Sabancı University Program for Undergraduate Research (PURE), is now accepting students for the 2018-2019 Fall Term. Application deadline for PURE 2018-2019 Fall Term is October 10, 2018.

To apply for a PURE 2018-2019 Fall Term Project, you need to register at PURE Website and select research projects offered by Sabancı University faculty members and researchers. Applicants will be assigned to projects on the basis of project supervisors' approval and applicants' project preferences. 

To register and login to PURE Website, you need to click on "My Account" at the upper right corner of the main page and follow the instructions. 

For 2018-2019 Fall Term Project List, please click here. 

For rules and regulations about PURE and detailed information, please visit the Application Page. 

For your questions, please contact pure@sabanciuniv.edu.

Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the 2019 World University Rankings. 1258 universities were evaluated this year, and Sabancı University was within the 351-400 bracket. While Sabancı was the highest-rated Turkish university in the rankings, 22 other Turkish universities were included.   

Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the 2019 World University Rankings. 23 Turkish universities entered the rankings this year. Sabancı University was ranked in the 351-400 bracket among 1258 universities from 77 countries, and was the highest-ranked among the 23 Turkish universities in the list.

The 23 Turkish universities and their respective brackets are: Sabancı University 351-400; Koç University 401 – 500; Bilkent, Boğaziçi and Hacettepe Universities 501 – 600; ITU and METU 601 – 800; Anadolu, Atılım, Erciyes, Gebze Technical and Istanbul Universities 801-1000; Akdeniz, Ankara, Bahçeşehir, Çukurova, Dokuz Eylül, Gazi, İYTE, Marmara, Ondokuz Mayıs, TOBB and Yeditepe Universities 1001+. 

The methodology of THE University Rankings assesses successful universities based on 13 performance indicators in teaching, research, citations, industry income and international outlook. 

The scope and weight of these five categories are provided below:

• Teaching: the learning environment (worth 30%)
• Research: volume, income and reputation (worth 30%)
• Citations: research influence (worth 30%)
• Industry Income: innovation (worth 2.5%)
• International Outlook: staff, students and research (worth 7.5%)

Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Mahmut Bayazıt was chosen to the editorial boards of a national and an international journal.

The international journal International Studies of Management & Organization is being published since 1971. The journal aims to make current empirical and theoretical contributions to management and organization.

The other journal that has Mahmut Bayazıt among its editors is the Psikoloji Çalışmaları Dergisi, the publication of the Istanbul University Psychology Department that has been in circulation since 1956. The journal publishes quantitative and qualitative empirical research in psychology and its branches.

The winners of the fifth Hakan Orbay Research Awards given by the Sabancı University School of Management in honor of faculty member Hakan Orbay who passed away in 2011 were chosen.

The Hakan Orbay Research Award for Young Researchers went to Assistant Professor Selman Erol from Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University with his paper titled “Network Hazard & Bailouts”. The winner of the PhD Student Award was The Wharton School, UPENN (Finance Department) PhD candidate Adrian Ayvan Çorum with “Activist Settlements”.

Organized by KAGİDER (Woman Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey) in association with Sabancı University and hosted by Boyner Holding, the “Project 15 Woman Entrepreneur Boot Camp” brought together 150 entrepreneurial women whose businesses are less than three years old.

Selected applicants were asked to complete the online KAGİDER Pusula training prior to joining the boot camp, where they attended training sessions by subject matter experts and successful woman entrepreneurs, and completed workshops. Participants were chosen among applicants whose businesses had a turnover of less than TL 1 million, and had not passed the critical threshold of three years in operation.

Oktar: ‘Our goal is to prepare woman entrepreneurs to the market’

The event held in association with Sabancı University and hosted by Boyner Holding on September 15 and 16 began with introductory remarks by KAGİDER Chair Sanem Oktar. Oktar stated the following: “Since established, KAGİDER has supported tens of thousands of women, and shown them the path to success in entrepreneurship. To celebrate our 15th year, this project aims to provide fifteen thousand women with remote access, while providing online training to 1500 women, and working on the business ideas of 150 women who would join the boot camp. Today, I'm delighted to have made the boot camp a reality. Our goal is to prepare woman entrepreneurs to the market. I believe we will expand the entrepreneurship map of Turkey with new and strong businesses built and grown bu women."

Also speaking in the event, KAGİDER Training and Mentorship Strategy Group President Seçil Şendağ emphasized the importance of networking: “This camp aims to make the long and difficult journey awaiting women a little easier. During your two days here, look in the eyes of your fellow journeyers; see each other, share your business ideas, build friendships. Because we women are far stronger when together."

