Yıldız Technical University

Yıldız Technical University

Infobox University
name= Yıldız Technical University
native_name= Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi


motto= The ever-shining star (*)
= (*) Yıldız means star.
latin_name=
established= 1911
type= Public
staff=
rector= Prof. Dr. Durul Ören
faculty= 8
students= 17,000
city= Istanbul
country= Turkey
campus= City
affiliations=
website= http://www.yildiz.edu.tr

(*) Yıldız means star.

Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi (YTÜ, or YTU for the English name "Yıldız Technical University") is a technical university dedicated to engineering sciences in Istanbul, Turkey. The central campus lies within the Beşiktaş district.

Information

Established in 1911 within the premises of Yıldız Palace, Yıldız Technical University is one of the prominent state universities in Istanbul, and one of the two technical universities in the city along with Istanbul Technical University.

YTU offers education with its 8 faculties, 2 institutes, the School of Vocational Studies and the School of Foreign Languages. More than 17,000 YTU students follow courses in 3 campuses, which are the Yıldız Central Campus, Davutpaşa Campus and Maslak Campus. There are 33 departments in the faculties and 8 programs in the School of Vocational Studies.

YTU is notable with its civil and mechanical engineering faculties.

Master's Degree (MA) and Doctoral Research (PhD) programs are undertaken by the institutes.

Faculties

*Faculty of Electrical and Electronical Engineering - [http://www.elk.yildiz.edu.tr official page]
*Faculty of Literature and National Culture Studies
*Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences - [http://www.ikt.yildiz.edu.tr official page]
*Faculty of Civil Engineering - [http://www.inm.yildiz.edu.tr official page]
*Faculty of Chemistry and Metallurgy
*Faculty of Mechanical Engineering - [http://www.mak.yildiz.edu.tr official page]
*Faculty of Architecture - [http://www.mim.yildiz.edu.tr/en_index.html official page]
*Faculty of Fine Arts and Design - [http://www.sts.yildiz.edu.tr/ official page]
*Institute of Graduate Studies in Science and Engineering
*Institute of Graduate Studies in Social Sciences
*School of Vocational Studies
*School of Foreign Languages

Notable faculty

* Oktay Sinanoğlu

Notable alumni

* Ali Coşkun
* Ayşegül Abadan
* Tarık Akan
* Cem Davran
* Mirkelam

Gallery

ee also

* List of universities in Turkey

External links

* [http://www.yildiz.edu.tr YTU Official Page] tr icon
* [http://www.yildiz.edu.tr/english/index2.php YTU Official English Page]
* [http://www.ytumed.org.tr Alumni Organization] tr icon


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