Campus Life at BAU

"In the Heart of Istanbul": Bahçeşehir University (BAU) is a university that lives up to its slogan... At its main campus on the shores of the Bosphorus in Beşiktaş, there is a buzz that begins early in the morning and lasts almost all day. What is more, you can come across an event almost everywhere at the university.

When you walk through BAU's doors, the first thing that will catch your eye is the large number of international students at our university. More than a thousand international students from a wide geography stretching from the United States to China and from France to South Korea study at BAU. When you ask them why they chose BAU, the answers are the same: "Its central location and international strength". BAU's location speaks for itself. To understand its international work, a short tour of our campus or our website will be enough.

Through various agreements and collaborations, BAU gives its students the chance to study in many different parts of the world. Moreover, it does so in cities where BAU Global member institutions are located, such as Berlin, Toronto, Washington DC, Batumi, Cyprus, Hanoi, Kyiv, Pueblo and Brockville. The "International Office" provides full support regarding the programs to students who wish to continue their education at BAU Global campuses. At BAU, you have the opportunity to take a course related to your department in Istanbul or at member institutions of the BAU Global Education Network in Berlin, Batumi or Washington DC. In addition, towards the end of each academic year, you have the chance to apply for BAU's summer programs abroad. Moreover, BAU Global's summer programs abroad are open not only to our own students but to students from all over the world!

Getting to BAU is also very easy. Students and academics enjoy free transportation by our own boats between our Beşiktaş North, Beşiktaş South, Göztepe and Galata campuses in the Heart of Istanbul. With these boats, which depart from our pier in Beşiktaş at certain times of the day, you can reach our other campus in Galata on a pleasant journey. This way, our students can travel from campus to campus without getting stuck in Istanbul's heavy traffic, while enjoying the sea air. Our Galata campus is home in particular to the Faculty of Communication's work in new media. Galata has many workshops, from digital media to tablet publishing, and from the digital game workshop to the newsdesk where the fundamentals of journalism are learned.

At BAU, programs are organized not only for students but also for graduates and prospective graduates. With the trainings and events organized throughout the year by our Alumni Office, the BAU family, which grows every year, maintains strong ties even after graduation.

We invite you to become part of the BAU family too...