15 chosen entrepreneurs will be supported

The event continued with a panel discussion titled "Growth Begins with Thinking Big: What Do Investors Expect?" moderated by Sanem Oktar, with speakers Armut.com founder Başak Taşdemir, Biolive (producer of bioplastics from olive stones) founding partner Duygu Yılmaz, and Vispera Bilişim Teknolojileri founding partner Aytül Erçil, followed by a networking session facilitated by training and development consultant Betül Bozkurt. The two-day event continued with training sessions by PDA founder Kılıç Arslantürk on “Gaining and Retaining Customers”, Sparkus.com founder Dani Benreytan on “Creative Thinking for Business Development Management”, Sabancı University School of Management faculty member Berna Beyhan on “Business Model Training”, marketing agency NBT (Next Big Think) Turkish representatives Çiğdem Çetinbaş and Hülya Çeltekoğlu on “Surviving in the Digital World”; a panel discussion moderated by Seçil Şendağ with speakers BEE’O founder Aslı Elif Tanuğur, Reeder founding partner Sezen Şaral and Suteks Group founder Nur Ger on “Internationalization and Being a Global Company”; a training on "Effective Presentation Skills" by Sabancı University SUCOOL Coordinator Naci Kahraman; and "Coach-Led Presentations" by KAGİDER members.

The participants of the “Project 15 Woman Entrepreneur Boot Camp" will submit their project dossiers including short videos where they describe their businesses between September 17 and 23. After an initial screening by the Pre-Selection Committee, the 15 woman entrepreneurs with brilliant business ideas will be announced by a jury panel composed of prominent businesspeople and investors of Turkey on October 15. The selected entrepreneurs will be provided various means of support. These include meetings with angel investors and the entrepreneurship ecosystem, public relations assistance, mentorship from KAGİDER members for six months, and support of the Advisory Board comprised by KAGİDER members who are experts in their respective fields.

The project was implemented with the proceeds from journalist Elif Ergu’s book "İlham Veren Kadınlar" published to commemorate the 15th year of KAGİDER, the 15th year celebration gala event held by KAGİDER, and the ticket sales of the play “Duyanlar Olsun” performed by KAGİDER members.

A research team including Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member Ünal Ertan and Foundations Development Program Faculty Member Şirin Çalışkan observed an extended area of infrared emissions around a neutron star named RX J0806.4-4123 using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.   

The observation by Sabancı University faculty together with researchers at Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Arizona was published on Sept. 17, 2018, in the Astrophysical Journal. The research was supported by NASA, TÜBİTAK, the U.S. National Science Foundation, Pennsylvania State, the Penn State Eberly College of Science, and the Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium.

This animation depicts a neutron star (RX J0806.4-4123) with a disk of warm dust that produces an infrared signature as detected by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.

Credits: NASA, ESA, and N. Tr’Ehnl (Pennsylvania State University)

Sabancı University Faculty Member Ünal Ertan said the following about their discovery: “Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe that we can observe directly. They have a radius of about 10 kilometers and the mass of a sun. This observation detected an area of infrared emissions that appears to be 30 billion kilometers in diameter and was never seen around a neutron star before. We receive continuous electromagnetic waves in infrared lengths from this area. In our study, we also attempted to explain the physical mechanism that produces this emission."

The researchers including Sabancı University faculty suggest two possibilities that could explain the extended infrared signal. The first is that there is a disk of material surrounding the neutron star after the supernova. In this model, the source of the emissions is the core of the disk that is closest to the star. Although the area is much smaller than the observed source, the infrared radiation generated there may scatter and reflect on the outer disks, which leads to an image that is the observed emission. The idea that such systems could have a disk surrounding them that would affect their evolution was first suggested by Sabancı University faculty member M. Ali Alpar in 2001.

The second possible explanation is a “pulsar wind nebula,” where particles are accelerated in the electrical field that is produced by the neutron star As the neutron star travels through the interstellar medium, a shock can form where the interstellar medium and the pulsar wind interact. The correct explanation may be discovered by the close observation of other sources in the future.

To read further on the topic on the NASA website, please click here.  

Sabancı University Civic Involvement Projects and the Municipality of Ahmetbey collaborated for the implementation of a Discover Yourself Project in the Ahmetbey township of Lüleburgaz.

Sabancı University, in association with students from other universities, has been undertaking Discover Yourself Projects aimed at primary school students in provinces other than Istanbul for 18 years. 

A Discover Yourself Project was implemented at the Lüleburgaz Ahmetbey Cumhuriyet Primary School between September 1 and 14, 2018 with the participation of 12 volunteer university students.

Discover Yourself Projects are a part of the required Civic Involvement Projects at Sabancı University, and enable both primary school and university students to gain experiences that they will cherish for a lifetime.

Volunteer university students worked with the 3rd to 7th grade students of Ahmetbey Cumhuriyet Primary School to engage them in a series of activities designed to help them learn while having fun, from creative drama to art skills, communication etiquette and cultural interaction. The Discover Yourself Project concluded with the Sun Day event.

