2015-2016 Spring Term Dormitory Fees and Payments

2015-2016 Spring Term Dormitory Fees and Payments

2015 - 2016 Spring Term Dormitory Fees and Payments

The dormitory fees for our undergradute and graduate students in the 2015 - 2016 Academic Year Spring Semester are listed below, and are required to be paid to Akbank brunches with company code '815 under the ATS' (Subscription Payment System) between the dates 2016 January 18 and January 22. Under this system, you must provide first your student number (example 00012345), name and surname for access to the amount you are required to pay, which will then be collected in cash. The Artı Para accounts opened for payment of tuition fees in instalments cannot be used for dormitory fees.

Dormitory fee payment dates which specified the above are involves the students who are staying dormitory during Fall Semester and will stay on Spring Semester.

The students who want to stay in dormitory on Spring Semester are can display their dormitory application result on bannerweb.sabanciuniv.edu at 27th of January, they can make their dormitory fee payment between 27th of January and 29th of January.

Dormitories will be open through the semester break.

We wish you a good holiday.

Dormitory Management

2015 – 2016 Academic Year Spring Semester Dormitory Fees / Per Person (VAT included)

Undergraduate students:

4 person study rooms   1.900 TL

4 person rooms            2.900 TL

2 person rooms            4.250 TL

Graduate students:

2 person rooms            4.250 TL

1 person rooms            5.500 TL

Studio apartments (Hall F-G)    5.750 TL

Students entering dormitories for the first time are required to pay a deposit fee of 850 TL.

ELAE - January 2016 Exam

ELAE - January 2016 Exam

Students who can take the 13th January 2016 ELAE:

  • Students whose status is inactive/prepared outside and who have submitted petitions to School of Languages Directorate.*
  • Students who are using their right to study for a second year at FDY and who have completed the survey on surveymonkey to School of Languages Directorate.
  • Graduate students who have received approval from their faculties,
  • Students who successfully complete R4 and who wish to try for the Freshman English Exemption Exam (FEEE)** 

Location and Times:

WRITING & LISTENING     10.00 – 12:10  
READING                            13:15 – 14:45
LOCATION                          FMAN 1099

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall 15-20 min. 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.

The results of the ELAE will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Thursday, January 14th at 9pm.

Graduate students will be informed of their ELAE results by their faculties.

Detailed information about the ELAE and a sample of the exam is available at the link below. We recommend that all students who will take the exam check this link.


http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae/assessment-exam

* Inactive/prepared outside students who want to continue at FDY should give a petition to the School of Languages Directorate by 15th of January at 5 pm.

A "Placement Exam" will be given to these students on the 18th of January at 9 am.

** Students who are in this category need to submit a petition to the SL Directorate by January 12th,2016.

We wish you every success in the exam.

School of Languages

Ali Koşar receives Outstanding Young Person Award

Ali Koşar receives Outstanding Young Person Award

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences member Ali Koşar received first prize in the Scientific Leadership category of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons Of the World" "TOYP 2015 – Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Turkey" Awards.

Ali Koşar received hiz prize in the awards ceremony held on November 28, 2015 at Doğuş University.

The "TOYP 2015 – Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Turkey" competition aims to generate awareness about the impact and achievements of outstanding individuals who make contributions to the lives of people through an award ceremony and the media. The award is given to ten Turkish nationals between the ages of 18 and 40 in ten categories every year.

‘TOYP 2015– Ten Outstanding Young Persons in Turkey’ is the Turkish finals of the “Ten Outstanding Young Persons Of the World” program, one of the most highly coveted award schemes worldwide. The competition is held every year by the Turkish branch of JCI - Junior Chamber International, the third largest global nongovernmental organization for the youth, and is one of the longest-running social responsibility and social awareness projects in Turkey.

Download new year cards!

Download new year cards!

Sabancı University Comparison to MIT Alumni

Sabancı University Comparison to MIT Alumni

Our President Nihat Berker gave the talk of the yearend meeting of the MIT Alumni in Turkey, on Saturday 26 December at the Four Seasons hotel. In his talk entitled “Education, Years, and Friendship”, Berker stressed the similarities between the education philosophy and practice of MIT and Sabancı University.

MIT Mezunlarına Sabancı Üniversitesi Kıyaslaması

Having said “When we started in 1967, MIT told us that we were required to take at least eight social science courses during our undergraduate education”, Berker noted that “Requiring a student to accumulate knowledge in the social sciences, whether the student is an engineer or a physical scientist, is also practiced at Sabancı University just as at MIT.  If you cannot understand and communicate with individuals and society, success is meaningless no matter  what your profession is”. He continued his speech as follows:

Although I received a double degree from MIT in physics and chemistry, due to the flexible program structure, I was even able to take courses on the Kutadgu Bilig encylopedia, on the history of the early Turkish Republic.  I saw at the Institute the lifemode of help and service to the individual, the result-oriented life engagement,  and the friendly competition, that is to say to help your competitors in every possible way and then to relish coming out number one. MIT teaches self-confidence, using initiative, being at peace with oneself.  From all these aspects, it is very similar to Sabancı University.


