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Motto | - |
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Type | Private - Non-Profit |
Established | May 18, 2007 |
Location | , 41°01′57.8″N 29°15′29.9″E / 41.032722°N 29.258306°E |
Campus | Çekmeköy, Istanbul |
Language | Mainly English, and Turkish |
Website | ozyegin.edu.tr |
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Regional – Overall | |
QS Emerging Europe and Central Asia [1] | 200 (2022) |
Özyeğin University is a private, non-profit university located in Istanbul, Turkey.
The university was founded by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, and its establishment was approved by Foundation Act No. 5656, published in the Official Gazette No. 26526 on May 18, 2007. [2]
Özyeğin University admitted its first class of students to the department of Business Administration and started its education in September, 2008.
According to the "Most Popular Universities" survey conducted by Bloomberg Business Week in 2014, Özyeğin ranked 3rd among foundation universities, following Sabancı and Koç universities, respectively. Özyeğin University was also placed 4th among all universities in the online survey conducted with 15.700 students from 89 universities between January and May 2014. [3]
Özyeğin University ranked 6th among the Most Entrepreneurial and Innovative Universities of Turkey and rose in the ranking compared to 2013. [4]
Altunizade Campus is the university's first campus, which was opened in June 2008. The university launched the main new campus in Çekmeköy, Istanbul. Later the building in Altunizade was evacuated and all departments moved to the Çekmeköy Campus in May 2013.
Özyeğin University aims to contribute to the development of Turkish society by producing original, creative, and valuable knowledge with its thoroughly modern education system, innovative structure, and service sector oriented education programs as well as being financially accessible to all students through an effective scholarship and financial support model. [5]