The Faculty of Management is accepting applications for the 2014 - 2015 academic year MBA, Executive MBA, MiF and Management PhD programs. Information regarding these programs can be obtained from the web site. Additionally, various scholarships are available for MBA, MiF and PhD programs.

Applications for the MBA Programs: 
The MBA Program is open to all candidates with an undergraduate degree from an accredited university.

MBA Programs Required Documents: 
1. Completed online application form ,
2. Transcript,
3. The following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. GMAT or GRE: It is required to submit GMAT/GRE exam result 
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program. 
9. A photograph     
10. Signed online application affidavit

Application Deadline for MBA: 
Early Applications                            : April 7, 2014
Regular&Scholarship Applications : June 15, 2014. We strongly urge all candidates to submit their applications by this date.
Applications                                     : July 15, 2014 

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak   (0216) 483 96 72 or  balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu


Executive MBA Required Documents 
1. Completed online application form,
2. Graduation certificate/ diploma from an undergraduate institution
3. Transcripts for undergraduate and, if applicable, graduate studies
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result ,

Applicants may also attend the Sabanci University English proficiency exam that will be held on April, 9, May 9, June 5 and July 16, 2014. All applicants who plan to attend SU exams should complete their online application before the exam dates. 
The spoken English level of the applicant will be evaluated in the interview.
 5. Two letters of recommendation (Please use SU Recommendation letter form)
6. Detailed resume including specific information on work experience (CV)
7. Statement of Purpose (in English).  

Starting from 2013-2014 academic year, ALES or equivalent test scores are not required for the applications to Executive MBA program.

Application Deadline for Executive MBA: 
Applications: July 14, 2014  

Admission Process: After an initial screening, eligible candidates are to be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be mailed to the candidate.

For more information: İpek İzet Ülger, (0216) 483 9743 or  ipeki@sabanciuniv.edu

Application for the Masters in Finance (MiF) Program: 
All candidates who have a 4-year undergraduate degree may apply to the Program.
MiF Required Documents: 
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. Any of the following Graduate Program Entrance Exam scores,
a. ALES A minimum score of 55 (Equal Weight),
b. GMAT or,
c. GRE 
4. Any of the following English Proficiency exam result,

5. 2 Reference letters,
6. Detailed and updated Resume (CV),
7. Statement of Purpose (in English). 
8. A copy of undergraduate diploma. Note: If you are in your last semester of your undergraduate studies and do not have your diploma yet, you need to provide a graduation certificate before you can be admitted to the degree program. 
9. A photograph     
10. Signed online application affidavit 

Application Deadline for MiF: 

Early Applications     : March 07, 2014
Regular Applications: June 15, 2014
Applications              : July 15, 2014 

Admission Process: After an initial screening of the documents, eligible candidates will be interviewed. Interview results and acceptance decisions will be sent by mail.

For more information: Burcu Albayrak, (0216) 483 9672 or balbayrak@sabanciuniv.edu 

Application for the PhD Program: 
The PhD program in Management is open to candidates with a background in business, economics, engineering, social or natural sciences.
PhD Required Documents:
1. Completed online application form,
2. Transcript,
3. ALES* A minimum score of 75 is required (for applications with a masters degree with thesis)
                 A minimum score of 80 is required (for applications with a bachelors degree)
* Only Turkish citizens are required to submit ALES exam.
4. GMAT: A minimum score of 600 is required, or GRE : A minimum score of 730(Scores on the Prior Scale), 157(Scores on the Current Scale) from Quantitative section is required

5. a “English Proficiency Certificate” for PhD Programs: Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accepted for application; however originals will be requested upon registration in the case of admission.

International PhD applicants must submit a proficiency exam result in one of the following languages, excluding the native language of the applicant: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese or Persian. The applicant is required to achieve a minimum of 78 points in the national foreign language examination (YDS) offered by the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YÖK) or the equivalent in an international language proficiency exam recognized by ÖSYM Board. The minimum scores required are given in the table below for Foreign Language Proficiency Certificates for proficiency in English.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who provide a “Foreign Language Proficiency Certificate” in one of the languages listed above other than English are also required to fulfill the English proficiency criteria stated below at 5.b.

