, the project will receive funding of €300.000, and it will run until December 2022, with the possibility of getting extended for 18 more months.
Stay tuned for more information about this project in the coming months!
About the EIT HEI Initiative
The EIT HEI Initiative is a key objective for the European Institute of Innovation and Technology as part of its new strategy. The initiative aims to support HEIs with expertise and coaching, access to the EIT innovation ecosystem, the largest in Europe, and funding, enabling them to develop innovation action plans complementing the needs of individual HEIs. This is the EIT HEI Initiative’s second call for proposals, following the success of the 2021 Pilot Call. So far, the initiative has provided funding to nearly 50 projects. The next call for proposals is expected towards the end of 2022.
About the EIT
The EIT strengthens Europe’s ability to innovate by powering solutions to pressing global challenges and by nurturing entrepreneurial talent to create sustainable growth and skilled jobs in Europe. The EIT is an EU body and an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The Institute supports dynamic pan-European partnerships, EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, among leading companies, research labs and universities.
The application deadline for non-thesis graduate programs offered by Sabancı University for professionals has been announced as August 5, 2022.
Sabancı University Non-Thesis (Professional) Graduate Programs, which include Executive MBA, Professional MBA, Finance, Business Analytics for Professionals, Information Technologies, Data Analytics, Cyber Security and Energy Technologies and Management programs, raise managers and experts who can adapt to the speed of change and transformation of the global age.
Regarding professional graduate programs, Cüneyt Evirgen, Director of Sabancı University Executive Development Unit - EDU, said, “In addition to our full-time academics, executives and experts from the business world teach in our programs. Thus, we build a solid bridge between the university and the business world. We are proud of the momentum gained by the alumni of our professional graduate programs in their careers, the success they achieve in global companies, and the innovative practices in the new companies they establish by improving their entrepreneurial aspects.”
August 5 is the application deadline
The application deadline for Sabancı University Non-Thesis Graduate Programs for Professionals is August 5, 2022. You can click here to have more information about the programs and to attend promotional meetings.
The Boeing Company and Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center (SU IMC) collaborate to develop advanced aerospace composite technologies. To this end, SU IMC and Boeing have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
Sabancı University Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Research and Application Center (SU IMC) and the Boeing Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore future collaboration on the development of advanced aerospace technologies.
Held in the Composite Technologies Center of Excellence building in Teknopark Istanbul, the signing ceremony was attended by José Enrique Román, Vice President of Boeing Research and Global Technology, and Ali Çalışkan, Secretary General of Sabancı University, in addition to Juan Carlos Campell,Director of Boeing Research and Technology Middle East, Professor Mehmet Yıldız,Sabancı University’s Vice President for Research and Development, Associate Professor Burcu SanerOkan, Academic Director of SU IMC, Devrim Özaydın, CEOofSU IMC, and project partners, faculty members, and researchers.
With this Memorandum of Understanding, Sabancı University and Boeing aim to develop new projects for the aviation industry. Thanks to the MoU, collaborations for the development of advanced aviation composite materials will also be increased in order to meet the growing needs of the aviation industry both in Turkey and globally. In this context, especially cost- and energy-competitive thermoplastics and nanomaterials, functionalized thermoplastics, and structural health monitoring are the main areas of focus in this mutual cooperation.
SUIMC is one of the only six worldwide, and the first university center in Turkey with AS9100 certification. The AS9100 Certificate has critical importance on an international level for institutions operating in the Aerospace and Defense Industry.
Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center for Excellence (SU Gender) continues its international webinar series on sexual harassment, gender based violence, diversity and inclusion within and outside the university.
In this series, experts, researchers, and activists from different universities, research centers and NGOs, learn from their expertise and share experiences.
The twelfth of the webinar series will take place on July 20, Wednesday. You are welcome to join our webinar by registering via the link below.
July 20, Wednesday, 18.00 UTC+3 (Istanbul time)
Indigenous Women Practices for Reparation of Sexual Violence in the Colombian Caribbean Region/ Angela Santamaria (Universidad del Rosario)
Sabancı University’s 20th undergraduate and 23rd graduate classes’ commencement ceremony was held on the campus in Tuzla. During her address to the graduates, Güler Sabancı, the Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, highlighted that the climate crisis is too urgent to be postponed, and said, “Both in our country and in the world, we are experiencing significant increases in natural disasters such as floods, fires and droughts due to climate change. The world needs to come up with solutions to this problem by working together”.
