Information about results will not be given out over the telephone to avoid any misunderstanding.

ELAE results are announced as letters of the alphabet. As stated in our regulations, no results are released as numeric values. Please clickto see your result.

SL (Satisfactory in the ELAE) : This indicates those students who were successful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam (Stage 1) and who have the right to take the English Assessment Exam  (Stage 2) on September 18th.

UL (Unsatisfactory in the ELAE): This indicates those students who were unsuccessful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam. Those who receive an unsatisfactory grade from the English Assessment Exam will be placed at an appropriate level in the 2018-2019 Foundation Development Year based on their exam results.

2018-2019 Academic Year Fall Term-Foundation Development Year Classes will start on Monday, 24^th September 2018. The student class lists and class schedules will be posted on the School of Languages Directorate’s notice boards on Friday, 21th September 2018 at 3.00 pm

NA (Non-Attendance): Students who do not take the ELAE “NA” grade will be evaluated as an “UL” grade.

Those students who were successful in the 17th September English Assessment Exam  (Stage 1) and who have the right to take the English Assessment Exam  (Stage 2) on September 18th can check their exam location at the link below.

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 STAGE 2 DATE AND TIMES:

Tuesday, September 18th, 2018, 09:30-15:00 (details below)

9:30 – 11:00 Writing

11:00 – 12:00 Listening

12:00 – 13:15 Lunch

13:15 – 15:00 Reading

For the identification check to be done in time, we ask that students who will take the exam be at the exam hall half an hour before the exam starts and that they bring some official identification which includes their photograph (such as a passport, identification card, driver’s license) with them. Students should also make sure that they bring a pencil, eraser and any other necessary pieces of equipment with them.

There is no make-up for the ELAE.

The results of the second stage will be announced on the external web page of Sabancı University through the SU web-page. These results will be announced on Thursday, September 20th at 9:00 pm.

We wish you every success in the exam.

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The Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, renovated into a museum and art gallery by the Sabancı Foundation to honor the late Sakıp Sabancı's will, hosts an exihibition by contemporary photography artist and Sabancı University Arts and Social Sciences faculty member Murat Germen titled “The Various Aspects of Photography – Murat Germen: A Cross-Sectional Retrospective”.

Murat Germen's work on the impact of excessive urbanization, the documentary sustainability of local cultures, and the insidious destruction wrought by humankind on nature will be on exhibit at the Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum, Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery until March 31, 2019. 

Germen employs digital tools to break the mundanity and familiarity of visual depictions of cities, saying that the reason for this preference is his bearing witness to the transition from analog to digital. 

Germen's Journey in Photography Meets Mardin

In the early years of his career, Germen was encouraged by the excitement of creating in the digital environment to merge illustrations, digital images and computer modeling with photography. However, the fact that computer software, where the artist has absolutely no contribution, may leave an impression deeper than that of the artist when used at levels which will dominate the imagery compelled Germen to look elsewhere.

In his latest work, Germen seeks to diversify and customize the two-dimensional conveyance of photographs, believing that unexpected outcomes as a result of coincidences has a separate place in art. The exhibition “The Various Aspects of Photography – Murat Germen: A Cross-sectional Retrospective" also features some of the earlier works of the artist, where both spontaneous and controlled effects make an appearance.

Having held over 80 personal and joint exhibitions in many countries including the United States, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, Germen said the following about his first exhibition in Mardin: "The production and consumption of Istanbul occupies an unnecessarily large section of the culture and arts environment in Turkey. It is only natural that Istanbul, being the largest city of the country, takes a central position; nevertheless, I believe its dominance must be challenged and events which meld the theory and practice of art together should travel outside Istanbul much more frequently. I am deeply grateful to the esteemed Sabancı Family, Sabancı Foundation, Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum and its distinguished director Nazan Ölçer for giving me this opportunity to build a cultural partnership with the people of Mardin.”

