Koç University is a top research university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It has 104 research laboratories and 16 research centers across its schools and departments. Some key facts: - It is ranked among the top three universities in Turkey for research publications and citations per faculty. - It has over 500 externally funded research projects totaling $40 million, including several European Research Council grants. - It has over 6,000 students, 400 faculty members, and 25% of students are international.

1. KOÇ UNIVERSITY
Istanbul, Turkey

2. Where are we?

3. • 104 Research Laboratories, 16 Research Centers, 3 Research Forums
• Schools: Sciences and Engineering; Social Sciences and Humanities;
Business and Administrative Sciences; Health Sciences; Law
• Among the top three universities in Turkey for publications per faculty and
citation record
• 182 externally funded ongoing research projects with a value of 40
million USD including 5 out of 8 European Research Council (ERC) grants in
Turkey
• Over 500 externally funded projects between 2004-2015
• Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young researchers by
the Turkish Academy of Sciences
Key Facts
6.000+
students
400+
faculty
members
25%
international
English
Instruction

4. What drives us?
• To be a center of excellence that provides world-class education to
students
• Create new knowledge and apply knowledge for the benefit of society
• Equip students with the highest sense of ethics, social awareness and
responsibility
• Hire the best faculty and incentivize them for excellence in cutting-edge
research
• Recruit the best undergraduate and graduate students
• Promote interdisciplinary thinking

5. Undergraduate
• College of Administrative
Sciences and Economics
• College of Social Sciences
and Humanities
• College of Sciences
• College of Engineering
• School of Law
• School of Nursing
• School of Medicine
Graduate
• Graduate School of Sciences
and Engineering
• Graduate School of Business
• Graduate School of Social
Sciences and Humanities
• Graduate School of Health
Sciences
Academic Structure

6. Accreditations and Memberships
• The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
• Global Network of Advanced Management (GNAM)
• Global Business School Network (GBSN)
• European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD)
• Chartered Financial Analyst Institute (CFA)
• European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS)
• Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS)
• The Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
• Partnership in International Management (PIM)
• Law Schools Global League (LSGL)
• European Accreditation of Engineering Programs (MUDEK EUR-ACE)
• The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
• Turkish Psychologist Association (TPA)
• DS (Diploma Supplement) Label
• United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)
• United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)

7. Creative Teaching and Participatory
Learning
Faculty
• Internationally renowned faculty
• 16 faculty are members of the Turkish Academy of
Sciences
• Top recipients of national Research Awards
• 95% of all full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees from
leading universities in the United States and Europe,
remaining 5% from top Turkish universities
Students
• Turkey’s most talented and accomplished students
• 84% of students come from top 3% in country
• Over 80 student clubs and associations
• Over 400 volunteers in social responsibility projects and activities

8. Umran Inan, President, Professor Electrical Engineering
PhD. Stanford University
Mine Çağlar, Associate Profesor in Mathematics
PhD. Princeton University
Ali Serpengüzel, Professor of Physics
PhD. Yale University
Alkan Kabakçıoğlu, Assistant Professof Physics
PhD. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Metin Muradoğlu, Associate Professor Mech. Engineering
PhD Cornell University, USA
Metin Türkay, Professor Industrial Engineering
PhD Carnegie Mellon University
Can Erkey, Professor Chemical and Biological Engineering
PhD Texas A&M University
Faculty

9. Faculty
Irşadı M. Aksun, Professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Hakan Ürey, Professor of Electrical Engineering
Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, Cambridge Visiting Professor
Özgür Barış Akan, Professor Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ph.D Georgia Institute of Technology
Çağatay Başdoğan, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
PhD Southern Methodist University
Tuğba Bağcı Önder, Assistant Professor (Molecular Biology and Genetics)
Ph.D., Tufts University
Mert ERKAN, MD, Associate Professor General Surgery
PhD University of Heidelberg, PhD Technische Universität München
Nathan Lack, Assistant Professor, School of Medicine
Dphil, University of Oxford

