Okan University

Okan University

Okan University, one of the youngest and the most dynamic universities of Turkey, was founded by Okan Culture, Education, and Sports Foundation in 1999 and began its academic life in 2003-2004.

2006

Since the 2006-2007 academic year, the rapidly growing university has been located in its new and modern Akfırat campus. Now, it reached 63 undergraduate, 41 master and 13 Ph. D. programs under eight faculties, two vocational schools and three graduate schools.

2007

True to its motto, “The University Closest to Business Life,” Okan University effectively combines theory and practice by employing an academic staff who are experts in their own fields, adopting a contemporary approach to education, and focussing upon practice-oriented studies which prepare the students for business life, starting from students’ very first year of study. Indeed, the university, which had the pleasure of presenting its first graduates with their diplomas in 2006-2007, has fulfilled the promise of its motto, as all members of its first graduating class of graduates have found employment.

Okan University aims to build a bridge between the academic and the business world. To this end, the university enables students to work at firms as part of its Preparing for Business Life Program, starting from their freshman year. This program not only helps students to become familiar with business life and improve their knowledge and skills by putting theory into practice, but serves to motivate the students as well. Students who have successfully completed the Preparing for Business Life Program are presented with a participation certificate as well as other work experience certifications added to their diplomas when they graduate.

Okan University has cooperation protocols with business institutions such as the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey, Turkish - Eurasian Business Council, Information and Communication Technologies Authority, The Turkish Contractors Association, Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, International Transporters'Association, Turkish Tourism Investors Association, Turkish Airlines, Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, Turkish Red Crescent, Festo Ind. Bus. Inc., Akfırat Municipality, as well as academic institutions such as Beijing University, Murray State University and Anadolu University.

Featuring the finest in contemporary architecture, Akfırat Campus has all the features a modern university should have. Akfırat Campus is equipped with everything necessary to ensure that students are able to receive the most effective education possible. Our facilities include modern classrooms, computer and technical labs, a library, conference halls, a fitness center, a swimming pool, gymnasiums, cafeterias, and restaurants.

Another advantage of Okan University’s Akfırat Campus is its close proximity to Sabiha Gökçen Airport and the F1 Race Track. The campus also features a Social Center, opened in 2008, which houses a mini cinema, sauna, cafeteria, cocktail hall, shopping center, and student club rooms. What is more, the Sports Center, which includes a 400-person capacity gymnasium, a swimming pool, tennis, basketball, and volleyball courts as well as a soccer field, was designed so that students might spend their free time in the best way possible.

Okan University has dormitories for both male and female students. The dormitory facilities include study rooms, a dining hall, a cafeteria, a cleaning service, a laundry, a security team which is on duty day and night to ensure students’ safety throughout the dormitory premises, an infirmary with a doctor on hand 7/24, and wireless and cable internet.

OUR VISION

Our vision is to become a world-class university which contributes to the betterment of the nation and its business life by providing education of the highest standards and thereby preparing its students to enter the modern business world, ensuring that they are open to domestic and foreign competition, and instilling them with social responsibility and environmental consciousness.

OUR MISSION

To train students to think in an analytical, interdisciplinary way, and to instill them with an entrepreneurial spirit.

To invest in and support innovative scientists and scholars who are able to successfully integrate education and training and thus help our students to become exceptional graduates in their respective fields.

To concentrate on educational and research activities directed at meeting the needs of society by making social responsibility and environmental consciousness our priority.

To convert information into technology and social benefit.

