Exemption From the First Year University Courses

The Transfer Application Results For 2015-2016 Fall Term

The candidates' names whose transfer applications for 2015-2016 fall term were accepted are on the list below:

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

The candidates' names whose transfer applications for 2015-2016 fall term were rejected are on the list below:

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Our faculty member Hikmet Budak, who is considered a world leader in cereal genetics, has been chosen as Montana State University’s first Montana Plant Sciences Chair.

The head of a plant genetics and genomics team at our university’s Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences,Hikmet Budak, who is considered a world leader in cereal genetics, will begin at Montana State University’s first Montana Plant Sicences Chiar in January 2016.

Upcoming exhibition: the most notable works of the “ZERO” art movement at the Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum

Works by the post-World War II avant-garde movement’s most noteworthy artists will meet art enthusiasts in September, with the collaboration of Akbank Sanat and Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum

With the main sponsorship of Akbank Sanat, the dynamic and revolutionary spirit of the German art movement ZERO will meet art enthusiasts on September 2, 2015 at Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM), Istanbul. The exhibition, which focuses on the ZERO art movement born in Germany after World War II, will bring together works by the movement’s founders Heinz Mack, Otto Piene, Günther Uecker, along with the works of notable artists who associated with the movement, Yves Klein, Piero Manzoni and Lucio Fontana. The ZERO exhibition at SSM will provide a comprehensive study of the movement through over 100 artworks produced in different techniques.

The ZERO movement, which was rediscovered and lauded by the New York art world through the ZERO exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in 2014, was represented in Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin in 2015 with a different focus, and followed by a major exhibition currently on show through July 2015 at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. As the echoes of these exhibitions which shaped the world’s culture agenda continue, a brand new and different ZERO exhibition was designed for Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum, with the main sponsorship of Akbank Sanat. The exhibition will boast an entirely new composition of artworks, and will introduce the ZERO movement to art enthusiasts in Turkey through an extensive selection of artworks loaned from 19 different museums, galleries and private collections in the United States and Europe. 

The exhibition, curated by the Director of the ZERO Foundation Mattijs Visser, will provide a major depiction of the art movement through its central themes such as “Time”, ”Space”, ”Color” and “Movement”, chronicling the lateral effects of the movement from its inception to today. The exhibition will open with a guided tour with curator Mattijs Visser, and boast rich event programming with conferences, film screenings, children’s workshops, and an exhibition catalogue. The ZERO exhibition will be on view at Sakıp Sabancı Museum through September 2, 2015 – January 10, 2016. 

ZERO Movement

The ZERO movement, which constituted a response to the desperation and the stagnancy of the art world in the aftermath of World War II, takes its name from the countdown until the launch of a rocket. The ZERO movement, which travelled through countries, brought down borders and was adopted internationally in its active period during the 1950s and 1960s, accepts “Zero” as both a symbol as well as a starting point and imagines a new world without limits, through entirely new techniques and materials.

SU graduate Canan Dağdeviren is Recognized as an Honoree of MIT Technology Review’s Annual INNOVATORS UNDER 35 List

Materials Science and Engineering Graduate Program 2009 alumnus Canan Dağdeviren added a new achievement to her long line of success.

MIT Technology Review reveals its annual list of Innovators Under 35. For over a decade, the global media company has recognized a list of exceptionally talented technologists whose work has great potential to transform the world. For her work in the field of nanotechnology and materials, Canan Dagdeviren of Sabanci University’s 2009 Alumna has been recognized as an inventor on the list.

Dr. Dagdeviren has developed flexible nano-generators that convert mechanical energy from internal organ movements into electric energy to power medical devices. These first-of-their-kind devices, a new class of biocompatible piezoelectric mechanical energy harvesters (PZT MEHs), are soft and flexible with extremely low bending stiffness, which allows them to conform to and laminate on the heart as well as on other soft tissues. Under the rhythmic contraction of the heart muscle, the device bends and relaxes, which supplies enough trickle charge – a steady stream of charging current at low rate – to satisfy the needs of a pacemaker. This technology could extend the battery life of implanted medical devices or even eliminate the need of battery replacement, sparing patients from repeated operations and the risk of surgical complications. 

This year’s honorees will be featured online at www.technologyreview.com starting today, and in the September/October print magazine, which hits newsstands worldwide on September 1. They will appear in person at the upcoming EmTech MIT conference November 2–4 in Cambridge, Massachusetts (www.EmTechMIT.com). 

About MIT Technology Review

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Students who will take the ELAE on September 2nd, 2015:

1. Students who have studied in School of Languages during 2014-15 Academic Year Summer School. (Petition is not required.) 
2. Inactive students who have given in a petition to take the ELAE on September 2nd, 2015
3. Graduate students who have received approval from their faculties
4. Undergraduate students who are transferring from Turkish-medium universities

The list of students who will take September 2nd ELAE will be put up on the doors of the School of Languages building on Tuesday, September 1st.