10. Bertil Emrah Oder, Professor School of Law
PhD Universität zu Köln
Başak Çalı, Professor School of Law
PhD University of Essex
Zeynep Aycan, Professor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology
PhD Queen's University
Suhnaz Yılmaz, Associate Professor International Relations
Ph.D. Princeton University
Ziya Oniş, Professor International Relations
Ph.D University of Manchester
Zeynep Gürhan Canlı, Migros Professor of Marketing
Ph.D New York University
Fuat Balcı, Associate Professor Psychology
PhD Rutgers University
Faculty

11. Research Excellence
Infrastructure
• 104 laboratories
• 16 research centers
• 3 research forums
Support
• Research Support Services
• Technology Transfer Office
• Summer Research Program for
Undergraduates
• TÜSİAD – Koç University Economic Research Forum (EAF)
• Koç University Migros Retailing Education Forum - KUMPEM
• Koç University Social Impact Forum (KUSIF)
Research Forums

12. Research Excellence
• Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC)
• Migration Research Program at Koç University (MIReKoç)
• Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM)
• Koç University Research and Application Center For Gender and Women’s Studies (KOÇ-KAM)
• The Vehbi Koç and Ankara Research Center (VEKAM)
• Koc University center for Survey Research (KUCSR)
• Social Policy Application and Research Center
• Koc University Center For Global Public Law (CPGL)
• Dr. Dr. Nüsret-Semahat Arsel International Trade Law Application and Research Center
• Koc University Incubation and Entrepreneurship Research Center (KUGAM)
• Surface Technologies Research Center
• TÜPRAŞ Energy Center - KÜTEM
• KU Drug Research Center
• Koc University – Arcelik Creative Industries Research Center (KUAR)
• Koc University – OPET Nanomaterial Research Laboratory (KUNAL)
• Semahat Arsel Nursing Education and Research Center (SANERC)
Research Centers

13. Laboratories
• Micro-nano Fabrication Laboratory (Clean
room)
• Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory (RML)
• Advanced Materials Laboratory
• Vibration and Design Laboratory
• Energy Technologies and Supercritical Fluids
Research Laboratory
• Molecular Biochemistry Research Laboratory
• Cell and Tissue Enginerring Laboratory
• Wireless Vehicular Networks Laboratory
• Wireless Communication and Network
Laboratory
• Computational Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
(CFD)
• Center for Advanced Design Technologies
• Intelligent User Interfaces Laboratory
• Composite Materials Manifacturing Laboratory
(KMÜL)
• Networks and Distributed Systems Laboratory
(NDSL)
• Next-generation Wireless Comunication Laboratory
(GKHL)
• Cryptography, Security &Privacy Research Group
(CRYPTO)
• Systems Laboratory
• Molecular Engineering and Biotechnology
Research Center
• Center of Computational Biology and
Bioinformatics (CCBB)
• Computational Systems Biology Group (COSBI)
• Manufacturing Automation and Research Center
(MARC)
• Koç-IBM Supply Chain Research Center
• Multimedia Vision and Graphics Laboratory (MVGL)
• Optical Microsystems Laboratory (OML)
• Mechanical Characterization Laboratory
College of Engineering

14. Laboratories (continued)
College of Sciences
• Computational Chemistry Laboratory
• Computational Physics Laboratory
• Inorganic Synthesis/X-ray Diffraction
Laboratory
• Laser Research Laboratory
• Micro-Photonics Research Laboratory
• Mitochondrial Biogenesis Laboratory
• Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory
• Nano-Photonics Research Laboratory
• Quantum Dot and Nanoparticle Synthesis
Laboratory
• Metamaterials and Plasmonics Laboratory
• Polymer Research Laboratory
• Ceramics Laboratory
• Surface Physical Chemistry Laboratory
• Surface Plasmon Resonance and
Sonochemistry Laboratory
• Behavioural Sciences Laboratory
College of Administrative Sciences
College of Social Sciences and Humanities
• Psychology Laboratory
• Archeology Laboratory
• Design Laboratory
School of Nursing
• Practical Laboratory
• Micro Chemistry Laboratory
• Physiology Anatomy Laboratory

15. Research Impact
• KU is positioned as an excellent research partner with national
and international public and private institutions
• Among the top three universities in Turkey in terms of
publications per faculty and citation record
• PhD students graduate in 5 years publish 1.5 papers each
• Over 400 externally funded active research projects
• Over $50 Million in funding received for active research
partnerships
• Ranked 1st in Turkey for number of awards given to young
researchers by the Turkish Academy of Sciences

