Foundation universities have been included in the Research Universities category of the Council of Higher Education’s (YÖK) Research-Oriented Mission Differentiation Program. Sabancı University became one of the three foundation universities included in the program.
Foundation universities have been included in the Research Universities category of the Council of Higher Education’s (YÖK) Research-Oriented Mission Differentiation Program. Sabancı University became one of the three foundation universities included in the program.
The Research Universities meeting was held in Ankara, in which new decisions in the framework of the “Research-Oriented Mission Differentiation Program” of the Council of Higher Education (YÖK) were announced. Attended by Mustafa Varank, the Minister of Industry and Technology, Erol Özvar, President of YÖK, Hasan Mandal, President of TÜBİTAK,and Yusuf Leblebici, President of Sabancı University, the meeting also hosted presidents of related institutions, members of YÖK, and presidents and vice-presidents of research universities.
Erol Özvar pointed out that YÖK made changes to the Research-Oriented Mission Differentiation Program and said the following: “Not assessed previously in the research universities category, foundation universities will, from now on, be monitored closely for their performance like state universities. According to the results of our assessment on applicants, 3 foundation universities have been granted the research university title”. Following this, Özvar announced that Sabancı University was also included in the research universities category. Yusuf Leblebiciwas presented the program certificate by Mustafa Varank and Erol Özvar.
Yusuf Leblebici: Since our establishment, we have determined research as our focus
Highlighting that Sabancı University has adopted research as one of its main focuses since its establishment, Yusuf Leblebici said the following: "It is an honor for us that our university has been granted the Research University status by YÖK. Our goal for the years to come is to become one of the leading research universities in the world. To reach our goal, we make comprehensive investments to further enrich our research infrastructure, and continue to work in close collaboration with the business world and industry. We make a difference with our high-quality and unique education programs and our ever-growing effectiveness and visibility in the world of science. To accelerate our research activities, we keep enriching our academic staff, educated at the best universities in the world. In the last two years, we recruited 41 full time faculty members, of whom 38 obtained their PhD degrees from universities abroad. 22 of them are highly valuable academics who joined us directly from abroad, and 7 others are our own alumni who completed their undergraduate studies at Sabancı University before going abroad for a doctoral degree. With our young and dynamic academic staff, we will continue to solve the real problems of industry and the business world, and carry out our research activities to contribute to society with a growing motivation".