Offers education opportunities in different parts of Istanbul with its 6 campuses: Beşiktaş North, Beşiktaş South, Göztepe, Galata and Kemerburgaz campuses. There are 9 faculties, 1 School Of Applied Sciences, 1 Conservatory, 1 Language School, 1 Vocational School, and a Graduate School with 12 different programs within the University, which also has the main campus in Beşiktaş.
BAU family, which has 18.448 undergraduate students and 1.369 associate degree students, claims its “A World University in The Heart of İstanbul” mission with the number of 4,648 foreign students. BAU, as an international university; promises a world-class education to its students in cooperation with 235 universities from 36 different universities, 175 Erasmus+ Agreement Universities, and 25 World Exchange Agreement Universities.
At the same time BAU Global’s member institutions offer students to have an education in different parts of the world, in cities like; Berlin, Toronto, Washington DC, Batum, Cyprus, Hanoi, Kiev, Pueblo, and Brockville. BAU students can get the support they need about abroad programs through the university’s “International Office” department. BAU showed its success in this subject by ranking 5th in the field of "International Outlook" among the universities from Turkey ranked in Times Higher Education.
BAU, with its staff of 1,351 experienced and young academicians, is in the first place in the “Research” field with its 22 research centers, 93 laboratories, and the support it gives to equity for research and R&D studies. Within the body of BAU, national and international funding and support mechanisms provide versatile support to researchers in industry/business partnerships for innovative ideas, product development, and entrepreneurship.
BAU, having 37.337 graduates, offers students the opportunity to get to know their sectors before graduating. BAU students can meet the business life while continuing their education with the “CO-OP Education Model”. 2.330 CO-OP brand cooperations, 175 CO-OP branded courses and 5.200 COOPER (students who used their CO-OP internship opportunity) bring the university and business world closer together.
In addition, Bahçeşehir University is the prize winner for “Best Brand in Education in Turkey” in 2017 and its goal is to be among the top 500 universities in the world in 2023 when we will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of our Republic.