“Paris COP21: What Implications for Energy Industry?”

IICEC 7^th International Energy and Climate Forum, organized by Sabancı University Istanbul International Center for Energy and Climate, will be held on June 10, 2016, at the Conrad Hotel Istanbul, Turkey. 

IICEC’s International Energy Forum series, fostering the development of policy recommendations on energy and climate received brilliant feedback accompanied by huge media coverage. IICEC’s annual flagship Forums; “Towards a New Global Energy Landscape: What Role for Turkey?” (2013), “Global Energy Investments: Challenges and Opportunities” (2014) and “On the Road to Antalya G-20 Summit: Global Energy Security Today and Tomorrow” (2015), explored new strategies and solutions on a regional and global scale offering a unique platform for energy leaders in creating a more secure, sustainable and prosperous global energy future.

IICEC 7^th International Energy and Climate Forum, “Paris COP21: What Implications for Energy Industry?”, will once again bring together top level government leaders, energy industry executives, high-level representatives from the leading universities, policy centers and international think-tanks from around the world to challenge conventional thinking to embrace new frontiers in turbulent times.

For the forum programme, please visit: http://iicec.sabanciuniv.edu/sites/iicec.sabanciuniv.edu/files/pictures/7th.pdf

RSVP: Olgun Demirkol, iicec@sabanciuniv.edu, 0212 381 46 34

ATTENTION! New Regulations in Acceptable “English Proficiency” Exams for Graduate Program Registrations

According to the updated YOK (Turkish Higher Education Council) Legislation;

a)      Acceptable Exams

There has been an update in the list of exams which are considered as equivalent by YOK and acceptable for Graduate Program registrations by Sabancı University, please click to check updated acceptable exam list.  Validty date of these exams as announced on our website, should be later than program registration dates.

Equivalency of IELTS, TOEFL-PBT and TOEFL-CBT exams is not accepted by YOK (Turkish Higher Education Council) any more; and these exams will not be valid for Graduate Program registrations.

b)     Exam Centers

If the international exams, of which equivalency is accepted by YOK and which are accepted for Graduate Program registrations by Sabancı University as indicated in Article (a), are taken in Turkey; these exams have to be taken in a State University building. 

Exams taken in a exam center rather than State University buildings before the announcement date of the updated regulation (26 February 2016); and exams taken in a exam center rather than State University buildings within 30 days following the announcement date of updated regulation, only if it was applied before 26 February 2016 will be considered as taken in accordance with the condition indicated in Article (b).

The "Gürsel Sönmez Awards" established in 2006 in memory of the late Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences member and valued scientist Gürsel Sönmez will be given for the 10th time this year.  

A remembrance event will be held for Gürsel Sönmez on Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 1.40 pm in FENS G032, followed by the announcement of this year's Award winners and poster presentations. All members of the Sabancı University community are invited.

The Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Award Committee set up every year by the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences received 131 submissions to date and handed 30 awards as a result of meticulous evaluation. 

The winners of the 2016 Gürsel Sönmez Awards will receive their prizes during the commencement ceremony.

About Gürsel Sönmez and the Awards

Dr. Gürsel Sönmez joined the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences in September 2004. Shortly thereafter, on January 16, 2006, he was involved in a fatal traffic accident. His short academic career was nevertheless fruitful and significant, and he made great contributions to the sciences.

"Dr. Gürsel Sönmez Research Awards" were established by the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences to keep his legacy alive and remind students about his achievements to motivate them.  The Award entails prizes for one or more graduate students based on their research efforts and achievements to date. Submissions are open to both master's and doctorate students. Candidates may only apply for their year of graduation. Candidates may nominate themselves or be nominated by a member of Sabancı University faculty.

Students who will take the ELAE on June 9th, 2016:

1. Students who have studied in the School of Languages during 2015-16 academic year and who have submitted on an online survey which was sent to them by mail.  (A petition is not required.) 
2. Inactive students who still hold exam rights & who have given in a petition to take the ELAE on June 9 th, 2016
3. Grad students

Location and Times:

WRITING & LISTENING            09.30 - 12:00 

READING                                   13:00 - 14:40

LOCATION                                 FMAN 1099

DATE                                          June 9th,2016

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. 

Students are asked not to bring their mobile phones into the exam hall. Students are kindly reminded that if they bring their mobile phones, they will be collected.

The results of the ELAE will be announced on the external web page of Sabanci University on Tuesday, June 14 at 7pm.

Detailed information about the ELAE and a sample of the exam is available at the link below. We recommend that all students who will take the exam check this link.

http://sl.sabanciuniv.edu/students/elae

We wish you every success in the exam.

