On Friday, October 2, Bilkent University and Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), an addendum on a student exchange program and an Erasmus+ exchange agreement at the İhsan and Ayser Doğramacı Science, Culture and Arts Center. The cooperation covers five fields: law, political science, information and communication, economics[Read More…]
Mehmet Cenkay Karlıklı (ME/I) represented Türkiye in figure skating at the ISU Junior Grand Prix competition held in Batumi, Georgia, on September 24–26. Competing against 26 skaters from 22 countries, Karlıklı finished sixth in the men’s short program and recorded the highest short program score by a Turkish skater at[Read More…]
Ayşe Gürer, a second-year student in the Department of American Language and Literature, took two podium places in road cycling this season, competing in the 18-year age category. She finished first at Gran Fondo Başkent 2026 and second at Gran Fondo Konya. Gran Fondo races are long-distance, mass-participation road cycling[Read More…]
The Career and Alumni Office is inviting third- and fourth-year students to take part in its 2026–27 Interview Adventure with Talent Hunters program. Through the program, students have their CV reviewed by the Career and Alumni Office, receive feedback to improve it, get tips on preparing for interviews, meet company[Read More…]
Prof. Halil İnalcık, founder of the Department of History, was commemorated on the 10th anniversary of his passing at a HICOS seminar held on Thursday, October 1. Prof. Özer Ergenç gave a talk titled “Öğrencisi Özer Ergenç’in Anlatımıyla Halil İnalcık (“Halil İnalcık as Told by His Student Özer Ergenç”) in[Read More…]
Prof. Hakan Kara is a professor of practice in the Department of Economics at Bilkent University, specializing in monetary economics, macroeconomics, central banking and the Turkish economy. He holds a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University, an MA in Economics from Bilkent University and a[Read More…]
Bilkent will hold a series of seminars on October 7 and 14 ahead of the COP31 UN Climate Change Conference, to be held in Antalya on November 9–20. Organized by the University’s COP31 Coordinatorship and the Sustainability Committee, the seven seminars will address topics including green buildings, circular urban transformation,[Read More…]
The Student Council elections for the 2026-27 academic year are under way and will proceed according to the schedule below. Detailed information, including the election calendar, regulations, campaign rules and the application form, is available at w3.bilkent.edu.tr/bilkent/student-council/. Student Council Election Calendar Through Sunday, October 11 (5 p.m.) Election campaign by[Read More…]
The results of the 2025 First Call for the TÜBİTAK 2232-A International Fellowship for Outstanding Researchers Program and the 2232-B International Fellowship for Early-Stage Researchers Program have been announced. Six researchers hosted by Bilkent University have been awarded funding, securing TRY 82.4 million in research support. The funded projects will[Read More…]
Prof. Erdal Arıkan of the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering received the 2026 Eduard Rhein Technology Award for contributions to polar coding and its use in fifth-generation mobile communications (5G). He shares the award with Norbert Stolte and Ido Tal. The work addresses a central problem in communications engineering:[Read More…]
