Bahçeşehir University (BAU)
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Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is a foundation university located around the Bosphorus in Istanbul. The Turkish Grand National Assembly allowed the establishment of Bahçeşehir University in 1998 by the Bahçeşehir Uğur Education Foundation. Shortly after (February 1998), an academic and strategic protocol was signed with San Diego State University in California, USA. The registration of the first students was made after the first placement exam (ÖSYS) in the 1999-2000 academic year. The University is one of the few universities in Turkey that offers courses in English and therefore students applying to BAU must have a high English proficiency.
ABOUT
Studying at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey:
It is considered as one of the best foundation universities in Turkey and is included in the list of Turkey’s top 5 universities according to Times Higher Education 2023 data.
The university has 7 campuses outside of Türkiye. These; 2 in the USA (Washington DC and Boston), 1 in Canada (Toronto), 1 in Italy (Rome), 1 in Germany (Berlin), 1 in Georgia (Batumi) and 1 in China (Hong Kong) is located. The University has more than 193 international partners and has collaborations with world-renowned universities such as Harvard University (USA). It has six campuses in Istanbul.
The number of undergraduate students is 19,595, the number of postgraduate students is 6.017 and the number of associate degree students is 1,306. 1,358 academicians teach and 543 administrative staff work at the university.
Campus and facilities at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey:
The university consists of 11 faculties, 1 language school and 2 vocational schools. Four institutes provide postgraduate education. It has 6 campuses in Istanbul. Established on an area of 1400 square meters, Bahçeşehir University Library serves with 250,000 publications, books and electronic books. There are five different cafes and restaurants on campus. The total audience capacity of the conference hall is 1000.
- Faculty of Law Department
- Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Communication
- Faculty of Architecture and Design
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Faculty of Medicine
- Faculty of Dentistry
- Faculty of Pharmacy
- Faculty of Educational Sciences
Campuses:
- Beşiktaş South Campus
- Beşiktaş North Campus
- Galata Campus
- Göztepe Campus
- Kemerburgaz (Future) Campus
- Pera Campus
- BAU Faculty of Dentistry
Language requirements for applying to Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey:
For undergraduate Programs:
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 72 |
| PTE | 55 |
| CAE | C |
| BAHÇEŞEHİR PROFICIENCY EXAM * | 60 |
For bachelor’s degree in English Language Teaching (ELT):
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 79 |
| PTE | 78 |
| CAE | A |
For graduate Programs:
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 79 |
| PTE Academic | 67 |
| BAHÇEŞEHİR PROFICIENCY EXAM * | 65 |
Master’s Degree in English Language Teaching (ELT):
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 96 |
| PTE Academic | 78 |
| BAHÇEŞEHİR PROFICIENCY EXAM * | 85 |
Clinical psychology:
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 96 |
| PTE Academic | 78 |
| BAHÇEŞEHİR PROFICIENCY EXAM * | 80 |
* (Students, with no official or valid English Proficiency Exam Score, are allowed to take the Proficiency Exams administered by Bahcesehir University).
PHD:
| Exam certification | Minimum score |
| TOEFL IBT | 79 |
Courses offered at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey:
Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey offers courses for graduate, undergraduate and PHD programs. The courses are related to Law, Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Communication, Architecture and Design, Engineering and Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Educational Sciences.
Scholarships offered at Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey:
Bahçeşehir offers:
- A 25% scholarship (if bachelor’s degree GPA upon graduation is 2.75 or above on a 4-point scale)
- 83 and above on a 100-point scale
- 14 and above on 20-point scale
- Also, BAU graduates are offered a 50% scholarship
Bahçeşehir University (BAU) in Turkey partnerships:
- KAZIMIERZ WIELKI UNIVERSITY (Poland)
- UNIVERSITY OF JYVASKYLA (Finland)
- CHARLES UNIVERSITY (Czech Rep.)
Associated Partners have volunteered to support selected activities in selected time slots. Associated Partners may come and go as the project progresses, so this list is likely to change.
- Indie Games Poland Foundation
- Games Research Association of Poland
- Sirius Game Studio
- 4th Secondary School in Bydgoszcz
- Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Other expenses:
- Monthly living cost estimate for international students (per month): € 400-700
- Private accommodation: € 300-500
- Food: € 150-200
- Transportation: € 20-40 (Student travel card is limitless within İstanbul city and costs (110 Turkish Liras).
- Miscellaneous (Entertainment etc): € 70-200
- student transportation card: 10 Liras
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accommodation
As a city university, the Bahçeşehir campus only includes academic and administrative facilities. The campus does not offer on-campus dormitories. However, BAU offers on-campus accommodation only for English Preparatory student in the Future campus.
In addition to that BAU is affiliated with a student dormitory, REPUBLIKA Residence, which is located 10 – 15 minutes from the main campus.
Republika has everything you need; all you have to do is bring all your personal belongings. For example, your sheets, towels, clothes… .It has furnished rooms, kitchen, study room, movie hall, playground and gym.
after graduation
Graduates can work in fields such as machine learning, deep learning, image processing, natural language processing, data analysis, data visualization, computer games, robotics, business intelligence. Systems developed for these subfields of artificial intelligence studies have been rapidly replaced by existing systems in many different sectors and research shows that this speed will continue to increase. The rapid increase in the amount of digital data in many sectors necessitates institutions and countries to take their place in an increasingly competitive environment by developing artificial systems that extract meaningful information from this big data.
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