Koç University:
Koç University (KU), founded in 1993, is a non-profit private university in Istanbul, Turkey, offering a world class educational experience to 6995 students from over 50 countries. Currently, 473 academic and 544 administrative personnel are employed by Koç University.
In 2018–2019 academic year, KU has hosted 191 exchange students, 143 international full-time undergraduate students, 58 international master’s students and 139 international PhD students. Currently, KU also hosts 6 international personnel and 106 international researchers. KU recognizes its entire international community as migrants.
In the twenty four years since its establishment, Koç University has become one of the leading universities in Turkey, currently ranked 16th in the Times Higher Education BRICS & Emerging Economies Rankings 2018.
The university provides an English taught liberal arts education at undergraduate level through 7 colleges (Sciences, Engineering, Social Sciences & Humanities, Administrative Sciences & Economics, Schools of Law, Medicine, Nursing) offering 22 undergraduate programs. At graduate level it is a research intensive university with 29 master and 26 doctoral programs across 4 graduate schools (Sciences and Engineering, Social Sciences and Humanities, Business, Health Sciences).
With more than 270 partners globally, 21 Research Centers, 5 Research and Education Forums and 194 research laboratories, Koç University is recognized nationally and internationally as an excellent partner for research collaboration at national and international level with public and private institutions including the European Commission.
As of February 2017, 702 research projects have been externally funded at KU, with a value of about 72,5 million EUR. The university supports the legal and financial management of academic and administrative led externally funded projects through the Research, Project Development and Technology Transfer Directorate.
For more info visit the official Koç University website www.ku.edu.tr