The traditional Alumni Homecoming, organized by the Career and Alumni Office, was held on Sunday, September 15. Rector Prof. Kürşat Aydoğan opened the event with a speech in which he discussed the current state of the university and its future plans. He also spoke about what can be done to[Read More…]
The Career and Alumni Office invites third- and fourth-year students interested in exploring opportunities in the career space to participate in the 2024–25 Interview Adventure with Talent Hunters. In this program, participants will: – have their CV reviewed and checked by the Career and Alumni Office – receive feedback on[Read More…]
The Bilkent Photography Club hosted their “End of the Year Photo Exhibition” on May 16–17 at the Library Exhibition Hall. The exhibition showcased photographs taken by club members during the 2023–24 academic year. Visitors had the chance to see different photographic styles, such as landscape, street and portrait photography, and[Read More…]
MathWorks and FIGES sponsored the 2024 Responsible Artificial Intelligence Competition, which took place at Mithat Çoruh Auditorium on May 14. The 2024 event is a follow-up to the Fall 2023 RAI competition. Engineering students from Science, Technology and Society (GE 301) classes participated in the Spring 2024 RAI Competition. The jury members,[Read More…]
On Thursday, May 16, the Deprtment of Mechanical Engineering held the Term Project Competition for ME102 (Introduction to Systems Engineering) course. The competition involved 26 groups of freshman-year students who designed and developed vehicles with maximum dimensions of 180 mm x 180 mm x 150 mm. The objective was to[Read More…]
The Bilkent History Graduate Symposium took place May 9–10, hosted by the Department of History and the Bilkent Historical Society. The two-day symposium brought together 37 graduate students from across Turkey. The symposium opened with a welcoming speech by Department Chair Mehmet Kalpaklı and a keynote talk by Jorge Lopèz Quiroga (Universidad[Read More…]
On May 8, 2024, the first Library Lunchtime Lecture of the semester took place in the Library Art Gallery. Professor Sandrine Bergès from the Department of Philosophy delivered a thought-provoking talk titled, “The Dos and Don’ts of Writing about Women in the History of Political Philosophy.” With this lecture, Prof.[Read More…]
The university is pleased to announce the recipients of the Distinguished Teaching Awards for the 2023–24 academic year. Dr. Yiğit Acar, Prof. Ergin Atalar, Assoc. Prof. Ali Javili and Asst. Prof. Burçin Kısacıkoğlu were chosen for demonstrating outstanding teaching abilities and for contributing to students’ academic and intellectual development. Please[Read More…]
On Wednesday, May 8, the Department of Information Systems and Technologies (CTIS) held its annual Senior Projects Demo Day and Poster Presentations at East Campus, C Building. Sixteen teams of fourth-year students displayed their posters, videos and products. CTIS advisory board members, instructors, students, alumni and visitors from the industry[Read More…]
The entrepreneurship competition “Bilkentpreneurs Challenge 2024” was held on May 10 at the Bilkent Cyberpark. The competition was organized by the Faculty of Business Administration in collaboration with the Beba Innovation & Entrepreneurship Foundation and with logistical support from Bilkent Cyberpark. Open to all Bilkent students, each team was required[Read More…]