  • Faculty of Dentistry
    • Dentistry (English) (Paid)
    • Dentistry (Turkish) (Paid)
  • Faculty of Dentistry (English) (Paid)

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  • Faculty of Education
    • Teacher Training in English (Paid)
    • Teacher Training at Pre-School Level (Paid)
    • Special Education Teacher (Paid)
    • Guidance and Psychology Counseling (Paid)
  • Faculty of Arts Design and Architecture
    • Industrial Products Design (Paid)
    • Visual Communication Design (Paid)
    • Interior Architecture (Paid)
    • Architecture (Paid)
    • Architecture (English) (Paid)
    • Cinema and Television (Paid)
  • Faculty of Law
    • Law ( Paid)
  • Faculty of Business and Management Sciences
    • Economics and Finance (English) (Paid)
    • Management (Paid)
    • Business Administration (English) (Paid)
    • International Relations (Paid)
    • International Relations (English) (Paid)
    • International Logistics (Paid)
    • International Logistics (English) (Paid)
    • International Trade (Paid)
    • International Trade (English) (Paid)
    • Banking and Insurance (Paid)
  • Faculty of Humanities and Communal Sciences
    • Translation and Interpretation (Arabian) (Paid)
    • Translation and Interpretation (Chinese) (Paid)
    • Translation and Interpretation (English) (Paid)
    • Translation and Interpretation (Russian) (paid)
    • Psychology (Paid)
    • Sociology (Paid)
  • Faculty of Engineering
    • Computer Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Electrical & Electronic Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Industrial Engineering (Paid)
    • Industrial Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Genetics and Bioengineering (Paid)
    • Geomatics Engineerig (Paid)
    • Civil Engineering (Paid)
    • Civil Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Mechanical Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Mechatronics Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Automotive Engineering (English) (Paid)
    • Software Engineering (English) (Paid)
  • Faculty of Health Sciences
    • Nutrition and Dietetics (Paid)
    • Nutrition and Dietetics (English) (Paid)
    • Child Development (Paid)
    • Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Paid)
    • Nursing (Paid)
    • Health Management (Paid)
  • Faculty of Medicine

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  • Faculty of Medicine
    • School of Applied Sciences
    • Medicine (English) (Paid)
    • Medicine (Turkish) (Paid)
  • Faculty of Applied Science
    • Gastronomy (Paid)
    • Public Relations and Advertising (Paid)
    • Aviation Management (Paid)
    • Logistics and Transportation (Paid)
    • Accounting and Auditing (Paid)
    • Flight Training (English) (paid)
    • Sports Management (Paid)
    • Tourism and Hotel Management (Paid)
    • Tourism and Hotel Management (English) (Paid)
    • New Media (Paid)
    • Management Information Systems (Paid)
  • INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
    • Business PhD (English) (Paid)
    • Banking PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Business PhD (Türkçe) (Ücretli)
    • Applied Psychology PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Accounting and Auditing PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Education Management and Supervision PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
  • INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
    • Orthodontics PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Health Management PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Nursing PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Nutrition and Dietetic PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Endodontics PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
  • INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING
    • Mechatronics Engineering PhD (English) (Paid)
    • Architecture PhD (English) (Paid)
    • Land-use Planning and Management PhD (Turkish) (Paid)
    • Computer Engineering PhD (Turkish) (Paid)

Required Documents for Associate Degree and Undergraduate Program

  • Copy of Diploma
  • Copy of Transcript
  • Copy of Passport
  • Exam Results / If Available (SAT, ACT, YOS)
  • 1 Photo

Documents Required for the Master Program

  • Copy of UNDERGRADUATE Diploma
  • Copy of Official Transcript of Undergraduate Records
  • 2 Reference Letters
  • Letter of Intent
  • Current CV of the applicant
  • Copy of Passport
  • 1 Photo
  • Certificate of Equivalence at the time of registration
  • Motivation Letter

Documents Required for the Doctorate Program

  • Applicants are required to submit a valid exam score. ALES EA 60 / GRE: 685 / GMAT: 500
  • English Proficiency Exam Score: YDS: 65 / TOEFL IBT:79
  • Copy of both for Graduate and Undergraduate Diploma
  • Copy of both for Graduate and Undergraduate Transcript
  • Two reference letters
  • Letter of Intent
  • Corporate document
  • Current CV of the applicant
  • Copy of Passport / Copy of the identity card
  • 1 Photo
  • Certificate of Equivelance at the time of registration
  • Motivation Letter

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