Sabancı University’s 20th undergraduate and 23rd graduate classes’ commencement ceremony was held on the university’s campus. Attended by 1092 graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Sabancı Business School, the ceremony took place with the participation of Güler Sabancı, the Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, Yusuf Leblebici, President of SabancıUniversity, and faculty members.
Speaking at the ceremony, Güler Sabancı,the Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, reminded the advice of Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci to young people, and said: “Last year, at our Commencement Ceremony, our distinguished scientists Özlem Türeci and Uğur Şahin addressed our graduates. Ms. Özlem Türeci said, "The important thing is not to choose the easy option, but to choose a task or job that has a purpose". I also attach great importance to this.
Mr. Uğur Şahin, on the other hand, highlighted the importance of science in the world, adding that the pandemic once again showed us this fact, and that the way to progress in science is through curiosity. He also emphasized that curiosity and having a purpose are very important. You are graduating at a time when the world is going through a difficult period. You are at the beginning of a new period, a new normal and a new path. In this new normal, I believe that you will be successful by working with courage, perseverance, and most importantly, working hard”.
Güler Sabancı draws attention to the climate emergency
Speaking about the climate emergency in her speech, Güler Sabancı continued as follows: “It is now accepted that the 1.5-degree warming target set in the Paris Agreement will be exceeded. Both in our country and in the world, we are experiencing significant increases in natural disasters such as floods, fires and droughts due to climate change. The world needs to come up with solutions to this problem by working together”.
“You should have a useful purpose to serve humanity”
Giving advice to young graduates, Güler Sabancı said, “You have the skills needed to easily achieve the successes you aim for in your career. Each of you can contribute to the solution of all problems in your environment, in your families, in your neighborhood and be a part of the solution. Research shows that for long-term happiness in life, it is very important to have a purpose that will serve the society and humanity. Thanks to the education you received and the knowledge-based studies you carried out at our university, and the approach of creating and developing together, you have solution-oriented competencies that involve the effective use of technology. These competencies will give you great advantages”.
Güler Sabancı also emphasized that Sabancı University is among the most respected universities in the world, despite being a very young university. She said, “This was the purpose of our university at the establishment stage. We have reached this point with great effort, endless faith and hard work. Behind this success lies the dream and aim of bringing a world university to Turkey. On this occasion, I also commemorate our Honorary Chair, the late Sakıp Sabancı, whom we always feel by our side, with great love and respect".
Sabancı University doubled the number of students from the Top 1000 in three years
In his speech at the commencement ceremony, Yusuf Leblebici, President of Sabancı University, summarized the progress and achievements of Sabancı University in the past few years. Leblebici said: “The success rankings of our new students who join our university continue to rise every year. According to the university exam results, we managed to double the number of students from the top 1000 within 3 years. Today, we award undergraduate diplomas to 226 students in Computer Science and Engineering and 240 students in Industrial Engineering. In the field of computer science, we will increase this number to over 450 in the next two years. I am proud to emphasize that we are the only university in Turkey that can achieve this without applying a quota limit in any of our undergraduate programs”.
Leblebici stated that 97 percent of Sabancı University graduates start their careers in the sectors they prefer or continue their graduate studies in their country of choice within the first year of receiving their diplomas, and noted that they aim to become one of the most recognized and appreciated research universities not only in Turkey but also in the world. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Leblebici said, “We conduct pioneering and prominent research in our faculties and centers, and we receive strong project support from domestic and international sources for these studies. I would like to inform you that as a result of our achievements we are one of the first 3 foundation universities to be included in the list of Research Universities approved by the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) in the past months”.
Stating that Sabancı University Executive Development Unit, EDU, maintains its steady rise in the field of custom programs in the Financial Times rankings, Leblebici concluded by saying, “EDU, which first entered the list at the 78th place in 2018, rapidly rose in the rankings, and became 42nd among the world universities this year. We are very proud to be the only university in Turkey to achieve this”.
