Özyeğin University

Özyeğin University is a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey.

Özyeğin University

Özyeğin University
Type	Private and nonprofit
Established	May 18, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-05-18)
Rector	Barış Tan
Location	Istanbul , Turkey 41°01′57.8″N 29°15′29.9″E
Campus	Çekmeköy, Istanbul
Language	Mainly English, and Turkish
Website	ozyegin.edu.tr

University rankings
Regional – Overall
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[1]	200 (2022)

History

Özyeğin University, taken from Engineering faculty building

Established in 2007 by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, Özyeğin University is an entrepreneurial research university focused on global impact, student development, and academic excellence. It offers 25 bachelor’s, 36 master’s, and 10 doctoral programs across 7 faculties and 3 graduate schools. Özyeğin University is committed to advancing its research capabilities, with a rapidly growing research output driven by its ambitious graduate programs and a dynamic academic community that fosters innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recognized internationally, the university ranks second globally among foundation and private universities newly established within the last 20 years in the “THE Young Universities Rankings.” It has also led Türkiye’s foundation universities in the “THE Impact Rankings” for six (6) consecutive years.

Campus

Altunizade Campus is the university's first campus, which was opened in June 2008. The university launched the main new campus in Çekmeköy, Istanbul. Later the building in Altunizade was evacuated and all departments moved to the Çekmeköy Campus in May 2013.

Organization and structure

Özyeğin University aims to contribute to the development of Turkish society by producing original, creative, and valuable knowledge with its thoroughly modern education system, innovative structure, and service sector oriented education programs as well as being financially accessible to all students through an effective scholarship and financial support model.^[2]

Academics

Faculties

• Faculty of Business
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• Faculty of Aviation and Aeronautical Sciences
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Architecture and Design
• Faculty of Applied Sciences

Graduate Schools

• Graduate School of Engineering and Science
• Graduate School of Business
• Graduate School of Social Science

Schools

• School of Languages (ScOLa)

Notable alumni

• İrem Karamete (born 1993), Olympic fencer
• Tutya Yılmaz (born 1999), Olympic gymnast

See also

• List of universities in Turkey
• Hüsnü Özyeğin
• Murat Ozyegin