Bahçeşehir University


Bahçeşehir University is a private educational institution in Turkey, located at the European side of Istanbul. The Turkish National Assembly authorized the establishment of the University of Bahçeşehir by the Bahçeşehir Uğur Education Foundation in 1998. An academic and strategic protocol was signed shortly after with San Diego State University in California, USA. The enrollment of the first students was made after the first placement exam in 1999–2000 academic year. The university is one of the few universities in Turkey which has it lectures in English and therefore students applying to BAU are required to have high English proficiency.
The university consists of 8 faculties, 1 school of languages and 2 vocational schools
4 Institutes provides post graduate education.
17.048 registered students study at the university.
The number of undergraduate students is 10.137.
The number of graduate students is 4716.
The number of associate degree students is 1072.
1047 academicians lecture at the university.
506 administrative personnel work at the university.
There are 4 campuses in Istanbul.
Bahçeşehir University Library, which is established on 1.400 meter square field renders service with 250.000 publications, books and electronic books.
5 different café and restaurants render service in the campus.
The total audience capacity of the conference hall is 1000.
Bahçeşehir University was given the “Superbrands of Turkey” award in 2007.
Bahçeşehir Uğur Educational Institutions owns 35 kindergarten, 18 elementary and 47 high schools, and 177 private educational centers in Turkey.
The current rector is Prof. Dr. Şirin Karadeniz.

Rankings and International recognition

It is considered one of the best privately owned universities in Turkey and is found on the list of top 20 Universities in Turkey.
The University has 6 campuses outside of Turkey. 2 in the US, 1 in Canada, 1 in Italy, 1 in Germany and 1 in China.
The university has more than 193 international partners and has cooperations with world known universities like Harvard University.

Academic units

Faculty of Law

Dean : Prof. Ayşe Nuhoğlu
Dean : Prof. İpek Altınbaşak Farina
Dean : Prof. Hasan Kemal Suher
Dean : Prof. Sema Soygeniş
Dean : Prof. Nafiz Arıca
Dean : Prof. Fatma Eti Aslan
Dean : Prof. Türker Kılıç
Graduate Programs
Ph.D Programs
Graduate Programs
Ph.D Programs

Bahçeşehir University's CO-OP Program

CO-OP which stands for “Cooperative Education Program“ is an education model that integrates university and business life. CO-OP's purpose is to unify education and working life. Students continue to their education while gaining work experience with this model. There are 1500 local and 150 international partners in CO-OP.

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