Acibadem university is a university of health and medical sciences that was founded by Mehmet Ali Aydinlar in 2007. Mehmet Ali Aydinlar is the founder of Acibadem healthcare group, one of the leading healthcare groups in Turkey. Acibadem is a private university that started its educational career by teaching medicine in its school of medicine and later added health, engineering and art faculties, making it one of the most specialized universities in medical sciences in the world.

Acibadem is a relatively small university with less than five thousand students and 500 staff. However, the student to staff ratio of the university is probably the best in Turkey, providing a high-quality education for all students of the university.

This university consists of only five faculties, four institutions and a couple of schools and vocational schools, all of which make this university one of the most specialized universities in the field of health and medical sciences.

Other than its main campus, university owns two hospitals that serve as research and education centers for its students. The main campus of the university is in the Atashehir neighborhood, in the Asian side of Istanbul. One of the hospitals is located in the Atakent area in European part of Istanbul.

Advantages

Studying medicine, in an environment dedicated to medical sciences will insure your future as a professional physician. Acibadem university is specialized in medicine and aimed to become the best medical school of the country. This university has incredible facilities that will help you learn medicine in a practical way. There are two hospitals owned by the university, used for research and educational purposes. These hospitals are equipped with the best and most modern medical equipment of the day. Acibadem university is a research-oriented university that has over 50 laboratories in all of the life and health science areas.

Student life

Students can have a comfortable and enjoyable life at ACU. the university is located in one of the best areas in Asian Istanbul and everyone can have a great time in the Atasehir neighborhood or at the coast of the Mediterranean near this area. The university provides about 500 dorm rooms with all the facilities needed for its students. There is 24 hour doorman at the building checking the people who enter and exit, there is breakfast served 5 days a week for free, there is laundromat, common room with TV and many more facilities for students staying there. There is also a store located in the Kerem Aydinlar building.

There are also many sports facilities provided by the university. You can find a gym, fitness club, basketball, squash, pilates halls and a swimming pool at the university of Acibadem.

Acibadem university, being a healthcare university, provides incredible facilities for not only its students, but also their close relatives in its clinics and health centers.

There are also more than 30 student clubs active at the Acibadem university, where students can socialize and enjoy some quality time with people of same interests.

Admissions and application requirements

In order to be admitted at the Acibadem university at the undergraduate level, students need to provide the required certificates listed below:

• National High-school diploma
• SAT
• GCE A level
• ACT
• IB
• French Baccalaurate
• ABITUR
• MATURA
• YOS

Pay attention to the time limitations of the diplomas and certificates listed above. International examinations (SAT , …..)  have a 2-year time limit, but high-school diplomas are always valid.

Based on the program, Turkish taught or English taught, students need to provide a Turkish or English language proficiency certificate too.

University Ranking

Based on many factors taken into account by the times higher education ranking, Acibadem university, being founded in 2007, is among the best 400 young universities in the world. This university has also been ranked +1200 in the world university rankings by the same institution, that is a quiet high rank for such a young university. Acibadem university is among the 400 top universities of Asia and has set its goal to reach the highest of educational standards in health and medicine within coming years.

School of medicine

As the first established school of the university, Acibadem medical school is surely an state-of-art in the medical world’s scale. This school is packed with the highest and best equipments in any medical field and 2 working hospitals, providing valuable on-field experience for future doctors and physicians studying at ACU. With a pretty knowledgeable and hardworking staff, Acibadem has been trying to reach its goal, to be the best medical school in country, and with the amount effort put on the job here, it will probably have achieved that goal in a not very far future.

School of pharmacy

The faculty of pharmacy aims to educate the best and most qualified pharmacists of Turkey. They have provided the best equipment and many labs with a professional staff that will help its students reach their goals in the academic setting. The university works in collaboration with many pharmaceutical companies, providing the ground for its students to use their knowledge and research results in practical settings.

School of health sciences

Offering programs in Nursing, healthcare management and physiotherapy, healthcare school of Acibadem university is one of the most interesting schools to Turkish and international students. This faculty has the most modern facilities in the world of medicine. Besides that, the university has a simulation education center, in which students practice actual operation before moving to hospitals and working with real patients. All of these activities are completed under the supervision of university staff and professors.

Why study at ACU

As a university dedicated to the field of medicine, Acibadem offers some of the best and most practical health and medicine programs in Turkey. This university also has the best equipment with international standards at both its main campus, and its two hospitals. Here, students will experience a high-quality education in an environment that is all about medical sciences. Surely, being in an environment like this, with the best staff and facilities will encourage every student to become the best professional physician of the country.