Bahçeşehir University Becomes a Neighbor of the White House

Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is opening a new campus in addition to its language school in Washington, the capital of the United States. In a statement in Washington, Bahçeşehir University Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel said: "Bahçeşehir University has a language school called Fullbright in Washington DC. We will now move this school, which we have been running for 7 years, to a new campus. By purchasing our own property in Washington, we have become neighbors of the White House."

Bahçeşehir University has purchased three floors of a building next to the White House; students from the Istanbul campus and campuses in other countries will come for half a year or a full year of study to the campus, which will open in the spring. Here, students will take courses from faculty members of leading US universities such as Georgetown, George Washington and American University, and will have the opportunity to get to know American culture and life up close.

CLASSES CAN ALSO BE FOLLOWED FROM TÜRKİYE

With the infrastructure to be set up in the campus building in Washington, students in Türkiye will be able to watch the classes in Washington live and participate interactively.

Answering questions on the subject, BAU Chair of the Board of Trustees Enver Yücel said: "We have bought our campus building just 100 meters from the White House. Our university has had a language school named Fullbright for 7 years, and we will now move it to our new campus. But this will not be just a language school; it will also serve students from our university and our campuses in other countries."

Stating that with this campus they will enable university students, especially in the departments of American language and literature, finance, political science and international relations, to study in Washington for half or a full semester, Yücel said they believe this will be beneficial for students' experience and future careers. Yücel said: "The importance of this place: a campus can be opened in the USA, but having the area students can use as a garden be in front of the White House will, I believe, be important in terms of their acquiring this culture in this area at that age."

THE CAMPUS OPENING WILL BE HELD IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE

Stating that having classes taught by faculty members of leading US universities such as Georgetown, George Washington and American University will also give students new perspectives, Yücel noted that they plan to hold the opening in April, after the campus renovations are completed within two months. Yücel said: "We will hold our grand opening in the park in front of the White House."

Noting that their new campus will become a place where officials from Türkiye can also organize events such as press conferences, Yücel also talked about other campus projects. Yücel said: "In addition to Berlin, there will also be campuses in San Francisco and Toronto. In the field of technology, we will cooperate with Stanford University in Palo Alto near San Francisco because of Silicon Valley. We have also opened an entrepreneurship office between Harvard and MIT in Boston, and we are considering expanding that campus as well. We are particularly considering opening our language schools in other regions of the USA. Bahçeşehir University has now become a world university."