İstanbul Kültür University

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) has sent off its graduates to the future with the 2021-2022 Academic Year Graduation Ceremony. Sinan Erdem Sports Hall hosted the ceremony, which was held in two sessions with the participation of faculty members and families, on Tuesday, July 6, 2022. With the ceremony in which approximately two thousand students graduated from eight faculties and two vocational schools, the total number of graduates that our university has reached in 25 years has hit 32 thousand.

The IEEE IKU Club continues to put its stamp on the TEKNOFEST 2022 Medium Altitude Rocket Competition. After our LUPUS Rocket Team, which competed as a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2021, the newly established Astra Rocket Team with its brand new and dynamic staff managed to become a finalist at TEKNOFEST 2022 with a score of 922.5 out of 1055.

Astra Rocket Team is a Finalist with a High Score

IEEE IKU Club, which started its activities in 2012, has been an active club for about 10 years. Robotic and Automation Society (RAS), one of the IEEE IKU Club committees, maintains its place at the top with its technology breakthroughs for more than two years.

The book of the International "Indigenousness in Classical Turkish Literature" Science Festival, which was held online via Adobe Connect on 24-25 April 2021 within the body of Istanbul Kültür University Department of Turkish Language and Literature, has been published electronically.

You can access the e-book at https://tde.iku.edu.tr/tr/ktey-2021 web address.

Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall hosted the introductory meeting of the "Design Factory" Project, held on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 at 13.00, which was organized by Istanbul Kültür University with the support of Istanbul Development Agency (ISTKA). Our Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver, our Rector, our Advisor to the Board of Trustees Ender Rıza Ekici, our Design Factory Project Academic Coordinator Assist. Prof. Gabriela Oana Olaru, our Advisory Board and Academic Representatives participated in it.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) Faculty of Engineering held an end-of-year dinner event on Thursday, June 23, 2022, at 19.00 at Sarıyer Military Club, with the participation of academicians.

Zeynep Nida Bulut, a student of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at Istanbul Kültür University, has wanted to become an architect since childhood. However, she had to postpone her dream due to a traffic accident she had 4 years ago during the gap semester of the first grade. Zeynep, who had to continue living her life with the aid of a wheelchair due to a broken spine, returned to her school with a decision she made last year.

With the protocol signed between Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) and Istanbul Energy Inc, a subsidiary of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IBB), careers continue to be shaped by providing students with vocational education competencies within the scope of the "Vocational Education Framework Regulation in Higher Education Institutions".

The 23rd International Psychological Counseling and Guidance Congress, organized with the cooperation of the Turkish Psychological Counseling and Guidance Association and Istanbul Kültür University (IKU), was held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Cultural Center on 13-15 June with the theme of 'Psychological Counseling and Guidance for Sustainable Development'.

The "10th SMEs and Productivity Congress" was held as a hybrid in Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall on 9-10 June 2022 in cooperation with IKU Department of Business Administration and Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Support Administration (KOSGEB).