At the 2022 Commencement Ceremony, the top-ranking students deserving of a special award were announced. These awards are fully funded by the Sakip Sabancı Fund set up in the will of Sakıp Sabancı. The top-ranking students in the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the Sabancı Business School were Gülsen Görkem Köse, Muhammet Akif Midilli, and Gizem Uçal, respectively. The top-ranking students received their awards from Güler Sabancı.
The Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano Diagnostics (EFSUN) is pleased to announce the Best Paper Award to recognize their scientific achievements via articles outstanding young scientists have authored, in part or full, related to Functional Surfaces and Interfaces published within the last 3.5 years (between 2019-2022). The deadline of the submission is 18 August 2022.
More information could be obtained using the following link:
Transfer applications to Sabancı University from other universities are evaluated by the relevant Faculty Boards upon the pre-evaluation of the Commision within the scope of the rules determined by Sabanci University and the quota, in compliance with "Instruction Letter for the Transfer among the Higher Education Institutions at the Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degree Programs and the Rules for Double Major, Minor and Credit Transfer between Institutions" published by the Turkish Higher Education Council (YOK). Online applications have to be completed without any missing documents until 25 July 2022. Interviews for applicants, who meet application requirements, will be held on 2 August 2022; and the applicants to be admitted to the programs will be decided after the Faculty Administrative Board evaluates the application documents.
General Rules for the Application Requirements:
YOK Equivalency: For the applications made from abroad; the institution, that the applicant will leave, have to be among the institutions of which equivalency is recognized by YOK.
Program Equivalency: Institution and the program which the candidate are to leave should be the equivalent of the Undergraduate Programs of SU.
Term: 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.
Grade Point Average : Applicants must possess a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 60 out of 100 or 2.29 out of 4.00. Candidates, applying from the universities implementing the grading system other than x out of 4.00 or 100, should submit an official document explaining the grading system and conversion table for the grades.
To Be Registered: Applicants must be registered in the current higher education institution as a student.
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 institutions where the medium of instruction is English are exempted from English Language exam. Applicants, who do not meet these criteria, are required to be successfull in the English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE) held by Sabancı University, to be able to start to study in the program.(**) Exams and Scores for Foundation Development Year Exemption
Education Period: The total periods required to complete the program and those formerly passed must not exceed the maximum education period of 14 terms.
OSYM Score: For students with Turkish citizenship, who are registered in a university abraod; it is required to meet ranking condition stated in OSYS guidebook for the related year for applications to Faculty of Engineering and Natual Sciences. For Management Programs and Arts and Social Sciences Programs, it is required to have an equal or above central placement score from the relevant score type in the year that the student took OSYS/YKS exam, than the minimum required score for the equivalent diploma programs in Turkey to the program that the student intend to transfer.
Application Documents:
All documents must be offically 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.
1000 TL application fee must be paid to the the account of which details will be sent to you with an e-mail right after you submit the application.
Application fee is non-refundable.
Whether the applicants will be placed in a program or not will be determined according to the number of the semesters and credits.
The Certificates of Examination Results
There must be a copy of OSYS certificate (indicating the score and the higher education institution placed) used for the admittance to the institution the applicants are to leave for the applicants from domestic universities, including higher education institutions in KKTC and those mentioned in the OSYM guide; OSYM certificate showing obtained scores from all score types is also required.
Applicants who are registered in a higher education institution abroad are required to meet the conditions in the Higher Education Programs and Quotas Guide.
For T.C. nationals registered abroad; OSYS certificate (Student Pleacement Exam) and OSYM certificate showing obtained scores from all score types is also required.
In order to be able to transfer from a higher education institution abroad to a program in our country for which success ranking is required;
a) In the year a student starts his/her higher education, the university he/she is registered in must be in the first four hundredth percentile in the world rankings determined by the ranking institutions based on the Higher Education Council and meet the term/class and success requirements,
b) In case of being registered in a university other than the first four hundred percentile;
1.Those who have completed their secondary education in Turkey must take the central placement exam and meet the requirement of success ranking in the relevant score type of the program for which the success ranking is required as of the registration year,
2.Those who have completed at least the last two years of their secondary education abroad must have successfully passed at least four semesters of the diploma program they are enrolled in excluding the preparatory year.
