BY EHSAN SHAREEF (CTIS/III) Name: Diana Gongalskaia Department: IR/II Country of Origin: Russia What were your first impressions about Türkiye?Honestly, my first hours were chaos. I landed thinking the transfer would be simple, but I had no idea I had to switch from the international to the domestic terminal, and[Read More…]
The traditional Alumni Homecoming, organized by the Career and Alumni Office, will take place on Sunday, September 20. The annual gathering gives graduates an opportunity to reconnect with former classmates and faculty members, network and discuss ways to support the university. Following last year’s turnout of nearly 7,000 alumni, the[Read More…]
A “Sports As a Way of Life” hiking event will be held on September 27 at 10 a.m. at Bilkent Lake. All Bilkent students, academic and administrative staff members, their families, and graduates and their families are welcome to take part. Date: Sunday, September 27 Time: 10 a.m. Meeting Point:[Read More…]
The Physical Education and Sports Center offers a range of sports activities for the fall semester, including badminton, group exercise programs, martial arts, pilates, squash, table tennis, tennis, yoga and more. Registration for fall semester sports courses will take place at the Dormitories, East and Main Sports Halls, and all[Read More…]
Organized under the leadership of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK), Science Café events are held across Türkiye to make scientific knowledge more accessible and encourage direct interaction between researchers and the public. Bilkent University continued its Science Café series over the summer with two events on the theme “Professions[Read More…]
Ayşa Asya Tuzcuoğulları, a second-year student in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, has qualified to represent Türkiye at the FISU World University Orienteering Championships. Tuzcuoğulları earned her place on the national team after finishing third overall at the Turkish Inter-university Orienteering Championship, organized by the Turkish University[Read More…]
Bilkent students and teams competed at the Turkish Inter-university Basketball and Shooting Championships, organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation. The Turkish Inter-university Basketball Championship was held in Mersin on June 21–30, with 32 university teams from across the country. The Bilkent men’s basketball team advanced to the quarterfinals, finishing[Read More…]
PhilFest’26, now in its fifth year, will take place on Saturday, September 26, at the Spring Festival area. Organized by the Department of Philosophy, the Bilkent Philosophical Society and the Bilkent University Library, the festival aims to present philosophy not only as an academic field but as an experience connected[Read More…]
According to the results of the 2026 First Call Period, 26 researchers from Bilkent University and the National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) have been awarded funding under the TÜBİTAK 1001 Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program. Bilkent faculty members and postdoctoral researchers who secured funding under the 2026 First[Read More…]
In the 2025 call of the TÜBİTAK 2236-A Co-Funded Brain Circulation Scheme 3 (CoCirculation3) Programme, 51 proposals were selected for funding, five of them at Bilkent University. Supported under the European Commission’s Horizon Europe MSCA COFUND program, CoCirculation3 supports experienced researchers conducting research at institutions in Türkiye. The five Bilkent[Read More…]