The project was sponsored by the Municipality of Ahmetbey. 

Information about results will not be given out over the telephone to avoid any misunderstanding.

ELAE results are announced as letters of the alphabet. As stated in our regulations, no results are released as numeric values. Please clickto see your result.

SL (Satisfactory in the ELAE) : This indicates those students who were successful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam (Stage 1) and who have the right to take the English Assessment Exam  (Stage 2) on September 18th.

UL (Unsatisfactory in the ELAE): This indicates those students who were unsuccessful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam. Those who receive an unsatisfactory grade from the English Assessment Exam will be placed at an appropriate level in the 2018-2019 Foundation Development Year based on their exam results.

2018-2019 Academic Year Fall Term-Foundation Development Year Classes will start on Monday, 24^th September 2018. The student class lists and class schedules will be posted on the School of Languages Directorate’s notice boards on Friday, 21th September 2018 at 3.00 pm

NA (Non-Attendance): Students who do not take the ELAE “NA” grade will be evaluated as an “UL” grade.

Those students who were successful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam  (Stage 1) and who have the right to take the English Assessment Exam  (Stage 2) on September 18th can check their exam location at the link below.

Click for 18th September Stage II Exam Location

 STAGE 2 DATE AND TIMES:

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018, 09:30-15:00 (details below)

9:30 – 11:00 Writing

11:00 – 12:00 Listening

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 15:00 Reading

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.

There is no make-up for the ELAE.

The results of the second stage will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University through the SU web-page. These results will be announced on Thursday, September 20th at 9:00 pm.

We wish you every success in the exam.

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The Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, renovated into a museum and art gallery by the Sabancı Foundation to honor the late Sakıp Sabancı's will, hosts an exihibition by contemporary photography artist and Sabancı University Arts and Social Sciences faculty member Murat Germen titled “The Various Aspects of Photography – Murat Germen: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective”.

Murat Germen's work on the impact of excessive urbanization, the documentary sustainability of local cultures, and the insidious destruction wrought by humankind on nature will be on exhibit at the Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery until March 31, 2019. 

Germen employs digital tools to break the mundanity and familiarity of visual depictions of cities, saying that the reason for this preference is his bearing witness to the transition from analog to digital. 

Germen's Journey in Photography Meets Mardin

In the early years of his career, Germen was encouraged by the excitement of creating in the digital environment to merge illustrations, digital images and computer modeling with photography. However, the fact that computer software, where the artist has absolutely no contribution, may leave an impression deeper than that of the artist when used at levels which will dominate the imagery compelled Germen to look elsewhere.

In his latest work, Germen seeks to diversify and customize the two-dimensional conveyance of photographs, believing that unexpected outcomes as a result of coincidences has a separate place in art. The exhibition “The Various Aspects of Photography – Murat Germen: A Cross-sectional Retrospective" also features some of the earlier works of the artist, where both spontaneous and controlled effects make an appearance.

Having held over 80 personal and joint exhibitions in many countries including the United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, Germen said the following about his first exhibition in Mardin: "The production and consumption of Istanbul occupies an unnecessarily large section of the culture and arts environment in Turkey. It is only natural that Istanbul, being the largest city of the country, takes a central position; nevertheless, I believe its dominance must be challenged and events which meld the theory and practice of art together should travel outside Istanbul much more frequently. I am deeply grateful to the esteemed Sabancı Family, Sabancı Foundation, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum and its distinguished director Nazan Ölçer for giving me this opportunity to build a cultural partnership with the people of Mardin.”

"We are delighted to have Murat Germen in Mardin" 

Sabancı Foundation Board of Trustees Member Dr.h.c. Dilek Sabancı said, “The Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum and Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery aim to create a modern and contemporary art platform. We have hosted a number of exhibitions since our opening to fulfill this purpose. We brought practitioners of various forms of art to Mardin. As an artist nurtured by both analog and digital, Murat Germen brings an architectural perspective and possibilities afforded by technology to the art of photography. "The Various Aspects of Photograhpy" is a testament to the long journey of the artist. I believe that the people of Mardin, as well as visitors from other cities, will enjoy this exhibition. We are delighted to have Murat Germen at the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery.” 

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum Director Nazan Ölçer spoke, “We are happy to have Murat Germen here, in a city he is no stranger to, in our Museum and in the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery, to enable the people of this city who love and create art to meet him as an artist as well as an academic who is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience with younger generations. I am also delighted to announce that the artist will deliver seminars and workshops with historians of photograhpy and contemporary photography experts in partnership with the Artuklu University Faculty of Architecture, Governorship of Mardin Youth Center, Mardin Municipality Photography Club, and Mardin High School of Fine Arts.“