"We are delighted to have Murat Germen in Mardin" 

Sabancı Foundation Board of Trustees Member Dr.h.c. Dilek Sabancı said, “The Sakıp Sabancı Mardin City Museum and Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery aim to create a modern and contemporary art platform. We have hosted a number of exhibitions since our opening to fulfill this purpose. We brought practitioners of various forms of art to Mardin. As an artist nurtured by both analog and digital, Murat Germen brings an architectural perspective and possibilities afforded by technology to the art of photography. "The Various Aspects of Photograhpy" is a testament to the long journey of the artist. I believe that the people of Mardin, as well as visitors from other cities, will enjoy this exhibition. We are delighted to have Murat Germen at the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery.” 

Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum Director Nazan Ölçer spoke, “We are happy to have Murat Germen here, in a city he is no stranger to, in our Museum and in the Dilek Sabancı Art Gallery, to enable the people of this city who love and create art to meet him as an artist as well as an academic who is committed to sharing his knowledge and experience with younger generations. I am also delighted to announce that the artist will deliver seminars and workshops with historians of photograhpy and contemporary photography experts in partnership with the Artuklu University Faculty of Architecture, Governorship of Mardin Youth Center, Mardin Municipality Photography Club, and Mardin High School of Fine Arts.“ 

Academic Orientation Program for the new academic year has been organized for two days on September 6-7, 2018 to welcome new faculty members. 

Zehra Sayers, Haluk Bal, Cem Güneri, Şirin Tekinay and Deans have participated in the program, where information necessary for the first days at SU were shared and faculty members had the chance to meet different units of the university. 

We would like to wish success to all faculty members at 2018-19 Academic Year.

Welcome to Sabancı University!

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Open science and open innovation were the focal points of the Open Science Summit of Turkey organized by Sabancı University, TÜBİTAK, Izmir Institute of Technology, Hacettepe University and Anadolu University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS).

"Open Science Summit 2018" was held on Monday, September 10 at Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum the Seed to make an extensive review of the latest developments in open science and open innovation, discuss the implications of these developments on open access policies in Turkey and funding or support practices, and to help develop strategies regarding these issues.

The event was held with the attendance of Sabancı University Founding Board of Trustees Chair Güler SABANCI and Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers, with opening remarks by Sabancı University Vice President of Research and Development Şirin TEKİNAY, Izmir Institute of Technology Libraries and Documentation Division Director Gültekin GÜRDAL, Advisor to the President of Council for Higher Education (CHE) Sezer Şener KOMSUOĞLU, TÜBİTAK President Professor Hasan MANDAL, and Sabancı Holding CEO Mehmet GÖÇMEN.

Sabancı Holding CEO Mehmet GÖÇMEN approached the subject of open innovation from an industry perspective, and said: "The world is changing rapidly and multiple processes, some contradictory, some complementary, occur at the same time. Technological advances, access to data, and data-oriented business models threaten the conventional business models of the world. We live in an age when everyone can compete against anyone, cement companies sell insurance, and existing business models in sectors including automotive, banking, health and energy are being questioned and re-defined. 

Meanwhile, we are talking about open innovation and the ecosystem. We must advance to the point of creating common new platforms and fields, and consolidating the national economy around these. How should we build the new ecosystem, what should the duties and responsibilities of stakeholders be, and how should we go about building a cloud Turkey? In this context, I believe the efforts to anchor ourselves to the EU are highly prudent and should be supported. I find it important that a shared structure and an academic world where data access is quicker and data use more appropriate are built, that data is used in business as well, and that companies enable sharing on data-based business models."

Izmir Institute of Technology Libraries and Documentation Division Director Gültekin GÜRDAL opened the summit with a presentation titled "Open Science for a Better Future." Discussing publication and citation numbers around the world, Gürdal said that open access was a key issue in increasing the publication visibility of Turkey. Gürdal emphasized the importance of open access for science, economy and the society, and shared best practices from the world, particularly the Netherlands and Germany.

