Vehbi Koç Vakfı

Koç University

Koç University was first established by the Vehbi Koç Foundation in 1993 with the aim of helping to improve standards in higher education and is already well on its way to becoming an educational and research institute of the highest international calibre

Outstanding features

Internationally renowned faculty working to contribute to the universal body of science
Turkey’s most talented and accomplished students
“Creative Teaching/Participatory Learning” philosophy
First university in Turkey to be endowed with its own fund Very low student-faculty ratio provides exemplary learning environment
Lively campus life with great number of social and cultural activities

Campus

Koç University’s main campus consists of sixty buildings - academic colleges, administrative offices, laboratories, library, student dorms, faculty residences, social and sports facilities - all located on a sprawling 62-acre estate. The University has three other campus sites, namely in İstinye (Executive Training Center), Nişantaşı (School of Nursing) and Beyoğlu (Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations).

Contributing to science...

For the past five years (2003-2008), Koç University has always been among the top three of all Turkish universities in terms of faculty publication rate. A great number of faculty members have been elected to TÜBA, the Turkish Academy of Sciences - the country’s highest scholarly society.

Principal TÜBA Members

Prof. Dr. Yaman Arkun (Chemical Engineering)

Prof. Dr. Attila Aşkar (Applied Mathematics)

Prof. Dr. Tekin Dereli (Physics)

Prof. Dr. Burak Erman (Chemistry)

Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı (Psychology)

Prof. Dr. Ali Mostafazadeh (Mathematics)

Prof. Dr. Murat Tekalp (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)

Prof. Dr. Ali Ülger (Mathematics)

Prof. Dr. Ersin Yurtsever (Chemistry)

Associate TÜBA Members

        Prof. Dr. Zeynep Aycan (Psychology)

        Prof. Dr. Levent Demirel (Chemistry)

        Prof. Dr. Sami Gülgöz (Psychology)

        Prof. Dr. Alphan Sennaroğlu (Physics)