Location and Times:

WRITING & LISTENING            09.30 - 12:00 

READING                                   13:15 – 15:00

LOCATION                                 FMAN 1099

DATE                                          September 2nd,2015

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. 

Students are asked not to bring their mobile phones into the exam hall. Students are kindly reminded that if they bring their mobile phones, they will be collected.

The results of the ELAE will be announced on the external web page of Sabanci University. The results will also be posted on the doors of the School of Languages building. These results will be announced on Friday, September 4th at 7pm.

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

No results will not be given out over the telephone to avoid any misunderstandings.

There is no make-up for the ELAE.

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

We wish you every success in the exam.

School of Languages

Sabancı University Executive MBA students Gökhan Çelebi, Selcen Mülazımoğlu and İsmail Sincik won the #ucuzfikrinyahnisi contest held among universities by DuPont to discover and promote innovative ideas. 

Sabancı University Executive MBA (EMBA) students Gökhan Çelebi, Selcen Mülazımoğlu and İsmail Sincik won the #ucuzfikrinyahnisi contest held among universities by DuPont, a global science company offering world-class, innovative products, materials and services to global markets.

The Sabancı University Executive MBA team received their prizes at the ceremony held in the DuPont Turkey Innovation Center.  Prizes were presented by DuPont Turkey Country Manager Halide Aydınlık. Winners Gökhan Çelebi, Selcen Mülazımoğlu and İsmail Sincik won iPads and a two-day trip to the DuPont Europe Headquarters in Geneva and DuPont Europe R&D and Innovation Center in Meyrin, Switzerland.

As the embodiment of DuPont’un innovative approach, the competition was open to all undergraduate and graduate students regardless of department or program, and focused on projects concerning "sustainable food and agriculture solutions in rural Turkey." 

Sabancı University School of Management Dean Professor Füsun Ülengin said, “I'd like to congratulate our students for winning the DuPont competition on sustainable food and agriculture practices in rural Turkey with their brilliant and innovative idea."

Speaking at the awards ceremony, DuPont Turkey Country Manager Halide Aydınlık said, “As a company that has been leading global science for over two centuries, we genuinely support innovative ideas. Last year, we had held the inaugural competition in partnership with Sabancı University. This year, we received submissions from other universities. We were delighted to meet students and hear about their projects. We will continue to hold competitions that support innovative ideas in the future."

For the 5th August 2015, ELAE RESULTS click here

To the attention of students who took the ELAE on August 5th, 2015

Exam result code explanations are as follows:

SL (Satisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have received the required grade or above in the August 5th ELAE  and who have gained the right to start their faculty studies as Fall (regular) Freshman in the 2015-2016 Fall Semester.

UL (Unsatisfactory in the ELAE): indicates students who have not been able to obtain the required grade in the ELAE on the 5th August, 2015.

NA (Non-attendance): indicates students who did not attend the exam and is equivalent to a “UL” grade*.

Grade bands are as below:

We wish you success in your studies,

The School of Languages Directorate

According to research implemented by Sabancı University on behalf of the International Forwarders' Association (UND), reciprocal trade with the EU may increase by a further 10 billion Euros.

A team led by Sabancı University School of Management Dean Professor Füsun Ülengin and composed of Doğuş and Istanbul Technical University faculy members is currently undertaking a project for the International Forwarders' Association (UND).

The study aims to uncover the negative impact of trade quotas on Turkey's exports. In the first stage of the study, a gravity model was built based solely on bilateral quotas. This revealed Turkey's financial losses arising out of quotas. Next, a successful application was submitted to the TÜBİTAK 3001 project call. The project features an in-depth analysis that considers not only bilateral quotas, but all transit quotas in their entirety. Emphasizing that Sabancı University is the implementer of the TÜBİTAK project, Füsun Ülengin said “We are determining the actual volume of bilateral trade made by Turkey between any two points in the EU, and the theoretical maximum trade volume in the absence of quotas. We completed this phase of the study. In the next phase, we will include these values in the gravity model and make export predictions for Turkey. Besides, we worked with all freight forwarders to produce a detailed cost analysis of all routes. We will use a simulation model to analyze the findings offered by the gravity model to determine the full extent of our losses due to quotas."

UND Chair Çetin Nuhoğlu said, "According to the study performed by Sabancı University, reciprocal trade with the EU may increase by 10 billion Euros." Nuhoğlu explained that forwarding not undertaken by Turkey due to quotas went to forwarders based in Bulgaria, Romania and Poland, and said that under full liberalization, Turkey could potentially export an additional 200 million Euros in services.

The first stage of the study was published in the Transport Policy journal last year, and became one of the most-cited articles.