Advisor to the CHE Chair Sezer Şener KOMSUOĞLU said that Turkey was second only to Russia in Europe in terms of student numbers. Noting that the figures promised hope and brought great responsibility, Komsuoğlu said that they acted with consideration for industry 4.0, sustainable development, digital transformation and regional development when devising higher education policies for the better education of young generations. Commenting on the importance of Open Science, Komsuoğlu said that the targeted efforts of the CHE to be announced in 2018 and 2019 would include Open Access and Open Science.

Saying that the need for open access and open science would not be restricted to academia and find its place in business as well, TÜBİTAK President Professor Hasan MANDAL continued, “Recently, TÜBİTAK initiated new processes for technology development and product development for products of high technology. The models devised by the new government system place particular emphasis on this. Turkey now has its own programs to develop domestic and local products. We call these high-technology platforms. And this is a meeting where we discuss open science to contribute to open innovation, and open access to contribute to open science." 

The summit continued with three sessions on “Open Science Policies, Infrastructure and Their Effect on Innovation in Europe", “The Place of Open Access and Open Data in Open Science” and “The Future of Research” to explore new ways for mass access to information and data, and increasing the scientific and technological cooperation among the public sector, universities and the industry.

The session “Open Science Policies, Infrastructure and Their Effect on Innovation in Europe " was moderated by Izmir Technology Institute Vice President Ahmet E. Eroğlu, and presenters were ATHENA research and Innovation Center / University of Athens Informatics and Telecommunication Department faculty member Natalia MANOLA on "European Open Science Cloud and OpenAIRE", CERN Cooperation, Tools and Applications Group President Tim SMITH on "Big Open Science in Practice", Hacettepe University Information and Document Management Department Professor Yaşar Tonta on "The Foundations of Open Science and Information as a Common Resource" and CIO, Münster University Information Technologies Center Director Raimund VOGL on "A Multi-University Project to Build Sustainable Open Source-Based Research Data Infrastructure".

Presenters in the "Future of Research" session moderated by Sabancı University Vice President of Research and Development  Professor Şirin TEKİNAY were Advisor to CHE Chair / EUA Research and Innovation Committee Member Sezer ŞENER KOMSUOĞLU on “European Universities Alliance (EUA) and Open Science”, Delft Technical University Data Management Coordinator Marta TEPEREK on “The Path to Re-Creatable Research: Data Management and Open Science", and Librarian Elli PAPADOPOULOU on “The Role of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) and the Mission of the Early Career and Engagement Interest Group (ECEIG)”.

The third session, "The Place of Open Access and Open Data in Open Science", was moderated by TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM member Mehmet Mirat SATOĞLU and presenters were Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) Advisor İlkay HOLT on “The Role of Open Archives in Open Science", Hacettepe University Information and Document Management Department Associate Professor Zehra TAŞKIN and Dr. Güleda DOĞAN on "The Management of Research Data and the Current Situation in Turkey”.

The summit concluded with a panel discussion on "Open Science and Innovation".  Participants were Izmir Institute of Technology President Professor Mustafa Güden, Boğaziçi University President Professor Mehmed Özkan, Sabancı University Vice President of Research and Development Şirin Tekinay, Exporters Assembly of Turkey (TİM) Chair İsmail Gülle, and Arçelik Vice President of Production and Technology Oğuzhan Öztürk.

Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the Eurasian University Rankings. The inaugural rankings listed Sabancı University in 6th position. 22 Turkish universities were included in the ran

Times Higher Education (THE) revealed the Eurasian University Rankings. The inaugural rankings included 22 Turkish institutions, and listed Sabancı University in 6th position.  The countries that have the most universities in the ranking are Russia with 27 institutions, followed by Turkey with 22. 

Universities are ranked according to five criteria: Teaching, International Visibility, Industry Income, Research, and Citations.

