On the Acting Presidency

Prof. Dr. Yıldırım Üçtuğ, Vice President for Academic Affairs of our university, has been appointed Acting President of Bahçeşehir University as of 1 March 2010.

Prof. Dr. Yıldırım Üçtuğ was born in Istanbul in 1956. After graduating from Saint Joseph French High School for Boys, he received his bachelor's degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering at Middle East Technical University in 1979. He completed his master's and doctoral studies at the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Middle East Technical University. He became an associate professor in 1988 and a professor in 1994. He served as Vice Chair of the METU Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering between 1985 and 1989, Vice Dean of the METU Faculty of Engineering between 1989 and 1992, Advisor to the METU President between 1992 and 1997, and Dean of the METU Faculty of Engineering between 1997 and 2003. Prof. Dr. Yıldırım Üçtuğ, a founder of the Council of Deans of Engineering Faculties, served as Secretary General of the council between 2000 and 2003.

Prof. Dr. Yıldırım Üçtuğ has 9 articles published in international journals and books and 25 papers presented at national and international conferences. He has supervised 8 master's theses and one doctoral thesis and served as organizer of 9 international conferences. Prof. Üçtuğ, who currently serves as Vice President for Academic Affairs of Bahçeşehir University, will also act as President as of 1 March 2010.