Medical Facilities / AKTS

Campus Medical Office

Bahçeşehir University Health Center offers advice on emergency treatment and consultations on personal and health matters.  A doctor is available Monday through Thursday between 09:00 and 17:30 and a medical nurse is on duty Monday through Friday between 09:00 and 22:30.

Campus Psychological Consultancy Counseling Center

BAU runs two Counseling Center offices for students, at Beşiktaş and at Şişli.  Psychologists are available by appointment to help students with personal or academic concerns.  The Center operates under the ethics code of the Turkish Psychological Association, and keeps all correspondence confidential.

Medical Treatment & Medical Insurance in Turkey

Turkey’s Social Security Institution (SSI) insures all international full-time students, except for those in the country on student exchange.  Students may activate their insurance on the first day of the academic year.  Coverage will remain effective through the end of the academic year.

To activate coverage, students must go to the local health authority in Istanbul with

• Their residence permit
• Their passport and a photocopy of it
• Their student identification paper from BAU

Students will get an SSI number upon registration, to be used at all medical appointments.

SSI covers the cost of most necessary medical appointments, and subsidizes most of the cost of necessary prescription medication.  Extent of coverage differs between hospitals.  Contact the International Students Office with questions.  Note that most hospitals employ English-speaking doctors.

Exchange Students

All Exchange Students coming to BAU must have internationally valid health insurance.