Our Educational Sustainability Approach

Bahçeşehir University considers educational sustainability as a holistic area that requires the support, monitoring, and continuous improvement of students’ educational journey from access to university life through graduation. This approach aims to evaluate the academic, financial, social, and administrative factors that may affect students’ educational lives in a more systematic manner and to activate the necessary support mechanisms in a timely way.

In this regard, our University aims to coordinate the processes related to prospective students’ scholarship procedures and the sustainability of current students’ educational lives through a more holistic, data-informed, and measurable structure.

The primary objective of our educational sustainability approach is to make visible, at an early stage, the conditions that may challenge students’ ability to continue their education; to regularly monitor indicators such as registration renewal, reasons for withdrawal, support needs, and risk signals; and to transform the resulting data into improvement actions.

The structure intended to be developed within this scope is based on the following principles in alignment with international quality assurance and evaluation expectations:

• Identifying risks that may affect the sustainability of students’ educational lives at an early stage,
• Monitoring registration renewal, reasons for withdrawal, and student support needs in a data-informed manner,
• Strengthening regular coordination mechanisms between academic and administrative units,
• Developing academic, financial, social, and administrative support processes aligned with students’ needs,
• Evaluating intervention processes and outcomes through measurable indicators,
• Ensuring that findings contribute to faculty- and program-level improvement efforts,
• Establishing processes that are reportable, sustainable, and aligned with the quality assurance system.

The work of the Educational Sustainability Unit is supported by the Executive Board chaired by the Vice Rector Responsible for Student Experience. The Board is structured to include a representative of the General Secretariat, the Educational Sustainability Unit Manager, and representatives from the Student Account Services Directorate, the Dean of Students Office, the Registrar’s Office, and the Finance Directorate. When necessary, representatives from relevant academic and administrative units are also planned to be included in the process.

Through this approach, Bahçeşehir University aims to strengthen the sustainability of students’ educational lives not only through periodic support practices, but also through regular monitoring, evidence-based evaluation, internal coordination, and a culture of continuous improvement. In this way, the University aims to develop a student-centered, measurable, and quality assurance-based educational sustainability model.