Other Turkish universities in THE Eurasia were Koç in 5th, Boğaziçi in 13th, Atılım and ITU in 19th, METU in 22nd, Hacettepe in 23rd place. They were followed by Gebze Technical Institute in 30th, Izmir Technology Institute in 32nd., Istanbul in 33rd, Marmara and TOBB Economics and Technology in 37th, Yıldız Technical in 41st, Erciyes in 43rd, and Akdeniz in 47th place. Anadolu, Gazi and Ankara Universities were in the 51st to 60th range. Dokuz Eylül and Yeditepe Universities were in the top 70, while Ondokuz Mayıs University was in the top 100.

The Webometrics list of the best nanotechology-nanoscience experts of the world included Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences members Yuda Yürüm and Yusuf Menceloğlu.

Founded in 2006 to evaluate the academic performance of more than 20 thousand universities and hundreds of thousands of scientists across the world, Spanish Webometrics revealed the list of the top nanotechology-nanoscience scholars of the world.The list includes 15 scholars from Turkey, among which are Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences members Yuda Yürüm and Yusuf Menceloğlu.

Webometrics evaluated the scientific outputs of experts working in nanotechnology, a field viewed as the technology of the future and attracting billions of dollars in R&D funds in both developed and developing countries, and announced the top 1800 experts in this field. The methodology employed reliable and recognized scientific criteria such as H-index, number of citations, and number of documents to assess the impact of scientific output. Scientists having an H-index of less than 20 were excluded from the study. The most extensive academic performance ranking of the world includes only 15 scholars from Turkey.

Please click here for more information about the ranking.

The Sabancı University Program for Undergraduate Research (PURE) 2017-2018 Academic Year Summer Semester concluded with the PURE Fair on August 10, 2018.

The Sabancı University PURE program for undergraduate students to gain research experience was attended by 136 students from 20 institutions in addition to Sabancı University in its 2017-2018 Academic Year summer semester. Students worked on 52 interdisciplinary projects from engineering to fundamental and social sciences over the course of 7 weeks, and showcased their efforts at the "PURE Fair" poster presentation.

The PURE program began in the 2016-2017 Academic Year summer semester and has attracted 265 students in four semesters so far. 

The PURE Fair poster presentation began with introductory remarks by Sabancı University Vice President of Education Cem Güneri and Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member Hüsnü Yenigün, and winning project teams received their awards from Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers.

Vice President of Education Cem Güneri said that the PURE program was offered to students of other universities for the first time this year, and as a result, the number of students increased by almost threefold: from 42 FENS students working on 22 research projects last year to 136 students from both Sabancı and other universities. Noting the importance of undergraduate student involvement in research projects at Sabancı University, Güneri continued: "You can continue the PURE program in future semesters and take your projects to the next level, and achieve more meaningful results through participation in international conferences and making publications. Keep in contact with your advisors and continue working.”

Winners of the PURE Fair:

• Samet Özcan, Azen Koç, Ceren Alganatay and Deniz Güçsavaş, working under advisors Kerem Bora and Emine Süphan Bakkal, with their project “Experimental evolution: Adaptation of microorganisms to extreme environments”

• Yasemin Utkueri and Batur Gültekin, working under advisor Serap Hayat Soytaş, with their project “Nanofiber/Natural Clay Antibacterial Nanocomposites via Green Electrospinning”

• İlknur Şafak Demirel and Gizem Çile, working under advisors Goksin Liu and Zehra Sayers, with their project “Iron-binding Protein Production in Bacteria”

• Aleyna Beste Özhan, Mustafa Emre Karaçar and Gökay Erbil, working under advisor Özge Akbulut, with their project “Rheological control enables printing of ultra lightweight cement composite for warmer climates”

Sabancı University President Zehra Sayers received the 2017 Rammal Medal at a ceremony in France.

The Rammal Medal recognizes a scientist, group of scientist or an institution for outstanding contributions to science in the Mediterranean region, and its 2017 recipient Professor Zehra Sayers, President of Sabancı University, was also the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of SESAME between 2002 and 2018. 

The 2017 and 2018 Rammal Medals were presented at ESOF2018, the EuroScience Open Forum, that took place in Toulouse, France between July 9 and 14, 2018 with more than 4000 participants. The ESOF European Young Scientists Awards were also presented at the congress. ESOF is a biannual conference held by EuroScience, and is the largest interdisciplinary event in Europe.