17. Anatolian Scholarships Donor Companies
2011-2013

18. New Donors 2014

19. New Donors 2015

20. Office of International Programs
• Develop and advance strategic internationalization goals
of the university in learning, teaching and research
– Partnership development
– Mobility
– Special and short programs
– Service learning and global civic skills
– International student recruitment

21. Office of International Programs (OIP)
International partnerships with 200+ reputable institutions in over 40 countries for
exchange, special programs, joint degrees and research.
AMERICA
Brazil (5)
Canada (11)
Chile (1)
Costa Rica (1)
Mexico (4)
Peru (1)
United States (36)
Uruguay (1)
AFRICA
South Africa (2)
AUSTRALIA
Australia (5)
EUROPE
Austria (2)
Belgium (3)
Bulgaria (1)
Croatia (1)
Czech Republic (2)
Denmark (3)
Estonia (1)
Finland (3)
France (20)
Germany (18)
Greece (5)
Hungary (2)
Ireland (2)
Italy (10)
ASIA
Azerbaijan (1)
China (8)
Hong Kong (5)
India (4)
Israel (1)
Japan (4)
Lebanon (1)
Pakistan (1)
Russia (1)
Singapore (5)
South Korea (4)
Taiwan (3)
Thailand (1)
Netherlands (12)
Norway (2)
Poland (2)
Portugal (3)
Romania (1)
Slovenia (1)
Spain (8)
Sweden (6)
Switzerland (5)
United Kingdom (21)

22. Some of our partners

23. Partnership Development

24. SUMMER PROGRAMS
• Global Summer Academy: Philanthropy and Civil Society
• Graduate Summer Seminars: Urban Ecology
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
• Doing Business in the Middle East & Turkey
• GEM Discoverer Prelude Turkey - Nanyang Technological
University
• Stanford Summer Program
RCAC PROGRAMS
• Istanbul Through the Ages
• Cappadocia in Context
• Ottoman Summer Program
Short Term Programs

25. Summer Research Program for
Undergraduates
• Open to high school and
undergraduate students from all
countries
• Research internship with faculty
in all disciplines
• No tuition, free on-campus
accommodation
• June – September (flexible
duration)
• http://vprd.ku.edu.tr/kusrp/home

26. ELCforKids Mentor Program
• Paid summer internship mentoring
Turkish children in English language
skills
• Free on-campus accommodation for
undergraduate students of English
speaking countries and majors in
Education, English, Psychology and
other related disciplines
• Intakes in June, July, August
• http://elc.ku.edu.tr/tr/

27. Special Summer Programs

28. Student, Faculty & Staff Exchange
2014-15 INCOMING OUTGOING
STUDENTS 367 283
INTERNS 2 24
FACULTY 3 2
STAFF 2 5

29. Exchange student services
• Comprehensive orientation program including:
 Istanbul tour
 Complete guidance in matriculation, immigration affairs (ICO)
• Housing on campus (2786 room dormitory capacity)
• Integration activities led by student mentors trained to support exchange
students (1:5)
• 80 student clubs, including International Student’s Society, KU Global Aid
• Conversation circles with domestic and exchange students doing “language
swap”
• Survival Turkish and Turkish language course for all exchange students
• Full range of support in terms of tutoring, psychological, etc.
• Research Assistant program for exchange students

32. Looking for talent worldwide
• High caliber faculty conduct lots of research, require
expansion of graduate programs
• Recruitment of PhD students is a major challenge
• Competition from global brands is ferocious
• Large numbers of outstanding foreign students at KU

33. Number of admitted MS/MA and
PHD Students

34. Looking for talent worldwide

35. What do we offer?
SCHOLARSHIPS
Masters
• Different scholarships are available for qualified students. These scholarships may include
full/partial tuition fee waiver, free housing in nearby campus or housing allowance, monthly
stipend, laptop, health insurance.
PhD
All students who are accepted into a PhD program receive:
• Tuition waiver
• Monthly living expenses stipend
• Accommodation in shared graduate student apartments near campus OR housing allowance
• Meal card
• Health insurance
• Office space and laptop computer
• Coverage of thesis related expenses (including attendance to approved conferences)

36. GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now?
Academia
USA
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Duke University
• UPenn
• Columbia University
• University of Massachusetts
• University of California
• New York University
• Penn State University
• Harvard University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Cornell University
• University of Minnesota
• Yale University
• University of Florida
• Rutgers University
• Arizona State University
• University of Pittsburgh
EUROPE
• University of Cambridge
• University of Oxford
• University of Birmingham
• London School of
Economics
• Tilburg University
• University of Strathclyde
• Central European
University
• University of Essex
• University of Bielefeld
• Middlesex University
• University of Amsterdam
• University of Bonn
• University of Zurich
• University of North Carolina
• Temple University
• Tufts University
• University of South Florida
• University of Texas at Austin
• University of Virginia
• University of Michigan
• Washington University in St. Louis
• University of Iowa
• University of Arizona
• Texas A&M University
OTHER
• Queen's University
• University of Alberta
• University of Melbourne
• Waseda University
• York University, Canada
• University of Western Ontario
• Simon Fraser University
• Carleton University

37. GSSSH PhD Alumni where are they now?
Professional Settings
• PriceWaterHouseCoopers
• DHL Türkiye
• Philip Morris SA A.Ş
• Bosch Turkiye
• UNHCR
• Ministry of Foreign Trade of Turkey
• Teknotel Enerji Telekomünikasyon
• Türk Telekom
• Ericsson
• Eczacıbaşı Holding
• Doğuş Holding
• Nadis Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Merkezi
• Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropololgy
• Egon Zehnder International
• Davranış Bilimleri Enstitüsü Kurumsal Gelişim Merkezi
• Bezm-i Alem Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi
• Anne-Çocuk Eğitim Vakfı
• Türkiye Eğitim Gönüllüleri Vakfı
• KAGİDER
• Indesit
• Fritolay
• TUBITAK
• ECON
• Yapı Kredi
• Albaraka Türk Part.
Bank
• Finansbank A.Ş.
• Citibank A.Ş.
• İş Bankası
• Garanti Bank
• Odin Financial
Advisors
• SETAV
• Terakki Vakfı
• Vehbi Koç Foundation
• TURKTUV
• TUSEV
• COMMIT Network FZC
• VIP Tourism, Arttravel
• Küçükyalı ArkeoPark
• United Travel Services
• Yenikapı Excavations
• İstanbul Archaeology
Museums
• İstanbul Modern Museum
• Borusan Art Center
• Boston Art Commission

38. GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now?
Academia
USA
• MIT
• Pittsburgh University
• University of California, Berkeley
• Weill Cornel Medical College
• University of Texas at Austin
• Gorgia Institute of Tecnology
• University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
• University of California San Diego
• Anvato (USA)
• Santa Clara, Research Division of
Nvidia
• University of Maryland School of
Medicine
• University of Wyoming
• California Polytechnic State University
EUROPE
• Eindhoven University of
Technology
• EPFL, Neuchatel
• Warwick University
• CRG - Barcelona
• DESY (Hamburg,Germany)
• Brno University of Tech.,
Czech Republic
• ETH Zurich
• European Bioinformatics
Instıtue, United Kingdom
• University of Konstanz
• Imperial College., London
OTHER
• McGill University,
Canada

39. GSSE PhD Alumni where are they now?
Professional Settings
• Google
• Facebook
• Punch Powertrain
• ArgelaTechnologies
• Vestel Electronics Inc
• Centre for Next Generation Localisation
• M. Can Arslan & Company
• Pavezyum Kimya San. Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.
• TÜBİTAK

40. PhD Alumni where are they now?
Academia
TURKEY
• Koc University
• METU
• Boğaziçi University
• Hacettepe Univeristy
• Sabancı University
• Bilkent Üniversitesi
• Özyeğin Üniversity
• Bilgi University
• Kültür Universitesi
• Gebze Institute of Technology
• Çukurova University
• Bahçeşehir University
• Yaşar University
• Marmara University
• Yalova University

41. Keep in touch
Koç University
ku.edu.tr
Office of International Programs
oip.ku.edu.tr
partner@ku.edu.tr
Twitter: kocunivoip
Facebook: kocunivoip
Instagram: kocunivoip
Youtube: kocunivoip
LinkedIn: Koç University
International Conferences

42. The OIP team