A new group of international exchange and full-time students has arrived for the Fall Semester. This semester Bilkent University is hosting 104 new exchange students and 82 full-time international students from 44 countries. Bilkent welcomed the students with an orientation program held by the Office of International Students and Exchange[Read More…]
Campus & Community
Administrative Changes
Behçet Şensoy, Records and Archives Manager, retired on September 2, 2024. Mr. Şensoy had served Bilkent University since 1990. Bilkent University extends its gratitude to Mr. Şensoy for his services to the university during his long tenure and wishes him all the best in his retirement. The Records and Archives[Read More…]
Faculty Promotions
Turgay Dalkara, faculty member in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, was promoted to professor position. Barbaros Çetin, faculty member in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was promoted to professor position. Özgür Özdamar, faculty member in the Department of International Relations, was promoted to professor position. Meral Uğur Çınar,[Read More…]
Academic Administrative Appointments
Çağlar Manavgat was appointed as Dean (Acting) of the Faculty of Law. Burak Ülgüt was appointed as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science. Ayşe Başak Tanyeri was appointed as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration. Elif Kantarcıoğlu was appointed as Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages. [Read More…]
Alumni Gather for Homecoming
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…]
Interview Adventure with Talent Hunters
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…]
Photography Club Year-end Exhibition
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…]
2024 Responsible Artificial Intelligence Awards
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…]
ME 102 Students Design Vehicles for Term Project Competition
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…]
Bilkent History Graduate Symposium
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…]