Istanbul Altınbaş University
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About the university
Altinbas University has been ranked as one of the best private universities in Turkey, due to its efforts to become an international hub for students from all over the world.
This university was distinguished by its advanced method of education and its interest in intellectual freedom to create a generation capable of critical thinking and advancing society in the best ways.
What is Altinbash University? Why did it gain such a prestigious reputation in record time? Let us answer these questions in these lines.
Altınbash Private University is one of the modern universities in Turkey. It was founded in 2008 and began receiving its students in 2011.
The university has shown great progress in a very short period of time, and has obtained many patents, so that today it includes more than 13,000 students from 88 different countries.
It was initially called Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, then its name was changed to Altinbaş University in 2017 by the Mehmet Altinbaş Educational Foundation.
University classification
The university’s rapid development has made it internationally known, with Times Higher Education ranking it among the top 800 universities in the world.
As for the edurank website, it ranked it as No. 131 in Turkey and 36 in Istanbul, and as for its classification at the international level, Altinbaş University ranks 6767 in the world.
Campus
Altinbas University consists of 3 campuses, the first of which was established in the Bahçelievler district on the European side of Istanbul.
- Mahmud Bey Campus
This campus was not designed for educational life only, but also to enrich social life through sports and cultural activities for students.
The Mahmut Bey campus contains many facilities for holding international conferences and meetings with professionals, as well as concerts, festivals and exhibitions.
- Bakırköy Campus
The campus is located in an important strategic point in Bakirkoy, where the city center is located among shops, shopping centers and restaurants.
Bakirkoy Campus is the largest health sciences campus in Turkey among the constituent universities, as it contains the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry in addition to the Dental Training Hospital.
- Gayrettepe Campus
Located in the heart of Istanbul city centre, this campus is the center of the Faculty of Management, Fine Arts, Law and Applied Sciences and the Graduate School of Social Sciences.
Colleges and institutes on campus
The university campus contains 9 colleges, led by the medical group colleges, which include the specializations of human medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy, and include 74 specializations in addition to 3 institutes.
- Faculty of medicine.
This college is considered one of the best 85 medical colleges in the country, and its plastic surgery department is also one of the top 50 departments in Turkey, and one of the top 1000 plastic surgery departments in the world.
- College of Engineering.
One of the active colleges at the local and international levels in various fields, it is the 106th university among the best teaching staff in Turkey, and among the highest-ranking colleges in Asia.
- Computer Science.
The computer science programs offered by Altinbas University are high-quality and world-class programs that make it one of the best universities in the field of technology.
Altinbas University offers 12 undergraduate and 58 master’s programs in its faculties, in addition to 14 doctoral programs, and all of its programs are considered appropriate to achieve students’ goals.
The university also contains a rich, modern library, a health center, a psychology center, and various sports centers, and the university’s fitness center is one of the newest and most up-to-date centers with the best equipment.
The mission and vision of the university
- Altinbas University aspires to become a center for international research and scientific activities, and one of the best Turkish higher education centers in the near future.In addition to its goal of contributing to the development of society in various fields and stimulating cultural and scientific interactions.
- The university works to educate future generations to become confident young people open to the world, capable of innovation and creativity, in addition to helping them keep pace with scientific and technological development.
It aspires to create a generation capable of innovating new scientific paths, through the basic principles it follows, which are freedom of research and thought as well as freedom of education.
Advantages of studying at Altinbas University
There are many features that make Altinbaş University one of the most important universities in Turkey, the most important of which are:
- Financial support for students, or more precisely, facilitating study for students who are in financial circumstances by allowing them to pay the annual installment in installments.
- The presence of an academic staff who holds doctoral degrees from well-known international universities, and has practical experience in international and local institutions in addition to educational experience in the best universities in Europe.
- The presence of English language courses within the curriculum.
- Cooperation with the most important leading foreign universities, which creates an opportunity to exchange experiences and competencies.
- Recognition from the Turkish Higher Education Council.
- Obtaining credits from the European Union, and countries from the Arab world such as Egypt, Iraq, and others.
There is no doubt that Altin Bash University has a major role in graduating a generation of creative and innovative minds that benefit society now and in the future.
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