Having a great reputation, Ishik university of Istanbul has placed itself among the best and most prestigious Turkish universities. The university was established in 1996 by the Feyzieh foundation. This foundation is one of Turkey’s oldest academic foundations and has been operating since 1885. This foundation has established schools all over the country for more than 100 years and now is one of the most experienced foundations in the republic of Turkey. Mustafa Kamal AtaTurk, the founder of modern Turkey and one of the most important men in the history of middle east also attended one of Feyzieh schools.

Nowadays, the university pays a lot of attention to the academic greatness of the university and controls its staff and students in a way which ensures the high quality of education at this university. For the sake of high quality education, two campuses have been prepared by the university, one in Maslak area, in the heart of Istanbul and the other in Shile area, 31 miles outside the city of Istanbul in the Asian side of the city. Both campuses are equipped with the latest and most up-to-date facilities of the day.

The university consists of 5 faculties. They offer about 40 undergraduate and associate programs, about 60 graduate programs and 6 PhD programs. There are around 8000 students currently studying at this university. The university has employed 300 staff too.

Advantages

Ishik university is a research-oriented higher education center. This university emphasizes research and ensures the quality of research products with the quality control principles. Besides, they provide academic support throughout all research projects to their students and help them in the publication process too.

Campuses of the university are both equipped with the best infrastructure needed for research and meet all the needs of researchers. Classes, sports facilities, dormitories, social and cultural facilities are all prepared according to the latest European standards and create a comfortable and convenient environment for students.

Another advantage of this university is double majors. Students at undergraduate programs can continue two majors at the same time at this university.

The university also allows transfers among different departments and faculties. Based on Socrates and Erasmus European programs, students can also join other universities and spend several years of their education there, or participate in the research projects being conducted at other European universities.

Student life

The university has two campuses, one in the city center and the other in the suburban area of Istanbul. This is can been seen as an advantage, for students can have peace and quiet at the Shile campus, and at same time experience hustle and bustle of Istanbul at the Maslak campus.

The Shile campus is among the best educational complexes in the country. Some even call it a resort for all the facilities that it contains. It is located in a huge area near the beautiful beaches of Shile city by the Black sea. The openness of the area makes it possible to have many sports and recreational facilities inside the campus. Students shouldn’t worry about its distance too. Inside the campus, they can find all the needed amenities for a comfortable and convenient student life. Dormitories, cafeterias, restaurants, markets, and medical centers can be found inside the campus.

Faculty of arts plans various cultural events and festivals in the campus. there are several student clubs with different areas of activity in this university too.

The university has provided shuttle services from both of its campuses, Shile and Maslak campus to downtown Istanbul and student shouldn’t worry about commuting to the city.

University ranking

Ishik university has always been one of the best and most prestigious Turkish universities. This university has gotten great remarks in all the international university rankings. It is a young university, therefore, it has been included in the emerging European universities ranking in QS world university ranking. It has been ranked among the top 400 emerging universities of Europe. Edurank website has ranked this university the 68^th best university of the country. It has gotten the 18^th place among the universities  of Istanbul and 4019^th place among all the universities in the world.

Faculty of engineering (computer sciences department):

Ishik university is one of Turkey’s leading universities in the field of computer sciences. The computational linguistics program of this university is one of the best computational linguistics programs in the world. The faculty has more than 300 publications every year, which is more than any other faculty at this university. Dual degree programs are also available at this faculty, but students cannot choose freely and have limited options to study besides their computer major.

Faculty of economics:

With the increasing interest in cryptocurrencies and stock markets, a need to study the actual science of business world has arisen. This faculty offers programs by which students would learn the actual methods of market analysis in a practical way. The faculty is one of the most academically active faculties of the university with the average of 100 publications annually.

School of foreign languages:

This school is one of the most popular schools of this university among the new students. There are 4 programs offered by this school. All of these program approach English and English teaching from one perspective.

Admissions and application requirements

• Biometric Photograph
• Online Application Form
• Certified example of Diploma translation
• Certified copy of English or Turkish translation of transcription
• Passport/ID Copy
• Blue Card (if any) Photocopy
• For applicants to programs in foreign language education, Foreign Language Examination Results certificate (TOEFL, etc.)
• Certificate of equivalence from Ministry of National Education (MEB)
• Current exam result (SAT, ACT, ASL, Baccalaureate, AYÖS, ABİTUR, KONKUR, TQDK…)

Why Istanbul Ishik university?

This university is ruled by the Feyzieh educational foundation, one of Turkey’s best, if not the best, foundation. The university enjoys more than 100 years of educational leading experience by its founders. Some of the most notable Turkish men and women have studied at their school, and that is what distinguishes Feyzieh from other foundations. They have prepared all the needed facilities in both od their campuses, which are located in the area of Istanbul. Ishik campus is one of the best campuses in the Turkey and can offer stunning experiences to its students. The academic quality of the university is ensured by the quality management group and the university actually offers high quality courses in different field, specially engineering and social sciences. Over all, Ishik university is a university with a future as bight as its name, and students can get on board this raging ship and move towards the horizons of success.