Campus & Community

Bilkent Students Make Their Mark at Ankara Startup Summit

On December 10, the 16th Ankara Startup Summit took place at Ankara Chamber of Commerce (ATO), attracting more than 500 attendees. The event, organized by the Bilkent Young Entrepreneurs Society in partnership with Bilkent Cyberpark, brought founders of aspiring startups together with representatives of the entrepreneurial world. The summit culminated[Read More…]

CS Students Present Their Smart-Seat Project in Paris

As the Smart-Seat project team, Computer Engineering second-year students Halil Tataroğlu, Elif Şen and Muti Kara were finalists in the Hackathon competition. This regional competition, which includes Turkey and the Middle East, was organized around the theme “How can railways be more resilient against epidemics?” The Hackathon is an event[Read More…]

Extended Hours at the Library

To help students prepare for final exams, the Bilkent University Main Campus Library is staying open from 8:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. on weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. on weekends through January 8. These extended opening hours apply only to the reading rooms in A Block; there is no circulation service after 11:30 p.m. During this[Read More…]

Special Invite from Malta Ambassador Theresa Cutajar

On November 17, fourteen Bilkent students visited the Malta Embassy for a celebratory occasion. They were invited as special guests by the Malta Ambassador herself, H. E. Theresa Cutajar, to receive their certificates of achievement for successfully completing a 20-hour virtual study unit on “Creative Thinking and Innovation.” This study[Read More…]

Raising Awareness for Special Education Needs

On December 3, as part of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, TDP (Toplumsal Duyarlılık Projeleri/Social Awareness Projects) collaborated with İDF Bilkent High School and Special Olympics Turkey to invite 150 children with mental disabilities from special education schools in Ankara to visit Bilkent University. In this social awareness project[Read More…]

Ankara Startup Summit 2022

The Bilkent Young Entrepreneurs Club will be holding the 16th Ankara Start-up Summit on December 10 at Ankara Ticaret Odası. The Ankara Start-up Summit is the first startup summit organized in Turkey and the largest entrepreneurship event organized by university students. The goal of this annual event is to encourage[Read More…]

New Solar Palm on Campus

A solar palm was placed in front of the Faculty of Art, Design, and Architecture on Main Campus. Donated to Bilkent University by 2013 IAED graduate Kübra Kalyoncu Şeherli, the Solar Palm was designed by Kalyon PV R&D Center. The solar palm provides active energy throughout the day by utilizing[Read More…]

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