Istanbul commerce university is one of Turkey’s most advanced and well-known universities. This university has a great reputation in Turkey and is considered one of the most prestigious universities of the country. This university aims at educating managers who can organize and improve Turkish business system and industry.

Istanbul commerce university is a private foundation university, established by Istanbul commerce community in 2001. It is one of the oldest and most experienced Turkish foundation universities and is located at the heart of the biggest city of the country, Istanbul. The university consists of 2 campuses. Both of these campuses are located in the middle of the city by the shore of Golden horn. This part of the city is filled with various sights and historical buildings that every one can enjoy visiting.

The university consists of 6 faculties, 3 institutes, a school of foreign languages and a vocational school. The faculty offers programs in undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD levels and is home to more than 7000 students from Turkey and several other countries. There are about 500 international students studying at this university today. The university has hired about 300 professors and researchers too.

Advantages

This university has chosen English as its language of instruction. This would encourage international students to join the university and Turkish students to learn English in order to connect well with the international world.

The university is also a member of Erasmus plus international program by which students and researchers can join this university and continues their studies in Turkey. Students of this university can also join other universities under this program and experience new universities and their cultures.

The university has signed several cooperation contracts with many universities around the world. Germany, Italy, France and Poland are some of the countries that cooperate with Istanbul commerce university. The university itself is enjoying a multicultural atmosphere with around 500 international students from all 6 continents of the world.

The university has also adopted an American scoring system which would help them stay in line with the developments of Americas best universities.

Istanbul commerce university has a TV and Radio channels, private to the university and its students. Students can watch or listen to the stories of successful alumni of the university, or learn about the latest research projects and findings. They can introduce their own research outcomes to their fellow students too.

Student life

Istanbul commerce university is one of the most advanced universities of Turkey. this university consists of two campuses, Sutluce campus and Kucukyali campus. in Sutluce campus, students can find many facilities for social and cultural activities. Besides cultural facilities, in this campus, students can find facilities which would help their professional development. There are several workshops and laboratories. There is virtual bank and a BistLab stock exchange. The other campus is located at the Anatolian side of Istanbul and contains more laboratories, especially in the field of engineering.

This university emphasizes the importance of culture and social activities, consequently, has established more than 50 student associations with different areas of interest in the university. The university organizes several events and festivals at the university. These festivals take place every spring and are designed to help students release their stress before the final examinations.

The university consists of several sportive facilities in both of its campuses. Other than providing the facilities, the university supports various sports teams and encourages students to join them and hires professional coaches to train them for national and international competitions. Students can use tennis courts, basketball courts, swimming pools and fitness centers at this university.

The university provides health care centers in both of its campuses too. Other than emergency rooms, there are consultation centers at these centers.

The university does not offer any types of dormitories to its students, however helps them, especially international students, in the process of finding accommodation.

University ranking

As one of the best Turkish foundation universities, this university has been mentioned and has gotten great remarks in several international university rankings. QS world university ranking has ranked this university among the 450 young, emerging European universities. Edurank website has ranked this university among the 100 top universities of Turkey and has given them the 73^rd place. It has also placed this university at the 4202^nd place among all the universities in the world.

Faculty of business:

This faculty is the most important and the most popular faculty of this university. Students and researchers of this faculty publish more than 250 articles every year, which puts this faculty on top of publications list in Istanbul commerce university.

Faculty of law:

This faculty, with 20 years of experience, offers world-class programs to its students. The faculty has employed pretty knowledgeable professors with several years of experience, thus student can benefit from their wisdom and reach high levels in their academic and professional lives.

Faculty of engineering:

This faculty consists of 5 departments and offers research-oriented and high-quality programs to its students. Double majors and minor majors are available at this faculty. The faculty is one of the active members of Erasmus program and accepts students from other universities and sends them to those universities every semester.

Admissions and application requirements

You will mainly need:

• Passport
• Diploma
• Transcript
• English or Turkish Language Certification (TOEFL IBT 72 or PTE 55) or (TÖMER B2 or higher level)
• Motivational Letter (if needed)

After acceptance and arriving in Istanbul, these documents are needed:

• Passport
• Diploma (in Turkish or English)
• Transcript (in Turkish or English)
• A Photo (Passport Size)
• Receipt(s) of Payment (Minimum one semester including deposit fee)
• Equivalency Letter (Denklik) from Ministry of Education of Turkey in Turkey. Also, in some countries Embassies have “Educational Attach” and they provide “Equivalency Letter” services.

Why Istanbul commerce university?

This university was founded in 2001, thus is one of the pioneering Turkish private universities and has gained valuable experience over the years. It has adopted international approaches and accreditation systems and taken other huge steps towards internationalization. Both campuses of the university are equipped with the best facilities of the day and offer fantastic research and education opportunities to all its students. The university provides great leisure and social facilities to its students and organizes several events annually in this regard. Over all, Istanbul commerce university is one of the best private universities of Turkey, and offers high-quality courses which attract most Turkish talented students and puts the name of this university on top of their priority lists.