Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture Exports Education to Europe

The Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture has established a faculty of architecture at RISEBA University in Riga, the capital of Latvia.

Turkish academics will teach students from Latvia and other European countries who wish to study architecture. The course content of RISEBA University, to which Bahçeşehir University's knowledge and experience in architecture are being transferred, will also be determined by the Bahçeşehir University Faculty of Architecture. Thus, for the first time, a university from Türkiyewill provide its own know-how for the establishment of a faculty at a university in Europe.

Speaking at the opening in Latvia, Bahçeşehir University Dean of the Faculty of Architecture Prof. Dr. Ahmet Eyüce said, "The RISEBA University Faculty of Architecture will take its academic operations and course content from us. 80 percent of the academics who will teach in Latvia will go from Türkiye. This is not an academic exchange program. Türkiye now exports education in addition to industrial and agricultural products. This is what makes us happiest."

Noting that courses specific to Latvian and Baltic architectural culture will be offered, Eyüce stated that Latvian academics will also work at Bahçeşehir University for one or two semesters. In addition, Bahçeşehir University, which is also the academic guarantor of the program, has begun preparations to open a master's program at RISEBA University in the near future.