Yasar University: Courses, Admission, Cost

Formed in 2001, Yasar University is a modern university in the Izmir city. Selcuk Yasar Sports and Education Foundation thought of forming this university in 1999 but got an approval in 2001 by the Turkish National Assembly. The academic processes started in 2002 to introduce students to this Turkish-Aegean lifestyle and culture while delivering quality and impressive educational facilities.

The Selçuk Yasar Bornova Campus is the main campus of the university which was started in 2008. The university offers students modern services while providing the opportunity to work with proficient and global educational staff. Not just this, it allows students to opt to study abroad opportunities through the Erasmus and Global Exchange Programs.

The students at the university are offered education in English, with programs at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The founders of the university believe in connecting a globalized world with the local community by collaborating with international partners to provide various programs. The university offers education through its seven faculties which come with 25 different academic programs.

The graduate program consists of two graduate schools, namely the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences. The graduate schools have 22 different Masters and Ph.D. Programs. The vocational school offers nine associate degree programs. Apart from this, the university offers programs to teach multiple languages, including an English preparatory year program through the Yasar University School of Foreign Languages. There are several other languages taught at the school, including Russian, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Japanese and Portuguese.

Apart from academic facilities, the university comes with cultural and sports facilities. The sports center at the university provides a range of physical activities to keep students healthy. Students can indulge in sports activities, including tennis, dance, volleyball, and basketball. Also, the sports center conducts club sports, fitness training, inter-college and ladder tournaments, instructional programs, workshops, and seminars. Moreover, it maintains a center for electronic information and documentation so that research done by students can be taken to the national as well as international levels.

Apart from this, the teaching staff and students can access numerous sources, including audio-visual materials, journals, and newspapers. It comes with e-resources with more than 50,000 e-books and 25 databases that reach 19,000 e-journals. Furthermore, there is an up-to-date media center where TV and radio studios broadcast in high definition. The center produces regular radio and television programs in numerous languages. The university is gradually creating a good alumni base and has graduated students working with prominent organizations.