26/07/2016
Sabancı University ranked first in the “Turkey's Favorite Universities” survey conducted every year by Bloomberg Businessweek in cooperation with Realta Consulting. The strength of Sabancı University is “Lectures and Educational System” say the voters.
This 3rd “Favorite Universities” survey was conducted between November-March 2016, with participation of 14,330 students from 80 universities.
58 questions including 4 open-ended were addressed to the students under 12 topics such as “Faculty”, “Academic Support”, “Evaluation and Feedback”, “Self-Improvement”, “Social Environment”, “Location, Transportation and Facilities”, “Student Services”, “Alumni Association”, “Career and Internship” and “General Satisfaction”. The aim of the survey was to determine the favorite universities of Turkey.
Speaking of their success, President of Sabancı University Nihat Berker said, “Sabancı Community decided to establish a global university led by Sabancı Foundation in 1994. We wanted to create a new and unique model that was not a reiteration of existing university models. Having opened its doors to the students in 1999, various universities are currently modeled on Sabancı University One of the top features that make Sabancı University different is its unique education system. Academic programs at Sabancı University are innovative and interdisciplinary.
Sabancı University gives its students the ability to choose their diploma programs at the end of first year. This unique education system allows students to get a real university experience with diversity and depth different from their previous education and the compulsory test approach exposed during the preparation to matriculation exam. The interdisciplinary approach at Sabancı university helps educate individuals in line with demands of business and academic world.
Thanks to the fundamentals of education system at Sabancı University based on the Foundations Development Program, students enroll in either Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the School of Management, or the Industry Engineering Program Group.
Students who enroll in Sabancı University get the chance to know different fields by choosing courses from different undergraduate programs in counselling of faculties. This enables students to discover their desires and skills, and consciously choose whatever they want from 13 programs. This system not only aims to create “alumni comfortable with their diploma”, but also raises versatile individuals who are familiar with fundamentals of other disciplines.”