ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY

Our university, was established in Istanbul where people of different faiths and cultures have lived together for centuries, and which is a meeting point of Civilizations aims to contribute to scientific accumulation of humanity with distinctive researches and to educate competent researchers and scientists in order to achieve this. Faculty of Letters of our University has started education activities by taking students to the programs of Philosophy, History and Turkish Language and Literature programs in 2010-2011 academic year; Since 2012-2013 academic year, English Preparatory Class has been opened for students who are admitted in the same departments. In academic year 2014-2015, Psychology, English Translation and Interpreting and Arabic Translation and Interpreting programs were opened, teaching language of the undergraduate programs of Faculty of Letters became partially (at least 30%) English. In the 2011-2012 academic year, Faculty of International Islamic and Religious Sciences has started education activities by taking students to Islamic and Religious Sciences Program in which teaching language is partially (at least 30%) Arabic. “Compulsory Arabic Preparatory Class is established for the students who are placed in these programs. Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences has started education activities by taking students to "Political Science and International Relations Program" in academic year 2013-2014, and for students placed in this program "Compulsory English Preparatory Class” was established. In 2014-2015 academic year, Economy (English) and Social Services Programs (Turkish) were opened and the first students were admitted. University has opened graduate programs in the field of Philosophy, History, Turkish Language and Literature, English Translation and Interpreting, Economics and Finance, Political Science and International Relations and Basic Islamic Sciences within the Institute of Social Sciences.