With science, technology, and social structures advancing day by day, the world needs more qualified individuals who possess the knowledge and skills required to pursue a career anywhere in the world. Aware of this pressing issue, in 1994 the Sabancı Group decided to establish a "world university" led by the Sabancı Foundation. The seeds of Sabancı University, the Sabancı Group's most comprehensive social responsibility project in the field of education, were sown in the summer of 1995, at a search conference. Right now, Sabancı University is the highest ranked Turkish university in THE World University rankings and only one of the two Turkish universities that rank in the top 500.
- #501 Ranking
- 11 Bachelors
- Private Institution Type
Bachelor's programmes
Engineering & Technology (6)
Social Sciences (3)
- B.A. Economics
- B.A. Psychology
Business & Management (2)
- B.A. Economics
- B.A. Management
Natural Sciences & Mathematics (2)
Arts, Design & Architecture (1)
Computer Science & IT (1)
About
History
With science, technology, and social structures advancing day by day, the world needs more qualified individuals who possess the knowledge and skills required to pursue a career anywhere in the world. Aware of this pressing issue, in 1994 the Sabancı Group decided to establish a "world university" led by the Sabancı Foundation.
Education
Sabanci University provides a multidisciplinary education across its three faculties. At SU students have the chance to choose their majors after their first or second academic year. This allows students to decide what program to study at university with greater understanding about higher education and about their own academic and career interests.
The interdisciplinary design of the academic programs offered by The Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and Sabanci Business School (SBS) prepares students for the diverse challenges of modernity and technology.
Research
Sabancı University’s 2018-2023 Strategic Plan defines “to resolve selected global and regional issues and to raise individuals towards this goal” as the main objective. The main research related strategies to achieve this objective are:
- Improve the university's interaction with the industry and civil society in selected areas
- Enhance centers’ support for research and graduate/undergraduate research projects
- Encourage inter-faculty and interdisciplinary research
- Increase the number of PhD students, postdoctoral fellows and researchers
Career
Graduates of Sabanci University are highly valued across all sectors and many countries. 96% of graduates find employment within a year of their graduation, and our over 11,000 alumni have gone on to start their careers or do their postgraduates studies at some of the best companies and universities in the world.
The universities our graduates chose as their destinations for graduate school include Carnegie Mellon University, University of California, Politecnico di Milano, Boston University, Harvard University, Brown University, Stanford University and University of Massachusetts, only to name a few.
Unilever, Accenture, Procter & Gamble, Ford, and Toyota, Siemens, Deloitte & Touche are among the companies that our alumni went on to work for.
Global Student Satisfaction Awards 2019
GSSA 2019
The Global Student Satisfaction Awards empower students across the globe to determine the best universities of 2019. By rating institutions on a scale from 1 to 5, on multiple studies-related questions, we found the top educators in the world.
Learn more about the Global Student Satisfaction AwardsUniversity Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2021
501 -100
2020
401 -50
2019
351
World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
QS World University Rankings by TopUniversities
2021
521
2020
521 -20
2019
501
QS World University Rankings is one of the top international rankings measuring the popularity and performance of universities all over the world. They measure university reputation based on the impressions of higher education experts, companies who hire graduates, and teaching quality. QS also considers the ratio of international teachers and students present at universities, as well as the times research papers were mentioned by researchers. After calculating and comparing these criteria, QS ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2021
901 -51
2020
850
2019
-
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020
-
2019
-
2018
901
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
Services
Housing services
Part of the university experience and the setting of many fond memories is the dormitory.The term “dormitory” in Turkey may invoke a vast variety of images in the minds of university graduates depending on their experiences of dorm life and the physical setting of their experience.
For us, dormitories are an essential part of a proper university education and a happy life at university, where friendships are made and where tolerance, sharing, helping others –the art of living together in short– is learned. Our housing facilities are designed as homes away from home, where students can gather around for a friendly conversation or study in solitude, all within a family atmosphere.
Medical services
Located in the housing section on campus, the Health Center provides the services below:
- Emergency Response Services: An emergency response team with a physician, an anesthetic technician and a driver is on call 24/7 to respond to emergencies. Treatment Services: Policlinic is open 7 days a week from 08:45 to 18:00 and from 19:30 to 23:30.
Student Life
Campus life
Sabanc? University’s campus construction and the landscape project were completed at the same time in 1999. In this project; geographic, architectural, social and cultural characteristics of environment were taken into consideration and also the plant, soil and water properties were evaluated in addition to the location and physical condition of the land. The existing flora on the field was observed and given opportunity for propagation; for the new-planted flora, attention was given to select plants which were suitable to local climate and nature.
Sabanc? University Performing Arts Center (SGM) has a capacity of 912 and serves not just Sabanc? University faculty and students, but the wider community surrounding the campus. By inviting internationally-renowned performers and ensembles, SGM ensures that audiences of all ages and walks of life make time for artistic events that they will appreciate, helping to keep the artistic bar high.
Sports facilities
The Sports Center has a main hall, used for basketball and volleyball games, with a capacity of 1200. Other facilities include three squash courts, exercise and cardio halls, fitness studios and table tennis areas, and a climbing wall used for mountain climbing exercises. COURSES Tournaments
Student clubs
There are 50+ active student clubs including the Diving Club (SUSS), Dance Club (SUDance), Sailing Club (SU Sail), Radio Club (RadyoSU). The student body is also active in sports and the university has 15 sports teams that active competes in tournements.
Student Reviews
A microscopist
Anonymous rated 5 out of 5 stars
I did experience a lot about Ceramic science and electron microscopy and learning a lot.
An unconventional choice, a very conventional education :)
Anonymous rated 4 out of 5 stars
It's quite hard to summarise four years of praise and criticism into a few words but overall I would say that my educational journey at Sabanci University has been pleasant. I definitely feel that I have gained knowledge and have evolved intellectually throughout my degree, however for my specific degree I do not think that my current university would be considered a...
Sabanci University General Review
Anonymous rated 4 out of 5 stars
The instructors, especially in Computer Sciences, are very good at their job. They are very helpful and giving. When you are facing a problem, there is always someone you can connect easily. The lessons are very constructed, informative enough, mostly gives enough groundwork on the topics and the homework are usually a bit hard and comprehensive to teach the implementation...
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