Yaşar University ( Turkish: ''Yaşar Üniversitesi'') is a university in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

on the

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. The university faculty teaches in English, with programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

History

Selcuk Yaşar Sports and Education Foundation decided to establish Yaşar University in 1999, as a modern university in the city of

. The Turkish National Assembly approved the creation of the university on 29 March 2001. Education started within its Alsancak premises in the academic year of 2002-2003. The Selçuk Yaşar Bornova Campus was opened in 2008.

Organization

Yaşar University is divided into seven

undergraduate Undergraduate education is education conducted after secondary education and before postgraduate education, usually in a college or university. It typically includes all postsecondary programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree. For example, ...

faculties which have 25 different academic programs. Undergraduate divisions include: * Faculty of Communication: ''Public Relations and Advertising; Radio, Cinema and Television; Visual Communication Design'' * Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences: ''Business Administration; Economics; International Logistics Management; International Trade and Finance; Travel Management and Tourism Guidance; International Relations.'' The language of instruction for all departments is English * Faculty of Architecture: ''Architecture; Interior Architecture and Environmental Design'' * Faculty of Science and Letters: ''English Language and Literature; Mathematics; Statistics; Psychology; Translation and Interpreting'' * Faculty of Engineering: ''Computer Engineering; Electrical and Electronics Engineering; Energy Systems Engineering; Industrial Engineering; Software Engineering'' * Faculty of Art and Design: ''Film Design; Graphic Design; Industrial Design; Music'' * Faculty of Law: ''LLB in Law'' The graduate program consists of two graduate schools; the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. The graduate schools have 22 different

Master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional prac ...

and

PHD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

programs. The vocational school offers nine

associate degree An associate degree or associate's degree is an undergraduate degree awarded after a course of post-secondary study lasting two to three years. It is a level of academic qualification above a high school diploma and below a bachelor's degree ...

programs. The Yaşar University School of Foreign Languages provides an English preparatory year for students needing to reach the language level for faculty. Other languages taught at the School of Foreign Languages include: Russian, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, French, and Portuguese. Yaşar University is the first in Turkey to have its language school accredited by the

Commission on English Language Program Accreditation The Commission on English Language Program Accreditation (CEA) is a specialized accrediting agency that accredits post-secondary English language training programs. CEA states that its purpose is to provide a systematic approach by which programs ...

(CEA).

Campus

Selçuk Yaşar Campus

Located in the İzmir district of Bornova, the Selçuk Yaşar Campus serves as the main campus for Yaşar University.

Sports Center

The Yaşar University Sports Center facilities provides a variety of physical activities. The Sports Center includes; a gymnasium, tennis courts, dance studio, volleyball and basketball courts. The Sports Center organizes fitness training, club sports, intramural and ladder tournaments, instructional programmes and seminars.

Electronic Information and Documentation Center

Yaşar University's Electronic Information and Documentation Center adds to the University's education and research mission at the national and international level. Students and faculty are able to access a wide variety of sources, including audio-visual materials, journals and newspapers. The Electronic Information and Documentation center is classified according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Electronic resources include: over 50,000 e-books and 25 databases that reach 19,000 e-journals.

Media Center

Yasar University hosts a hi-tech media center. It is the first Turkish university where TV and radio studios broadcast in high definition. The Media Center produces regular television and radio programmes in multiple languages.

Alsancak Campus

The Yaşar University Alsancak Campus was home to the School of Foreign Languages until 2014. In 2014, all departments are united in Selçuk Yaşar Campus.

References

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