Description
Established in 1971, Bogaziçi Üniversitesi (Bogaziçi University) is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the urban setting of the metropolis of Istanbul (population range of over 5,000,000 inhabitants).
Officially accredited and/or recognized by the YÖK - Yüksekögretim Kurulu (YÖK - Council of Higher Education), Bogaziçi Üniversitesi (BÜ) is a large (uniRank enrollment range: 15,000-19,999 students) coeducational higher education institution. Bogaziçi Üniversitesi (BÜ) offers courses and programs leading to officially recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees, doctorate degrees in several areas of study. See the uniRank degree levels and areas of study matrix below for further details.
This 48 years old higher-education institution has a selective admission policy based on entrance examinations.
Vision
Boğaziçi University’s vision is to be a leading institution of higher education, one that shapes the future through being a pioneer in education, teaching, and research. The primary tenets of our vision are to
Enrich the education and teaching experiences with innovative and creative approaches;
Strengthen the culture of science, research, creativity, and innovation to become one of the leading research universities in the world; and to
Contribute to shaping a better future through our academic, scientific, and cultural activities.
Mission
Boğaziçi University’s mission is to educate individuals who embrace it’s institutional values, who are able to think both creatively and critically, who are independent and egalitarian,
who appreciate ethical values, who respect nature and are aware of environmental issues, who are rooted in the local and open to the global, and who can,
with their self-confidence and scholarly, social and cultural foundations, successfully take on leadership positions anywhere in the world.
Boğaziçi University is a major research university located on the European side of the Bosphorus strait in Istanbul, Turkey. It has four faculties and two schools offering undergraduate degrees,
and six institutes offering graduate degrees. The language of instruction is English.
Founded in 1863, as Robert College, it is the first American higher education institution founded outside the United States.
Though under entirely Turkish administration today, the university still maintains strong ties to the American educational system.
Boğaziçi University consistently ranks highest in Turkey, having the greatest number of applicants via the YGS-LYS Turkish university entrance examinations.
The well-known programs are electrical and electronics engineering , computer engineering , and industrial engineering.
Only the top 800 of the approximately 1.8 million participants in the annual Turkish university entrance examination (YGS-LYS) are admitted to register for these subjects at the University.
To be admitted into other degree programs, one usually has to be in the top 1% of the university entrance exam as well.
This allows Boğaziçi University to attract many of the highest scoring students;[10] as well as having the most preferred applied science, education, engineering, and social science programs in Turkey.