5-b  As the language of instruction at Sabancı University is English, the applicant is required to submit the score of one of the English proficiency assessment exams. Recognized exams, the minimum score required and period of validity are given in the table below. Photocopies of the documents mentioned below are accept.

After the test date, TOEFL scores are valid for two years, IELTS scores are valid for two years, and YDS, KPDS and ÜDS scores are valid for three years.

Applicants who do not submit a valid English Proficiency Exam score, if they are accepted to a program (fulfilling all other requirements) can only be admitted to graduate study on the condition of obtaining a satisfactory grade in Sabancı University’s own English Language Assessment Exam (ELAE). Those candidates who fail to attend or get a satisfactory score in the exam are obliged to attend and successfully complete a full course of English Language Preparation in order to continue with graduate courses. Failure to complete this course successfully will result in termination of enrollment in a graduate program at Sabancı University.

Graduates of Sabancı University are exempt from submitting an English Proficiency Exam score provided that they apply within two years of their graduation.

6. 2 Reference letters,
7. Detailed and updated resume (CV),
8. Statement of Purpose (in English).
9. Candidates applying for the PhD Programs with a BA degree must hold a 3.00/4.00 GPA. The candidates graduated from institutions which apply a scale other t

Application Deadline for PhD: June 30, 2014

For more information: Neyir Ozdemir (0216) 483 9671 or nozdemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Sabancı University Student Resources,

Orta Mahalle, Üniversite Cd. No:27, Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul 

 0 (216) 483 90 93 

 0 (216) 483 90 73

 studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Sabancı University will start issuing double major diplomas to undergraduate students beginning in the 2014-15 academic year.

Students in the 9 diploma programs below who fulfill eligibility requirements will have the option to have an additional major in another one of these programs of their choice.  Adding to the existing flexibility in Sabancı University majors, this option will enable students to obtain double majors in 36 different combinations. 

Students enrolled in a double major program will still be able to graduate in 4 years by taking no more courses than allowed by university regulations.  On the other hand, students who are eligible for graduation in one of their double majors at the end of 4 years will have another two semesters in which they can complete the requirements of their second major.  In case of scholarship students*, the scholarship will continue for the two additional semesters.

Programs eligible for double majors:

• Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences: 

o Computer Science and Engineering

o Electronic Engineering 

o Biological Sciences and Bioengineering 

o Mechatronic Engineering

o Materials Science and Engineering

• Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: 

o Economics

o Cultural Studies

o International Studies

• School of Management: 

o Management

For Details: Sabancı University Student Resources

e-mail: sr@sabanciuniv.edu

Tel: 0216- 483 90 52

* Applies to scholarships granted at admission.

High honor students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (MIT) and Freie University Berlin (FUB) visited Sabancı University between March 22 and 30, 2014, enjoying life on campus and in Istanbul.

MIT student Lily Chen wrote her Sabancı University and İstanbul visit for  'Chemformation' which is the newsletter of the MIT Department of Chemistry . 

Please click to read the article

To The Attention for The Applicants Applying to PhD Programs
By Student Resources  |  16 April 2014

Sakıp Sabancı Memorial Ceremony – Thursday, April 10, 13.00pm

The Honorary Chairman of the Sabancı University Board of Trustees, the late Sakıp Sabancı will be remembered on the tenth anniversary of his decesae.

Related speeches will be held at university center, cinema hall (G-030):

13:00-13:15 Nihat Berker Opening Speech

13:15-13:30 Ahmet Evin 

13:30-13:45 Kemal İnan

13:45-14:00 Tosun Terzioglu

All Sabancı University members are invited to the ceremony.

High honor students of Massachusetts Institute of Technology  (MIT) and Freie University Berlin (FUB) visited Sabancı University between March 22 and 30, 2014, enjoying life on campus and in Istanbul.

Sabancı University Performing Arts Center

Eight students from MIT and FUB each attended lectures of their choice during the week, and learned more about our university with the help of our students.

Boza and roasted chickpeas in Vefa

A special tour hosted by the Office of the President allowed visiting students to experience the historical and cultural riches of Istanbul. 

Hangar Cafe

The first group of high honors students from MIT visited Sabancı University for a week in 2012 in an organization led by President Nihat Berker.  High honors students of Sabancı University have been making visits to MIT and FUB since 2010 to experience a different culture and education environment under the guidance of President Nihat Berker and Vice Presidents Sondan Durukanoğlu Feyiz and Hasan Mandal.

