Istanbul Arel University () is a private nonprofit university located in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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. It was established in 2007 by the Kemal Gözükara Education and Culture Foundation. Teaching is done mostly in English, and there are bachelor, masters and doctoral programmes.
Report on the Istanbul Arel Üniversitesi
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History
Arel College in Istanbul was founded in 1990 and in the course of the following years its educational spectrum was extended with the Arel Pre-School, Arel Primary School, Arel Anatolian High School, Arel Science High School and Arel Sports and Culture Complex. After 26 years the institute sought to further expand its activities to the university level.
With the help of the Kemal Goezükara Education and Culture Foundation it was possible to establish the Istanbul Arel University that was officially recognised by statute No. 2809/5656-Appendix. 76 of 9 May 2007, published in the official gazette No. 26526, of 18 May 2007.
Since 2018 Oezguer Goezuekara (the son of the benefactor) has been chairman of the Board of Trustees of Arel University. He is being helped by Hilmi Ibar Hilmi () is a masculine Arabic given name. Notable people with the name include:
Given name First name
* Hilmi Esat Bayındırlı (born 1962), Turkish-American para-skier
* Hilmi Volkan Demir (born 1976), Turkish scientist, best known for his works ...
to build an international network. In December 2018 an agreement with the DHBW Loerrach
The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Loerrach (DHBW-Loerrach) was founded in 1981 as ''Berufsakademie Lörrach''. It offers workplace-focused, cooperative degree courses. This means that students alternate between learning the t ...
was successfully established with the goal of establishing student and professorial exchanges and common educational projects.
The campus of the university is located in Büyükçekmece
Büyükçekmece, historically Athyras (Greek: Αθύρας) is a municipality and district of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 173 km2, and its population is 277,181 (2022). It is on the Sea of Marmara coast of the European side, west o ...
, Istanbul.
Faculties
The university comprises (2018) the following faculties:
* Medicine, Dean Enver Duran
* Art and Science
* Visual Arts
* Economics and Administrative Science
* Communication
* Engineering Science and Architecture
Schools
* School of Health Sciences
* School of Applied Science
* School of Languages
* Vocational School
Institute (Masters programmes for graduates and correspondence courses)
* Institute of Applied Science
* Institute of Social Science
* Institute of Health Sciences
Literature
* Istanbul Arel University in 100 Questions (Erasmus̟, Europass) Istanbul April 2018
* Enver Duran: Challenges of Higher Education Institutions in the Balkans, III Balkan Universities Network Meeting, Trakya Universität Edirne Mai 2010,
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Private universities and colleges in Turkey
2007 establishments in Turkey
Universities and colleges established in 2007
Universities and colleges in Istanbul
Büyükçekmece