At the ceremony, ESOF and Rammal Medal Jury Chair Prof. Lauritz Holm-Nielsen emphasized Prof. Sayers’ pioneering work in EMBL (European Molecular Biology Lab) Hamburg, her contributions to the foundation of Sabancı University, and her groundbreaking work in establishing the field of structural biology in Turkey.

Professor Holm-Nielsen stated: “The Jury wanted to honour now the woman who apart from her own outstanding scientific work has done more than anyone else to bring the project to the next stage: from collaboration at the political level and at the construction of the facility to getting the science going by ensuring high quality exciting projects of young and experienced scientists from the region.  She has done so as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of SESAME."

Speaking at the event, Professor Sayers said that she was proud to have received this medal, and noted the jury's commitment over the years to recognize woman scientists when presenting this medal. Saying that advances in science were built equally on creativity and hard work as well as quality, integrity and sharing, Prof. Sayers explained that her work in various fields ultimately hoped to lay another brick on the road to progress, and play a part in building a scientific world.

 Prof. Sayers concluded that, at a time of worrying developments in the world and the near region, her colleagues who received the Rammal Medal and the concurrent European Young Scientists Awards were a source of great motivation for her.

About the Rammal Medal

The Rammal Award is named after a Lebanese researcher, Rammal Rammal (1951-1991), whose career was international and who devoted his life, not only to advancing science, but also to fostering good human relations through the pursuit and exchange of knowledge, especially in the Mediterranean region. Thus the Jury is also very attentive to the ethical and moral dimensions of scientific work, and attaches much importance to the part science can play in relieving social and political tensions in or between countries of the Mediterranean area. The Rammal Award recognizes a scientist, group of scientist or an institution not only for outstanding contributions to science, but also for positive actions in a broader social or educational context and especially in the promotion of collaboration and understanding in the Mediterranean region and neighbouring countries.

Scientific cooperation for peace in the Middle East

The founding members of SESAME (Synchrotron light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) are Cyprus, Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Israel, and Palestine. The SESAME project has been established to provide new cultural and scientific links between member countries and thereby to encourage peaceful collaboration between them.

Eight countries join forces for SESAME, the first synchotron-light laboratory

SESAME (Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) is a “third-generation” synchrotron light source that was officially opened in Allan (Jordan) on 16 May 2017. It is the Middle East's first major international research center. SESAME aims to provide opportunities to researchers from all Middle Eastern countries to leave their differences aside and speak the universal "scientific language" to know each other better. Supported by the international scientific community, the Sesame Project hopes to change the fate of the Middle East via science, and provide a different future for young people in the region who are involved in science.  As stated by Professor Zehra Sayers, the project also aims to prevent or reverse the brain drain of young scientists from the region.

A research team led by Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member İsmet İnönü Kaya developed a graphene-based screen prototype as part of the "ELMAS Project".  Their work to develop a Graphene-Based OLED Screen produced the highest pixel resolution in any graphene-based screen so far.

PHOTO: left to right: Vahid Sazgari Ardakani, Mohammad Hadi Khaksaran, Sibel Kasap, İsmet İnönü Kaya, Cenk Yanık , Hasan Özkaya, Süleyman Çelik, Abdülkadir Canatar

Researchers of the "ELMAS Project" ongoing at the Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Lab (SUNUM) in partnership with ASELSAN achieved a breakthrough success. The prototypes developed by the researchers have the highest pixel resolution in any graphene-based screen so far.

The technology allows for designing miniature as well as large-area screens in custom sizes for the defense industry to be used in thermal vision and avionic applications.

The project also involves developing and building prototype screen modules based on reinforcing LCD screens that are being used in military cockpits and are subject to export licensing.

ASELSAN and the Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM) built Turkey's first facilities for developing OLED screens and graphene synthesis technologies.