Berker finished his speech by saying: “In both Universities, one experiences the pleasant stress of always wanting to do better. In fact, there is no bigger stress in life than to be without any stress” and informed the MIT Alumni on the many SU-MIT collaborations and on the Energy Programs and Center at SU.

Graduate School of Social Sciences Graduate Programs Fall applications

Graduate School of Social Sciences Graduate Programs Fall applications

SABANCI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL  SCIENCES

GRADUATE PROGRAMS 2016 – 2017 FALL EARLY APPLICATIONS

Graduate School of Social Sciences Graduate Programs Fall applications

The following programs leading to  MA and PhD degrees are accepting early applications for  2016-2017 academic year Fall semester. Contact names for each program have been provided for academic inquiries only. For administrative or procedure related questions, please contact Student Resources Office.

Economics (MA/PhD) www

Contact: Özgür Kıbrıs, (216) 483 92 67, ozgur@sabanciuniv.edu


Turkish Studies (MA) www

Contact: Halil Berktay, (216) 483 92 37, hberktay@sabanciuniv.edu

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by September 1, 2016, at latest.

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

PLEASE NOTE THAT candidates are required to submit their English proficiency exam scores like TOEFL, IELTS e-YDS, YDS, KPDS and ÜDS during the application. Applicants who are unable to provide a valid English Proficiency Exam score can only be admitted to graduate study upon obtaining a satisfactory grade in Sabanci University English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE). Those candidates who fail to attend or get a satisfactory grade in ELAE exam are obliged to attend and successfully complete English Language Preparation course(s) in order to enroll in a graduate program. Scholarships do not apply to the English Language Preparation courses.

Financial Support

A limited number of scholarships based on academic achievement are available in the form of partial or full tuition waivers and/or stipends.

Click for SU Graduate Scholarships.

Click for Graduate Funding, Other Opportunities and Awards

Please note that those candidates who fail to submit a sufficient English proficiency exam score and thus attend the course of English Language Preparation will receive no scholarship until they successfully complete the course.

Deadline

January 29th, 2016 is the deadline for the early applications. Eligible candidates will be invited for an interview via e-mail after an initial screening.

Please note that applications from abroad will be interviewed via phone or net meeting (Skype, etc.) if they’re found eligible after the initial screening.


The Graduate Admissions Calendar

 Economics (MA/PhD)

 Interview* : TBA

 Turkish Studies (MA)

 Interview* : TBA


 * Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.

Applications:

Online applications are accepted via http://admission.sabanciuniv.edu/ . Application documents (official exam results, transcript, etc..) should be uploaded on the online system and application packages be submitted either in person or post by mail to the address below. Please note that print-out of the completed application form should also be added to the application package. The packages sent via mail must arrive at the department by the application deadline. Applications sent via e-mail are not accepted.

Warning! All the application documents become property of Sabancı University. It is suggested to keep the original reports of TOEFL, GRE and ALES scores, and apply with the copies of those test scores. But please note that the originals must be produced at the time of registration to Sabancı University.

Student Resources Office
Sabancı University, Orhanlı
34956, Tuzla/ İstanbul-Turkey
www.sabanciuniv.edu
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093
Facsimile: +90 (216) 483 90 73
E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

A Conversation with Nakiye Boyacıgiller on Intercultural Management in Multinational Companies

A Conversation with Nakiye Boyacıgiller on Intercultural Management in Multinational Companies

Globalization means different cultures interact and communicate with each other more and more every day. Another consequence of globalization is that different cultures end up working in the same environment in multinational companies. This brings new opportunities as well as challenges to businesses. We talked with Sabancı University School of Management Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller on the globalizing world and the importance of intercultural management in multinational companies to help guide the executives of the future.

First of all, can you tell us what intercultural management is? Why is it important?

Understanding the influence of culture on a number of issues and training employees on such potential impact is one of the requirements in business today as it is the only way to enable people from different cultures to work effectively.  Cultural diversity is an asset for countries and companies alike. However, research suggests that mismanaging this asset may cause severe issues. Communication is more difficult and conflict arises. If managed consciously, this asset brings in advantages that far outweigh its challenges.

There is another detail: the term "intercultural" is not limited to national or ethnic culture. The cultures of people from different disciplines can also be different. An example is the difference between the disciplines of an engineer and a marketer. When these differences are not managed well, it makes for a difficult work environment. Another significant example of intercultural differences arises between men and women.

Intercultural management and global mindset

Does intercultural management affect an individual's achievement in work? If so, how?

