Institute’s Name

 İstanbul Bilgi University

Country

 Turkey

Institute’s Name(Chinese)

伊斯坦布尔比尔基大学

Website

 www.bilgi.edu.tr

Address        

Kuştepe Campus:

İnönü Caddesi No: 28 Kuştepe

34387 Şişli - İstanbul

Dolapdere Campus:

Kurtuluş Deresi Caddesi No: 47

34435 Dolapdere - İstanbul

Postal Code

 34387

 34435

Contact person

 Mrs. Safiye Tufekciyasar

Title

Director of Student Affair Office

Telephone

0090 212 216 2222

Fax

0090 212 216 8475

E-mail

 tufek@bilgi.edu.tr

Year of Establishment: 1996

Academic level: (University, College, High School, Language School, Vocational institution…etc): University

Major area of professions/programs: university programs

Current accreditation status in the local educational authority: Founded by law.

[Source of Information]: Higher Education Council of Turkey (www.yok.gov.tr)

Currently approved to issue academic degrees?  Yes

[Approved by]:  Higher Education Council of Turkey

Number of on board students:

 8212

The ratio of Faculty Staff to students:

 18,7

Ratio of international students to Chinese students:

 5%

Institution Description

Istanbul Bilgi University was founded in 1996 as a private, non-profit institution. It is located in the centre of Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus and has two campuses – Kustepe and Dolapdere.

The medium of instruction is English, except for the Faculty of Law which conducts most of its courses in Turkish. Before being admitted to their degree programmes, students must demonstrate their proficiency in English. Istanbul Bilgi University consists of four faculties at the undergraduate level: Economics and Administrative Sciences, Science and Letters, Communication and Law. The Graduate School of Social Sciences currently offers fifteen different graduate programmes.

İstanbul Bilgi University is a member of  European University Association and has strong academic links with several European Universities, some of which are the London School of Economics and Political Science of the University of London, the University of Portsmouth, Leiden University, Lund University, the Institute of Political Science of Rennes, Lehman College (City University of New York) and College of Education of Coimbra.