Işık Üniversitesi | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 14 December 1885; 139 years ago (1885-12-14) asFeyz-i Sıbyan Mektebi1995; 30 years ago (1995) asFMV Işık Üniversitesi |
| President | Hasan Bülent Kahraman[1] |
Administrative staff | 650 |
| Undergraduates | 6610 |
| Postgraduates | 850 |
| Location | |
| Campus | Rural |
| Athletics | Işık Sports Club |
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| Website | isikun |
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| QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia[2] | 351-400 (2022) |
Işık University (Turkish:Işık Üniversitesi) is aprivate university located inIstanbul,Turkey. The university operates under the Feyziye Schools Foundation's Işık Schools, which originated with the establishment of the Feyz-i Sıbyan School in the city ofSalonica, modernThessaloniki, on 14 December 1885.
The history of the Feyziye Schools Foundation's Işık Schools (Turkish:Feyziye Mektepleri Vakfı Işık Okulları) began with the establishment of Feyz-i Sıbyan School (Turkish:Feyz-i Sıbyan Mektebi) in the city of Salonica on 14 December 1885. Over time, additional schools were established inSalonica, including the Şemsi Efendi School, which was attended byMustafa Kemal Atatürk.
After theBalkan Wars, when Salonica became part ofGreece, the foundation relocated toNişantaşı Naciye Sultan Mansion in Istanbul. In 1935, during the 50th anniversary of the school, the name was changed from "Feyziye" to "Işık," both meaning "light" in Turkish, with the endorsement of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. To address the increasing demand for educational institutions, the foundation completed itsMaslak campus in 1996.
Işık University was established at the Maslak campus at the beginning of the 1996–1997 academic year, marking a new chapter in the foundation's history. Işık University is governed by aboard of trustees, in conjunction with the universitypresident andprovosts and thedeans of the various faculties. Today, the Feyziye Schools Foundation provides education at all levels, from preschool to graduate studies.
Işık University operates two campuses. TheMaslak campus is located in one of the business centers of Istanbul, while the suburban Şile campus, located 50 km (31 mi) out of Istanbul, opened in 2003. TheŞile campus has been planned as a complete “educational campus” withdormitories, social facilities, and educational and administrative buildings situated in an area of 600acres (2.4 km2). In 2005 summer, most of the university's academic and administrativedepartments (including the rector) moved to the Şile campus. Three faculties (Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences) and two institutes (Institute of Science and Engineering and Institute of Social Sciences) are located in Şile Campus, but the Faculty of Fine Arts remains in Maslak.
Işık University is home to 5faculties and 2institutes.
The university also incorporates anEnglish as a Foreign Language School and a research center, namelyInformatics Research and Development Center.
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