Intercultural management is of course critical to an individual's achievement. While you may not be working in or own a multinational company, it is highly probable that your suppliers, customers and other parties will be coming from different cultures. Global mindset is a concept that gains weight when you want to work better and more effectively with people from different cultures.

Does intercultural management influence the emergence of a common language and culture in multinational companies? If so, how does it bring about this change?

I'd like to emphasize global mindset once more. Creating a common language is always hard. It can only be done if you are receptive to new cultures. This is where intercultural management and global mindset come into play. As Muhtar Kent says, "We don't have to know each and every aspect of the business we do, but we have to know the markets and the people we work with."

Leaders share an ability of viewing the world from different perspectives. If you are an international company, you may have Latin American or African employees. If you manage the company from one perspective only, you will not be able to build good teams or create a common language. This is where intercultural management comes into its own. Companies that are managed by individuals who embrace new cultures and approach issues from different angles show successful intercultural management and can create a common language.

As a woman executive yourself, what is your opinion on the position of women in intercultural management based on your experiences?

We don't have sound academic findings on the leadership and management styles of women. A woman's place was her home for a very long time. While we don't have sound findings about women's leadership and business management, we do know that many cultures encourage their daughters to be polite and listen to what is being said. Listening and empathizing are crucial in today's world. And these are the messages we give our daughters. My personal experience suggests that women are better in intercultural environments.

How well do the MBA and Executive MBA programs equip participants with intercultural management skills?

At Sabancı University, intercultural management is important to us. We believe that executives and future executives must have international experience. This is how the global mindset develops.

The Sabancı University School of Management sends its EMBA participants on a two-week exchange program with the MIT Sloan School of Management, one of the world's leading business schools. Our students attend an intensive course on Leadership and Innovation. They have the opportunity to sit in lectures with the best faculty members of the MIT Sloan School of  Management.

Sabancı University also leads a program called EMBA Consortium for Global Business Innovation of which I am the implementer. This is a joint program with nine universities in eight countries. Classes are comprised of participants from these countries. This allows everyone to gain some knowledge of the other culture.

As for our MBA Program, we make sure that there are foreign students in the class. This year, our MBA class has almost 30 foreign students. Since many courses are project-based, our students prepare their projects in teams. Project teams confront them with the challenges of being from a different culture, and they learn to overcome them. This develops their intercultural management skills and global mindset. Regardless of how much I lecture them on intercultural management, it is best learned when we provide a multicultural environment and they get to experience it themselves.


"Turkey cannot tap into its woman-resources...  Women must invest in themselves."

What is your view on the participation of women in the workforce? Do you think women have obstacles on their path to reaching executive management? How can these be overcome?

Turkey is the land of contradiction on this subject. On the one hand, the proportion of women in some sectors such as banking and higher education is impressive, while the proportion of women in the general workforce is only around 30%. European countries have almost twice that rate. In other words, we cannot tap into our woman-resources. This is a luxury that a developing country can ill afford. Women must be able to be a part of professional life if we are to achieve our economic objectives. This calls for a mobilization in education. Better education comes with better participation in the workforce. Many individuals and institutions have responsibility in this matter, with the government being the most responsible. The government must impose some rules. Maternity leaves must be more flexible and workplaces must offer daycare facilities. The representation of women in school textbooks must change.


But I think the most hindering obstacle of them all comes from our own families. Many girls are imparted the notion that they will only be a wife and mother when they grow up. The obstacle is in the minds of girls; our textbooks, families and politicians reinforce the message.  I was fortunate because when I was a child, I was asked what I would be when I grew up, much like my late brother was.  This was a strong message that I was expected to grow up and have a job.
Raising children is perceived as a prohibitive obstacle for women. However, recent studies show that when men do their part in housework and raising a child, the couple has a happier marriage and children grow up to be more healthy.


You must have heard what the Canadian prime minister said when asked why 50% of his cabinet were women: "Because it's 2015." I believe that, in a similar fashion, companies with less than 50% in upper management must take immediate action to change this.


Women also have responsibilities in being a part of the workforce. I don't think the EMBA class has enough women participants. As the EMBA Director, my personal objective is to increase the proportion of women. We will ask companies for more support in this. Women should also invest in themselves. In the information society that we live in today, acquiring knowledge and building a network are key. Attending the EMBA program provides these, while giving their superiors the message that they want to advance in their careers and achieve higher positions.

About Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller

Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller is an expert on international management and the former dean of the Sabancı University School of Management.


Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller was educated in Turkey, United States and France. Boyacıgiller has an undergraduate degree from Boğaziçi University and received her graduate degree from the Anderson School at the University of California. She then completed her PhD at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Sabancı University, Boyacıgiller worked in the San Jose State University and gave lectures at the Anderson School at UCLA,  the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, the Stockholm School of Economics, Bilkent University, and Boğaziçi University for 17 years.


