Results of Bahçeşehir University's 2244 Industrial PhD Program Announced

The results of Bahçeşehir University's 2244 Industrial PhD Program, to be carried out in collaboration with Türkiye's leading companies, have been announced.

The results of the TÜBİTAK Presidency of Scientist Support Programs (BİDEB) 2244 Industrial PhD Program, which aims to train qualified human resources with doctoral degrees needed by industry in our country's priority fields through university-industry collaboration, were announced on 3 June 2020. TÜBİTAK decided to support the collaboration established by Bahçeşehir University with 5 companies that are pioneers in their fields. Program applications were conducted by the Bahçeşehir University Technology Transfer Office. With the support of the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, companies were matched with project coordinators and academic advisors. Within the scope of the program, Bahçeşehir University will provide scholarship and employment support to students together with Adesso, Huawei, Kariyer.net, NetRD and Trendyol.

Scholarship Opportunity for 17 PhD Students from BAU under the TÜBİTAK 2244 Industrial PhD Program

With the applications accepted under the program, scholarships will be awarded to a total of 17 doctoral students, who will be employed by our partner companies and subsequently receive salary support. As BAU,

the following support will be provided to students within the scope of the program:

• Creating an ecosystem with doctoral students conducting research in fields aligned with industry needs at our University,
• Providing doctoral students with BAUBAP "THESIS" project support for their thesis work, as well as support for participation in a certificate program in information technologies and in scientific conferences in their field,
• Providing doctoral students with a monthly scholarship of 4,500 TL (students who are already company employees will receive a monthly scholarship of 800 TL),
• Producing joint scientific publications with partner companies in the work carried out with academic advisors throughout doctoral studies,
• Preparing doctoral theses in line with company needs and priorities and enabling the development of industry collaboration projects,
• Providing students with job opportunities without delay after graduation, in the sector in which they gained expertise through their doctorate, based on employment agreements with partner companies,
• A large portion of the salaries of employed students being provided as a grant by TÜBİTAK.

Within the program, with Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences faculty members Assist. Prof. Dr. Burcu TUNÇ ÇAMLIBEL, Assist. Prof. Dr. İrem ŞANAL and Assist. Prof. Dr. Yücel Batu SALMANserving as project coordinatorsand Prof. Dr. Ahmet BEŞKESE, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Alper TUNGA, Prof. Dr. Nafiz ARICA, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül TEKİN TEMUR, Assist. Prof. Dr. Bora ERDAMAR, Assist. Prof. Dr. Cemal Okan ŞAKAR, Assist. Prof. Dr. Görkem KAR, Assist. Prof. Dr. Övgü ÖZTÜRK, Assist. Prof. Dr. Serkan AYVAZ and Assist. Prof. Dr. Tarkan AYDINserving as academic advisors, scholarship and employment support will be carried out with partner companies with a, budget of 6,468,680.00 TLover96 months.