BAU School of Medicine Celebrates 14 March Medicine Day with Its Founding Academic Staff

The Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine came together for its first 14 March Medicine Day event. The school, which welcomed its first academics this year, also held its gowning ceremony on Medicine Day.

The Bahçeşehir University (BAU) School of Medicine, which will admit its first students this year, celebrated 14 March Medicine Day with its full staff together for the first time. At the ceremony, where the faculty members who joined the BAU School of Medicine academic staff wore their gowns for the first time, the anthem composed for the school by conductor Öcal Öcalan was also performed.

Speaking at the gowning ceremony held at the BAU Beşiktaş Campus, Bahçeşehir University Chairman of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel said: "Today we are celebrating a double holiday here. First of all, I congratulate all members of our school of medicine on 14 March Medicine Day. Our other cause for celebration is that we are coming together for the first time as members of the BAU School of Medicine. There are many schools of medicine in Türkiye. But we are here to say different things and to achieve different things. Our philosophy is to train scientists who will produce science and shape it. As BAU, we want to have our name listed among the world's top 500 universities by the 100th anniversary of the Republic. We know that a university that cannot produce science can never, ever be included in the world rankings. That is why we want to bring the science being carried out in the universal world to these lands."

"WE WILL TRAIN LEADERS WHO WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE"

Beginning her speech by drawing attention to BAU's breakthroughs in health in recent years, BAU President Prof. Dr. Şenay Yalçın said: "As the BAU School of Medicine, we aim to train competent physician-researchers with a sense of serving humanity. Our students have the opportunity to benefit from our university's strong international opportunities and advanced academic and professional practices. Our distinguished faculty members, devoted to their profession, will share their experience with our students and train them as scientists. To enable our students in the Schools of Medicine and Health Sciences to carry out their clinical training and practice, we have signed a cooperation agreement with Medical Park, Türkiye's largest and most effective hospital group. In this way, as two experienced institutions at the forefront of their respective fields, we will together train leaders who will shape the future of health."

REALITY = 1 [DREAM X WORK X TIME]

BAU Dean of the School of Medicine and neurosurgeon Prof. Dr. Türker Kılıç explained the goals of BAU Medicine in his presentation at the ceremony. Stating in his presentation that the concepts of dream, work and time come together to bring real success, Dean Kılıç said: "On the road to success, you must first set your dream in motion. You will work toward your goal, and when the time comes, you will achieve success. As BAU, our primary goal is to be among the best schools of medicine in the world. The BAU School of Medicine, which will welcome its first students this year, will admit all of its students on scholarships. Our students will be able to study at universities BAU collaborates with around the world in the fields they wish to specialize in. As the BAU School of Medicine, we will first of all train good people, good physicians and good scientists who will shape the history of world medicine. Our students will take their courses from a strong academic staff selected, for the first time in Türkiye, according to their H-index, which measures the productivity of scientists and the quality of that productivity, and will benefit from their vast professional experience. As Dean of the BAU School of Medicine, I welcome all my colleagues."

Following the speech by BAU Dean of Medicine Türker Kılıç, the faculty members of the school of medicine took their first steps into the Bahçeşehir University School of Medicine with the gowning ceremony.