Award-winning Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller’s areas of interest include intercultural management and organizational behavior. Her seminar on the cultural content of Turkish organizations received critical acclaim from academia as well as business circles. Professor Boyacıgiller was chosen to the membership of the Academy of International Business (AIB) in 2007.


Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller has held leadership positions in business and academic institutions including AIB Chair (2014 – 2015) and Head of International Management at the Academy of Management (1996-1997). She was a member of the Council of Directors and the European Steering Board of the AACSB (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) (2012-2014). She served on the steering boards of the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Bologna Business School, Cyprus International Institute of Management, KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey), Istanbul Policy Center, Turkish Philantrophy Foundation, and Change Leaders Association.


During Professor Nakiye Boyacıgiller’s tenure as the Dean of the Sabancı University School of Management, the number of faculty members increased, new programs were initiated, student numbers increased by tenfold, AACSB Accreditation was acquired and a strategic cooperation agreement was signed with the MIT Sloan School of Management.


Boyacıgiller is currently teaching courses in the Sabancı University School of Management and is the director of the Executive MBA Program.

Interview: Mariam Öcal

 

Call For Instructor Proposals - ECON Courses

Call For Instructor Proposals - ECON Courses

Sabanci University Summer School (June 22 - August 16, 2016) has job openings for faculty members/graduate students as instructors for the following undergraduate courses in Economics:

ECON202 Macroeconomics
ECON204 Microeconomics
ECON301 Econometrics

The courses will be conducted in English. For more information about the courses, please visit Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences website: http://fass.sabanciuniv.edu/

The applicants should have previous teaching experience of these courses at the undergraduate level, and interested Ph.D. students must have completed their field exams.

Applicants should send a package containing their C.V., and evidence of teaching ability (plus a recommendation letter for Ph.D. students) to:
                    Sena Balkaya
                    Summer School Office
                    E-mail: summer@sabanciuniv.edu

Application due date is February 1, 2016. The evaluations will start immediately.
On-campus accommodation for instructors may be available upon request.

Ayşe Parla at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

Ayşe Parla at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

FASS Faculty Member Ayşe Parla has been accepted to the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton for the academic year 2016-17 for the completion of her book project entitled “Anxious Hope: Bulgarian-Turkish Labor Migrants, Ethnic Privilege and Everyday Law.” The book proposes a legal anthropology of hope through the exploration of the legal regulation of migrants as well as  law’s informal manifestations in producing a structure of feeling designated as anxious hope.

“The Institute for Advanced Study is one of the world’s leading centers for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It provides for the mentoring of younger scholars by Faculty.Thirty-three Nobel Laureates and 41 out of 56 Fields Medalists, as well as many winners of the Wolf and MacArthur prizes, have been affiliated with the Institute.

Past Faculty have included Albert Einstein, who remained at the Institute until his death in 1955, and distinguished scientists and scholars such as Clifford Geertz, Kurt Gödel, Hetty Goldman, Albert Hirschman,  George Kennan, John von Neumann, J. Robert Oppenheimer, and Erwin Panofsky.” https://www.ias.edu/people/noted-figures

Emre Ekinci attended the first of YGP Journey in China

Emre Ekinci attended the first of YGP Journey in China

Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Economics student Emre Ekinci participated on the first “Pioneering Journey” by Young Global Pioneers (a non-profit organization) in China August, 2015.

The group consisted of 20 hand-picked university students from 10 countries (Denmark, Russia, Germany, Norway, Turkey, USA, Philippines, Nepal, Japan and South Africa) and participants visited 5 different cities in China during the 3 weeks. In addition to visits to international companies and organizations, the students also had the opportunity to meet and talk with young Chinese employees and entrepreneurs.

As the only person from Turkey who participated in the Pioneering Journey, Emre describes his China experience with these words:

“While we were observing the fascinating environment and culture of China, we also got the chance to know each other’s cultures. Our visits to companies, our dialogues with Chinese and the workshops that we attended were very fruitful. In addition, the discussions that we made about certain topics during our times on buses (bus talks) and the meetings that we had at the end of each day (reflection hours) greatly expanded my point of view on world issues. As an active member of SUDOSK (Outdoor Sports Club) and a nature lover, I really enjoyed our trekking to the Great Wall, the day that we spent in the Panda Reserve and hiking to the Qingcheng Mountain. This journey has been a great experience for me and has given me friends from 9 different countries that I will always stay in touch with for the rest of my life. I hope there will be a continuing participation from our university on the future Journeys by Young Global Pioneers.”

You can get more detailed information and also APPLY for the next Journey which will be held in Tanzania (2016) on YGP’s official web page: www.youglo.org 

In addition, you can find photos from the first Journey and follow YGP’s future events on:  https://www.facebook.com/YoungGlobalPioneers

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