Özyegin University
Encyclopedia
History
The university was founded by the Hüsnü M. ÖzyeğinHüsnü Özyegin
Hüsnü Özyeğin is a Turkish businessman in the finance sector who created his own fortune. He is owner of FIBA Holding, a group of mostly finance companies in Turkey. He has a net worth of $US3 billion as of 2011....
Foundation, and its establishment was approved by Foundation Act No 5656 published in the Official Gazette No 26526 on May 18, 2007.
Özyeğin University admitted its first class of students to the department of Business Administration and started its education in September, 2008.
Campus
Altunizade Campus is the university's first campus, which was opened in June, 2008. The university launched a second one in ÇekmeköyÇekmeköy
Çekmeköy is a district in the suburbs of Istanbul, Turkey. In 2007, the population of Çekmeköy was 70,683....
, Istanbul.
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.The following faculties and institutes are planned:
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Communication
- School of Applied Sciences
- Institute of Natural Sciences
- Institute of Social Sciences