School of Languages

The students certifying that they have passed one of the national and/or  international foreign language examinations at a level determined by the university are entitled to begin undergraduate programs.

The following international exams and minimum scores will exempt students from the SU Foundation Development Year. 

According to the latest instruction letter for Foreign Language Exam Equivalencies issued by the Centre for Selection and Placement of Students in order for an exam to be accepted as equivalent, it must have taken place in a building owned by a state university.

Furthermore, according to an announcement on February 26th 2016, by the Centre for Selection and Placement of Students, certificates from exams which took place before the date of the announcement (February 26^th, 2016) will be considered as meeting requirements. If the application was made before the date of the announcement (February 26^th, 2016) and the exam took place within 30 days of the announcement, the certificate will also be considered as meeting requirements.

School of Languages Directorate

Siemens Art Prize “Borders Orbits 18” competition has concluded. The Prize was given to Visual Arts and Visual Communications Design, Masters students Didem Erbaş and Eren Sulamacı with their work "Tortu".

Selection Comitte meetings took place between 13th-15th of May 2016, with participation of Derya Yücel, Murat Germen, Mürteza Fidan, Petrit Halilaj ve T. Melih Görgün, as a result of evaluation three applicant awarded with the prize 10.000TL each and the works of 13 artist will be exhibited in the exhibition ”Borders Orbits 18” in December 2016 -January 2017.

The Purple Certificate Program supported by the Sabancı Foundation in association with Sabancı University and the Ministry of Education held children's games workshops in partnership with the Bilgi University Children's Studies Unit during the Children's Biennial in Istanbul.

Children played a board game called "Neden Olmasın? - Why Not?" during the two-day event to gain more insight and understanding into gender equality. Games were directed by volunteer students from Sabancı and Bilgi Universities.

40 schoolchildren took part in the game project in the Biennial. The children wrapped up their impressions of the game in pictures.

SThe Gender Certificate Program initiated by the Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum and Istanbul Bilgi University Sociology and Teaching Studies Center (SEÇBİR) to improve gender equality in education concluded.

The certification ceremony for the program implemented as part of the Purple Certificate Program supported by the Sabancı Foundation was held at the Karaköy Minerva Palas on Saturday, May 21, 2016. 31 students from 9 faculties of education in Istanbul and Bursa attended the program and 28 attendees were awarded certificates. 

Most attendees of the Gender Certificate Program were 3rd- and 4th-year students of education faculties. The program was be delivered by academics and experts on a variety of subjects including sociology, psychology, law, social policy, literature and media.

On May 23, 2016, Istanbul Policy Center (IPC), in cooperation with American University and Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), organized a one-day event in Istanbul entitled “Rising Powers and Peacebuilding: Innovative Approaches to Preventing Conflict and Sustaining Peace.”

The full day workshop disseminated the findings from a two-year research project on “New Actors and Innovative Approaches to Peacebuilding,” co-chaired by American University’s School of International Service and NUPI, with the support from the Carnegie Corporation in New York and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The research was carried out by IPC from Turkey, the African Center for Constructive Resolution of Disputes (ACCORD) from South Africa, the United Services Institution (USI) from India, and Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Indonesia. 

The event commenced with welcoming remarks by Fuat Keyman (IPC) and Charles T. Call (American University). Project partners presented their respective countries’ innovative approaches to peacebuilding, sustaining peace, and conflict prevention. They shed light on how rising powers differ from traditional donors through their increased use of humanitarian aid, development assistance, unconditional commitment of resources, national ownership, and inclusivity as key methods and principles in peacebuilding and conflict prevention. Distinguished representatives from host countries such as Afghanistan, Somali, Burundi, and South Sudan shared their views on the impact of rising powers/humanitarian interventions in their respective countries. High-level government officials from donor countries were also present to elaborate on the development strategies of their countries and their contributions to peacebuilding. The experts used case studies such as Somalia and Afghanistan to further illustrate how rising powers apply these concepts in conflict-affected countries. 

Donor state perspectives were presented by high-level government officials and dignitaries-- including Jayant Prasad, Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis; Ambassador Olgan Bekar from the Embassy of the Republic of Turkey in Somalia; Ambassador Kani Torun, Member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly and Former Ambassador to Mogadishu; Homayra Ludin Etemadi, Political Secretary to H.E. Mr Hamid Karzai, Former President of Afghanistan; and Sébastien Ntahuga, Former Advisor to President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi on the Arusha Peace Process-- as well as public intellectuals from both rising powers and the case-study countries. 

The workshop finished with closing remarks by Sarah Cliffe, Director of the Center on International Cooperation at New York University.