It is required for the international applicants or the ones who complete entire high school education outside of Turkey, to submit one of the exam or diplomas stated in the list
Transcript
An official document, demonstrating all courses, grades, and GPA's, issued by Student Affairs Office of the higher education institution the applicant is enrolled in. If the grading table is not on the transcript, an official letter explaining the grading system must also be submitted along with the transcript.
For international applications; those who have completed at least two years of their secondary education in an institution abroad must also submit their high school transcripts (report card).
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. It is required for each course which is succesfully passed. Courses which are found equivalent by the Faculty Administrative Board will be substituted with their grade.
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 (*)
An official document indicating the program's education language prepared by the Student Affairs Office of the university the applicant is enrolled in (for the institutions of which medium of instruciton is fully English). If the information is indicated on the transcript, no additional document is required.
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.
Certificate of Disciplinary Standing
The document indicating the disciplinary standing for the domestic applicants prepared by the Student Affairs Office of the university that the applicant is registered in.
Letter of Recommendation
It is not mandatory; can be submitted optionally.Minimum 2, preferably 3 letters of recommendation
High school diploma copy attested by the university, for the applicants graduated from a high school in Turkey
For the applicants graduated from overseas high schools, it is required to attach notarized Turkish translations of their high school diploma and diploma equivalency certificate obtained from Turkish Ministry of Education, along with the high school diploma
The Passport Pages
Those pages with photo and identification information and approved notarized photocopies of the pages related to the years of education in the foreign higher education institutions for the overseas applicants.
"Yurda giriş-çıkış belgesi” from e-devlet for students who have Turkish citizenship. As of March 2020, entry and exit inquiries are not mandatory due to the pandemic.
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.
Copies of certificates, courses, internships, sports competitions with rewards taken before.
Which of the courses taken before to be substituted; and which course will be substituted with which one will be indicated in the Faculty Administrative Board resolution, after the transfer application is accepted.
A new report by RESISTIRÉ project, which is represented by Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence (SU Gender) in Turkey, takes a close look at National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs), which Member States had to submit to access the NextGenerationEU funds. NextGenerationEU is a €800 billion recovery plan to help repair the immediate economic and social damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
New RESISTIRÉ report on policy mapping: Post-Covid National Recovery and Resilience Plans lack concrete solutions to tackle gender inequalities.
It highlights that few measures have been taken to mitigate gender inequalities. When available, such measures are mainly found in the area of work, education and care. There is a striking lack of measures in other areas, such as power-sharing (decision-making and politics) and gender-based violence.
The plans have now been approved, but it is not too late to include a gender perspective in their implementation and monitoring. This is crucial for the EU to achieve gender equality.
Gender equality has been set as an objective, but few NRRPs actually address it
The regulation establishing the NRRPs framework stipulates that “gender equality and equal opportunities for all, and the mainstreaming of those objectives should be taken into account and promoted throughout the preparation and implementation of recovery and resilience plans”.
RESISTIRÉ report shows that this orientation has been poorly translated into practice. In most cases, gender issues are mainly relegated to the level of a general reflection or a description of the context, without being linked to concrete solutions.
Furthermore, gender is often considered in isolation, rather than in combination with other characteristics (such as age, social class, ethnicity, etc.). Without a framework that acknowledges intersectional experiences, policies may fail to adequately tackle gender inequalities.
The plans also incorporated stereotypes: women's access to the labour market, lower wages or difficulties in career progression would simply be due to a lack of skills and education or the need to learn (male) management skills.
It is time to include women’s perspectives in the implementation of the NRRPs
The project of RESISTIRÉ aims to understand the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak and its policy responses on existing inequalities in 31 countries (EU-27 plus Iceland, UK, Serbia and Turkey) and to work towards individual and societal resilience. This is achieved by mapping and collecting data, and by analyzing and translating these insights into solutions to be deployed by policymakers, stakeholders and actors in the field in different policy domains.
The first cycle of the RESISTIRÉ project showed that initial policy responses to the pandemic were rarely gender mainstreamed, and in only a few cases did they seek to mitigate inequalities related to gender dynamics. This new analysis does not present a much better picture of policy efforts to mitigate gender inequalities.
Although the plans have now been adopted as they are, it is crucial that the next steps include women’s perspective. By September 2022, RESISTIRÉ will launch a set of recommendations to address women’s perspectives in the implementation and monitoring of the NRRPs.