Rainbow steps in Fındıklı

Microelectronic Technology, Circuits, and Systems for Space Applications

June 19^th- 20^th, 2014, Sabanci University, Istanbul, TURKEY

http://sumicro.sabanciuniv.edu

Dear Colleagues,

We cordially invite you to participate in our workshop, titled Microelectronics Technology, Circuits, and Systems for Space Applications, which will be held at Sabanci University, in Istanbul-Turkey, on June 19^th and 20^th, 2014.

Our workshop focuses on microelectronics, from technology to circuits and systems perspective, and its applications on sensing and processing electronic systems for space applications and aims to address some of following challenges through invited lectures given by world-renowned experts in their respective fields from academia, industries and research institutions.

Main Topics

1. Radar and Communication Technologies

2. Electro-Optical Imaging Systems: Technology and Applications

3. Micro and Nano Technologies

4. Terahertz Technology and Systems

5. Packaging, Testing, Qualification and Radiation Effect

Online registration is now open and available at http://sumicro.sabanciuniv.edu

(Early registration is also available until May 9^th, 2014)

Each talk includes a brief tutorial, current state of the art and future vision of the respective topic and will be interest to technology leaders/managers, engineers, researchers, academicians and students from around the world.

On Behalf of the Organizing Committee

Prof. Dr. Yasar Gurbuz

Sabanci University

Electronics Engineering
Orhanli, 34956 Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone: +90 216- 483 9533  //   e-mail: yasar@sabanciuniv.edu   //   http://people.sabanciuniv.edu/yasar

The new exhibition by Sabancı University Kasa Gallery, It Sounds Like Art, is a collection of sound artworks that explore a variety of environmental, social, aesthetic and conceptual approaches to art.

The artworks by John Drever, the duo Jane Grant and John Matthias, Music for Installations (MFI) and Nigel Helyer will provide an insight into sound art practices.

The exhibition at Kasa Gallery in Istanbul precedes the Sound Art Curating conference in London organized by Kasa Gallery in collaboration with OCR, the Courtauld Institute of Art, Goldsmiths, New York University, the LARM Archive and Aalborg University.

“The content [Inhalt] of a picture is not simply what it portrays but rather all the elements of color, structures, and relations it contains; the content of music is, for instance, as Schoenberg put it, the history of a theme” (Adorno, Aesthetic Theory, 1999: 356).

Sound artists have developed new ways to express thematic content through original aesthetic canons and modalities of interaction that are increasingly diverging from traditional interpretations and are adopting strategies of representation and engagement that continue to redefine the role of sound as an art medium.

It is the content, “as history of a theme,” that is offering the opportunity to sound artists to design and establish sound specific aesthetic practices able to provide experiences, recollections and perceptions of emotions, memories and visions.

No longer encapsulated in strict traditional canons and definitions of materiality vs. immateriality, or sound vs. image, contemporary sound artworks exist according to their own ‘material / immaterial’ cognitive experiences, thematic contexts and aesthetic structures.

Senior Curator: Lanfranco Aceti.

Event Manager: Çağlar Çetin.

Exhibition dates: April 2 – April 26, 2014.

Address: Kasa Galeri Bankalar Cad. No: 2, Karakoy, Istanbul.

Visiting hours: 10:00 – 17:00 every day except Sunday.

Follow Kasa Gallery on the web:

Websitesi: http://kasagaleri.sabanciuniv.edu

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kasa-Galeri/77695156678

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kasagaleri

Social and Political Sciences 2004 graduate Melih Özsöz was promoted to Assistant Secretary-General of the Economic Development Foundation (EDF) as of March 2014.

In addition to his duty as Assistant Secretary-General, Melih Özsöz will continue his position as Research Director of EDF, one of Turkey’s most established institutions on the EU acquisition process which has been active for over 50 years.  Özsöz was previously appointed as Research Director in January 2013.

Melih Özsöz is also a founding partner of çöp(m)adam, one of Turkey’s leading social initiatives since August 2008.

Cultural Studies 2008 graduate Tankut Aykut opened his personal gallery with an exhibition called "Characters." 

