Doğuş University is a private university

Private university

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 located Acıbadem, Kadıköy

Kadiköy

Kadıköy is a large, populous, and cosmopolitan district of İstanbul, Turkey on the Asian side of the Sea of Marmara, facing the historic city centre on the European side of the Bosporus...

, İstanbul

Istanbul

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. It stands on the lower side of Acıbadem Hill.

History

Doğuş University was founded by Act of Parliament #4281, passed on 9 July 1997 by the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The university is part of the Doğuş Group of Schools, which itself began with the founding of a high school in 1974 having the aims of educating its students as modern, secular, democratic and freethinking individuals following Atatürk’s principles and supplying them with the awareness and strength to contribute to Turkey's economic and cultural development.

After establishing the high school, the Doğuş Group of Schools established kindergartens, an elementary school, a science high school and an IB world school so as to completely serve the Turkish education system in each phase of elementary and secondary education. The Doğuş Group of Schools established the Doğuş Education Foundation in 1995 which facilitated the creation of the university.

Description

Doğuş University has twenty programmes in the faculties of Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Economics and Administrative Sciences, Arts and Design, together with nine associate degree programs in the School of Advanced Vocational Studies. Additionally, there are eight post graduate education programs in the Institute of Social Sciences and three in the Institute of Science and Technology. The European Union Studies program in the Institute of Social Sciences is a member of the consortium IMPREST (International Masters Program in European Studies), which started its academic endeavor in the academic year 2006–2007, and actively cooperates with five other European universities, including Doğuş University.

Due to Doğuş University’s ERASMUS (Erasmus University Charter) membership, which started in the spring term of the 2003–2004 academic year, students of Doğuş University can benefit from exchange programs in accordance with Bilateral Agreements signed with over 30 universities.

Academics

Faculty of Arts And Sciences

• Department of Communication Sciences
• Department of English Language and Literature
• Department of Mathematics
• Department of Psychology
• Division of Physics
• Division of Chemistry
• Division of Humanities

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Economics And Administrative Sciences

• Department of Business Administration: English and Turkish programmes
• Department of International Relations
• Department of Economics and Finance: English and Turkish programmes
• Department of International Trade and Business

Faculty of Engineering

• Department of Computer Engineering: Computer Engineering Program, Information Systems Engineering Program
• Department of Electronics and Communications Engineering: English and Turkish programmes
• Department of Control Engineering
• Department of Mechanical Engineering: English and Turkish programmes
• Department of Industrial Engineering: English and Turkish programmes

Faculty of Fine Arts And Design

• Department of Architecture
• Department of Graphics
• Department of Painting
• Department of Industrial Product Design
• Department of Interior Architecture
• Visual Communication Design

Institute of Science & Technology

• Doctorate: Logistics and Supply Chain Management Doctorate Program
• Master: Computer and Information Sciences, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Engineering and Technology Management

Institute of Social Sciences

• Doctorate: Financial Economics Doctorate Program
• Master
  • Business Administration: English and Turkish programmes
  • MA in European Union Studies
  • MS in Financial Economics
  • MA in English Language and Literature
  • MA in Psychology
  • MA in Communication Sciences