The research team is led by Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Member İsmet İnönü Kaya.  Lead researchers are project engineers Süleyman Çelik, Hasan Özkaya and Dr. Sibel Kasap, and researchers are Sabancı University students Cenk Yanık (PhD graduate), Hadi Khaksaran (PhD), Vahid Ardakan (PhD), and Abdülkadir Canatar (BA and MSc). 

The positive outcomes of the Graphene-Based OLED Screen Development efforts led by ASELSAN and Sabancı University were presented by Sabancı University Associate Professor İsmet Kaya at the Eurodisplay Conference in Berlin. Conference participants were keenly interested in the presentation, and the event committee considered the work to have "potential for high impact."

The work received a publication offer from the Journal of the Society for Information Display.

The prototypes developed by the researchers made history as the highest pixel resolution in any graphene-based screen so far.

Use in flexible screens and wearable technologies

The ELMAS Project uses graphene instead of indium tin oxide (ITO), which is the default material for anodes in OLED screens. Graphene is expected to play a key part in flexible screens and wearable technologies in the future.

Being a carbon crystal that is only one atom thick, graphene is suited to application in many technologies with its translucency, high electrical conductivity, resilience and flexibility.

Discovered in 2004, graphene won its discoverers the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Transparent, flexible, light and portable graphene-based screens are expected to mostly replace current solutions in military and civilian applications.

Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Electronic Engineering 2009 graduate Rabia Tuğçe Yazıcıgil developed a novel type of transmitter at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she continues her studies. Device uses ultrafast “frequency hopping” and data encryption to protect signals from being intercepted and jammed. This new technology protects wireless data from hackers. 

The initial applications of this technology could involve securing smart meters that read home utilities, control heating, or monitor the grid. 

Yazıcıgil: “More seriously, perhaps, the transmitter could help secure medical devices, such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, that could be attacked if a hacker wants to harm someone. When people start corrupting the messages [of these devices] it starts affecting people’s lives."

Devices connected around the world form an “internet of things” that includes medical devices, vehicles, and smart household technologies. By 2020, experts estimate that the number of these devices will rise to more than 20 billion, all uploading and sharing data online. But those devices are vulnerable to hacker attacks that locate, intercept, and overwrite the data, jamming signals and generally wreaking havoc. One method to protect the data is called “frequency hopping,” which sends each data packet, containing thousands of individual bits, on a random, unique radio frequency (RF) channel, so hackers can’t pin down any given packet. Hopping large packets, however, is just slow enough that hackers can still pull off an attack.

Now, Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Electronic Engineering 2009 graduate Rabia Tuğçe Yazıcıgil has developed a novel transmitter at MIT that frequency hops each individual 1 or 0 bit of a data packet, every microsecond, which is fast enough to thwart even the quickest hackers.

The transmitter leverages frequency-agile devices called bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators and rapidly switches between a wide range of RF channels, sending information for a data bit with each hop. In addition, the researchers incorporated a channel generator that, each microsecond, selects the random channel to send each bit. On top of that, the researchers developed a wireless protocol — different from the protocol used today — to support the ultrafast frequency hopping.

Rabia Tuğçe Yazıcigil, a postdoc in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and first author on a paper describing the transmitter, which is being presented at the IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, said: “With the current existing transmitter architecture, you wouldn’t be able to hop data bits at that speed with low power. By developing this protocol and radio frequency architecture together, we offer physical-layer security for connectivity of everything." The initial applications of this technology could involve securing smart meters that read home utilities, control heating, or monitor the grid.

Yazıcıgil continues: “More seriously, perhaps, the transmitter could help secure medical devices, such as insulin pumps and pacemakers, that could be attacked if a hacker wants to harm someone. When people start corrupting the messages [of these devices] it starts affecting people’s lives."

Co-authors on the paper are Anantha P. Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS); former MIT postdoc Phillip Nadeau; former MIT undergraduate student Daniel Richman; EECS graduate student Chiraag Juvekar; and visiting research student Kapil Vaidya.