Tankut Aykut Gallery was inaugurated with a joint exhibition titled "Characters" with curator Elif Gül Tirben (VAVCD 2009 graduate). 

When does character manifest itself; is it hidden in habits, or in reactions to extraordinary events? Is the body a surface that reflects character, or does the body have a character of its own? Does our language reflect our character? Is character fate? What do we mean when we talk about the character of a society, government or forest? 

Character derives from the Ancient Greek "kharassein," meaning to brand, engrave or carve, and was first used to refer to "branding iron," "stamp," "mark" or "sign." In time, the word gained concrete referents like "symbol," "letter" or "typeface," and then started to bear symbolic meanings like "the whole of differentiating, defining properties," "an entity that is part of a narrative" and "an individual with extraordinary attributes." 

What makes character observable as a brand or mark is its manifestation through repetitive actions and conduct, and the comparison with the action and conduct of others. The exhibition is a thought practice on characters - unique personal patterns that gain visibility against the backdrop of society. 

Sevgi Aka has two books in the exhibition: 15.11.11 and 13.3.13, which contain the alphabetical list of all words used by the artists on those two dates, in two different geographical locations and languages. The choice of words by the artist, who becomes a part of different systems by speaking in different languages, is an opportunity for witnessing the fluidity of character through the subjectivity and anonymity of language. 

Bora Başkan discusses the determining aspects of time and place in Track I and II, composed of moments picked from the daily lives of white collar workers. According to Başkan, "The character of an individual desires to be perceived as a whole. But while character tries to maintain its singularity, place slips from under one's foot. Time, then, becomes a track that surrounds the character." 

"Evil Co." is a "business" by Fatma Belkıs and Onur Gökmen, where they re-produce their artistic roles deriving from the similarities between business production and artistic production. "Company of Noses of Companies" is a project that the artists have been working on since they founded Evil Co. in 2012. According to the artists, the owners of the noses that were shipped abroad by Evil Co. in an attempt in tax fraud "describe an entrepreneur who wishes to make a mark on their business." 

Murat Durusoy’s "Portraits for Remembrance" consists of televised images of the main characters involved in the most impactful social events in near history. Manipulated ethereal images recall nightmarish visions of traumatic social events while depicting the character of the society we live in. 

Merve Ertufan's Sketch questions reliability of our processes for understanding and evaluating individuals. The artist asks illustrator Gökhan Okur to make an illustration of her. A recording of the sketching session reveals the consequences of prolonged exposure to the roles of subject and object or observer and observed. With unexpected comments like "your face is so fluid, all the lines are melting into each other," the recording provides the dynamics of perceiving and recording in daily life, which are momentary and therefore immediately forgotten.

Sibel Horada's Fill in the Blanks eliminates four main female characters from four famous paintings to also remove them from the gaze of the viewer. Paintings are multiplied in postcard format, and compel us to think on the representations in the image through a simple gesture. 

Based on Schopenhauer’s idea that “within everything, man perceives himself above all," Reysi Kamhi defines character as a state of conviction. The artist picks images from her Temporality and Vanitas series to express her character through the transitions between natural objects and forms, like crystals and stones, which take thousands of years to achieve the form to which they are imprisoned, and abstract depictions of the sky.  

The main inspiration for this exhibition is Komet's assemblage titled Being a Bird. The absurd character, formed of three ready-made objects and a bunch of strings, is an understatement of all that we have to say but cannot as the world we live in becomes more and more absurd. 

In the series *, Aslı Narin takes pictures of spots on her skin and matches them to a celestial map. As the number of spots grow, they shape the body like the alignment of celestial objects shapes the character. 

Elif Süsler’s video collage Candid consists of short pauses where the presenters or guests of TV talk shows, reality shows and similar programs take a breath. The artist looks for a candid or genuine act in these persons in order to establish a relationship with them. According to Süsler, "short pauses for breath and random exclamations are the most genuine among the throng of words and expressions repeated." 

The forest as a leitmotif and projection of the mental landscape of artist Tuba Yalçınkaya transforms into a threatening living space that reflects the character of the country in Forest II. Trees decorated with pennants that stay erect in the face of the massive whirlpool in the forest floor give us ideas about the character of the forest.