Altinbas University

The foundation:
Altınbaş University was established in 2008 in Istanbul. Founded by the Mehmet Altınbaş Education and Culture Foundation, the university is also supported by Altınbaş Holding. At the time of establishment, it was named “Istanbul Kemerburgaz University”. It has been renamed as “Altınbaş University” in 2017.

The location:
ALTINBAŞ University is located on the European side of Istanbul in the Bagcilar district, specifically in Mahmutbey district. Students can easily reach the campus thanks to the many means of transportation within the city. The university campus and its surroundings are also equipped to meet the basic and social needs of its students.

According to 2021 data, a total of 11,679 students are enrolled at the university, of which 5,149 are international students. Altınbaş University, which has 30% of its students with full scholarships, stands out among the foundation universities in Turkey with the scholarship opportunities it offers.

Why Altinbas University?
According to the Times Higher Education assessment, It is ranked 68th among the world's universities in terms of the number of foreign students. It is the educational institution with the highest percentage of foreign students (44%) among universities in Turkey. It is ranked 9 in Turkey.
Altınbas University is ranked as the best private university in Turkey. As it entered the list of the top 25 private universities and the list of the top 150 universities in Turkey. It is ranked 4126 among the world's universities.
It offers its educational curricula in both Turkish and English.
It has received many recognitions including: FEDEK Recognition after undergoing the Science and Arts majors assessment, PEARSON Recognition for International Accreditation of Foreign Language Teaching Programs for International Students, Recognition by MÜDAK Association for the Evaluation of Engineering Programs, LEDAK Recognition for Communications Programs Assessment, Organization Recognition ORPHEUS for postgraduate studies in the fields of biomedicine and health sciences in the European system.
Istanbul Altınbaş University has its own university hospital, to provide training for students of medical specialties.

The university raises the slogan of freedom of research, innovation and learning, as it adopts the scientific method and encourages understanding and thinking away from indoctrination and memorization, and in order to achieve its slogan, it has established several research centers, including: the Center for Research and Application in Psychology, the Center for Social and Economic Research TEAM, the Research and Application Center for Health and Professional Safety, Research and Consultation Center for Family Business Administration AYDAM, Research and Application Center for Distance Learning, Energy and Environment Research Center, Research and Application Center for Oral Health
Istanbul Altınbaş University, which is the favorite destination to international students, exchanges students with world universities within the scope of Erasmus Plus program.

Social and cultural events organized by the university in addition to the student clubs established within the campus are evaluated in a way that reflects that the university is a student-oriented educational institution.
The university, which gives importance to the career goals of the students, provides consultancy services with its career planning center. It is also the meeting point of Turkey's leading employers and successful graduates.
The university, which has one of the largest health campuses in Turkey, offers practical training and internship opportunities for its students within the contracted hospital.
Evaluation of competitions for engineering students, in which they present their projects, where the winners receive incentive prizes, in addition to short film competitions.