One of the 2022-2023 Academic Year General Orientation Programs, "Digital Education Orientation Program,” in which our newly registered students were introduced to all the digital media and resources they will benefit from during their academic lives at our university and were given training on how to use them, was held by Student Life, Career, and Alumni Advisory Unit (Kültür Point.) 259 new students participated in the first session of the program, which was organized in two sessions (10.30-12.00 and 14.00-15.30) via Adobe Connect platform on Monday, September 19, and 475 participated in the second session.

The "SAP ORION Student Applications Training" of the program was completed by Assist. Prof. Levent Çuhacı, the Head of the Department of Corporate Information Management; whereas “İKÜ- Department of Information Systems and Technologies Services” was performed by Fettah Kurtuluş, Department of Information Systems and Technologies Software Specialist, and “İKÜ-Cats Platform Access Instruction” was held by Assist. Prof. Neslihan Fatma Er, the Head of Student Life, Career, and Alumni Advisory Unit.

The program, which was recorded, was shared with the announcement made from the Kültür Point Virtual Office in order for our students to watch it later.

A meeting was held between the stakeholders on Tuesday, September 20 to support the application competencies of teacher candidates, which is one of the collaborations between the Faculty of Education and Kültür College with the vision of "Education from Kindergarten to University in Kültür". In the meeting hosted by Kültür College, Faculty of Education Dean's Office, Heads of Departments and Teaching Practice Department Coordinators, Kültür College Schools Coordinatorship, School Principals and teachers attended. It was stated that the main agenda item of the meeting, "Teaching Practice", will be guided by the teacher candidates, the role and coordination of the practice in the process of training qualified teachers will be emphasized, and work will continue to ensure an effective sustainability of cooperation between stakeholders.

Research Assistant from the Department of Architecture Ufuk Küçükyazıcı and Res. Assist. İdil Akkuzu attended the conference titled "European Network for Housing Research (ENHR)" held in Barcelona, ​​Spain, between 30 August and 2 September.

At the conference, Res. Assist. Ufuk Küçükyazıcı gave her oral presentation titled "A Discussion about Social - Aspects of - Housing in Turkey: Evaluating the Changing Spatial Characteristics of Shared Place in Turkish Housing"; and Res. Assist. İdil Akkuzu presented her oral presentation titled "A Critical Approach to Discourses on Temporary Accommodation: Architecture Journal (1963-2021)".

Ömer Faruk Koç, one of the students of Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ), won the gold medal in the 69-kilogram Men’s Weight category in “Kick Light” branch of the Victory Cup held in Kocaeli on Sunday, September 11, 2022. We congratulate our student and wish them continued success.

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics will provide training titled "Occupational Health and Laboratory Biosafety Rules" to its students. The training, which will be given by Assist. Prof. Sinan Meriç from the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics Assistant Professor Sinan Meriç and our University's Occupational Health and Safety Specialist Cumhur Gültekin, will be held on Tuesday, September 27 at 11:00, at Prof. Dr. Atilla Özalpan Seminar Hall.

Istanbul Kültür University (IKU) 2022-2023 Academic Year will start off with a ceremony to be held at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center on Wednesday, September 28 at 10:00. The opening speeches of the ceremony, which will start with a moment of silence and the singing of the National Anthem, will be made by our Rector Prof. Dr. Hanife Öztürk Akkartal and our Chairperson of the Board of Trustees Dr. Bahar Akıngüç Günver . The program will end with the speech of Psychologist Acar Baltaş.

 "Student Clubs Orientation Days" will be organized by the Student Life Career and Alumni Counseling Unit (Kültür Point) for the newly registered students.  The event, where the orchestra IKU concert, DJ performance and dance performances will  take place, and where information about student clubs will be given in the stands to be set, will be held at the Ataköy campus backyard between September 28-30 (11.00-18.00).

Istanbul Kültür University 2022-2023 Academic Year General Orientation Program will be held on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 13:00 at Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center.  The program, which will be held to inform our students about our university, which is going to be their new home during the course of their higher education life, and to answer the questions they might have, will start off with the opening speech of our Rector Prof.  Dr.  Hanife Öztürk Akkartal.

For more information and program schedule click here https://yenikayit.iku.edu.tr/yeni-kayit-oryantasyon.

 The works created for the Isparta Çobanisa Primary School improvement project, which was carried out by the Department of Architecture between July 25 and August 8 as part of a social responsibility project, will be put on display in the Akıngüç Auditorium and Art Center foyer area on the ground floor of Ataköy campus between September 30 and October 14.

Within the scope of Istanbul Kültür University (İKÜ) 2022-2023 Academic Year General Orientation Program, “Students with Special Needs Orientation Program” will be held on Friday, September 30, between 14.00-15.30, at Ataköy Campus, on the 3rd floor multi-purpose hall.

2022-2023 Academic Year Faculty of Science and Letters Opening Course will be held with the speech of Prof. Dr. Dursun Koçer, one of our faculty members of the Department of Physics, titled "Astronomy's Adventure Between Geographies," on Friday, September 30, between 14.00-17.00 at Önder Öztunalı Conference Hall.